The Alabama quarterback was carted off the field with a hip injury against Mississippi State.

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carted off the field with a right hip injury late in the second quarter against Mississippi State on Saturday and is out for the season, according to a report from The Athletic.

The Athletic reported that Tagovailoa suffered a dislocated hip and a posterior wall fracture.

“We hate it that he got injured. We hate it for him. We hate it for his family. I hate it when any player on our team gets injured,” Alabama Coach Nick Saban said. “So Godspeed to him and his entire family and our thoughts and prayers are with them and hope this is not so serious it has any long-term effect on his future as a player.”

Tagovailoa, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy last season, was hurt after being sacked and slammed to the ground by two defenders. The training staff helped Tagovailoa off the field in Starkville, Miss., as the quarterback was unable to put any weight on his right leg. His nose also was bleeding.

ESPN reported after the game that he was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham, Ala.

Shortly after the injury, an ESPN sideline reporter, Molly McGrath, said on the game broadcast that Tagovailoa screamed in pain as he was lifted off the cart in the training room.

Tagovailoa guided the Crimson Tide (9-1) to touchdowns on their first five drives. Alabama, ranked No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings, led 35-7 at the time of the injury.

Saban told McGrath as he came off the field at halftime that the coaches were preparing to replace Tagovailoa with backup Mac Jones with the game well in hand. Saban said he left him in at the end of the half to practice the two-minute offense.

“We can second-guess ourselves all we want,” Saban said. “We told Mac to warm up. We were going to go two-minute before the half, and Tua wanted to go in the game. So I don’t really make a lot of decisions about guys getting hurt.”

Saban said he did not know how severe the injury was but did not think it had any correlation to a previous right ankle injury. Tagovailoa had surgery on the ankle on Oct. 20 and returned to play in last week’s 46-41 loss to Louisiana State. Saban said earlier this week that the quarterback was a game-time decision for the game against Mississippi State.

“He was good, at least as good as he was a week ago in terms of his ability to move,” Saban said. “I don’t think anything he did affected his performance in the first half. So the guy played, and I thought he played really well.”

Before the injury, Tagovailoa was 14 of 18 passing for 256 yards with two touchdowns.

Alabama won, 38-7.