Takeaways and observations from Alabama football's fifth practice of fall camp

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Takeaways and observations from Alabama football's fifth practice of fall camp

Anna Snyder, Tuscaloosa News · The Tuscaloosa News

Tue, Aug 6, 2024 ·

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Quarterbacks working with tight ends, more offensive notes

At the beginning of the media viewing session, quarterbacks were seen working with the tight ends on different passing routes. The order in which the quarterbacks took reps, as expected, was Jalen Milroe , Ty Simpson , Austin Mack and Dylan Lonergan . Milroe was seen throwing to CJ Dippre and Danny Lewis while Simpson got reps in with Robbie Ouzts and Jay Lindsey. Mack was seen working Josh Cuevas and Lonergan working with Ty Lockwood.

Quarterbacks also worked with running backs and wide receivers through the media viewing session, too. From what media was able to see, the quarterbacks pairings with the running backs looked as follows: Milroe and Justice Haynes , Simpson and Jam Miller, Mack and Richard Young and Lonergan and Daniel Hill .

The offensive line was working on table and blocking drills. Kadyn Proctor first started getting reps with the first-team last week. The rest of the offensive line lined up as follows (left to right): Tyler Booker , Parker Brailsford , Jaeden Roberts and Wilkin Formby. Elijah Pritchett is also a contender for a tackle spot, with DeBoer saying last week that the tackles are still rotating.

Zabien Brown with cast on left hand, other defensive notes

Freshman cornerback Zabien Brown was still practicing with a cast on his left hand, but that did not stop him from lining up first in certain drills. One drill the cornerbacks were working on saw two line up but run in two different directions off the line to go after the ball that was thrown to them by coaches. Variations for this drill included Brown and Chase Davis lining up for first reps along with Domani Jackson and Jaylen Mbakwe , but it does not seem players were lining up in any particular order.

DeBoer was previously asked about Brown's cast, saying he is expected to be back to normal the middle of this week.

"He's just slowed up here a couple days, but he'll be back fine, middle of next week," DeBoer said. "He's out there practicing, too. Getting some reps in."

The safety group was also working on different pass coverage drills, one that had them backpedaling then accelerating to catch the ball. Malachi Moore , Keon Sabb and DeVonta Smith were seen getting the first reps in this drill.

Que Robinson continued to standout as a leader among the Wolf group, often taking first reps alongside Qua Russaw . Within the linebacker group, Deontae Lawson and Jihaad Campbell were seen taking first team reps, as expected.

Alabama's defensive line switched between pass rushing, blocking drills and footwork drills along with working on the sleds. At a certain point, media got a close up to one of the drills the defensive linemen were running and were able to get a close up of Freddie Roach working one on one with Keon Keeley , visualizing for Keeley how he wanted the drill to be ran.