TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama’s first scrimmage is now a thing of the past.

And for now, the future of the Crimson Tide’s quarterback position remains in the air.

Rising sophomore Tua Tagovailoa was limited during the first of three scrimmages, coach Nick Saban said, leaving most of the quarterback duties to Jalen Hurts and Mac Jones.

“Tua played very limitedly today, in terms of the number of reps that he had,” Saban said. “I think Jalen did a nice job, and so did Mac Jones. And I think that when we look at the film, I’m sure we’ll say that -- and they’ll say that -- there’s things that we could do better.”

Stats were not distributed following the closed scrimmage at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Before the game-like practice started Saturday afternoon, however, reporters were allowed on the field for one warm-up period. Then, Hurts worked with what appeared to be the first-team offense, while Tagovailoa was with the twos. The latter participated in some throwing drills with tight ends, completing a deep corner pass to Irv Smith Jr., but was also limited.

Despite Tagovailoa not being able to fully contribute, the battle remains very much open. But there is no timetable for Tagovailoa to return to 100 percent from a throwing hand injury.

“First of all, I don’t have a timeframe, so how could it affect it?” Saban said. “You have a timeframe. I don’t, aight. So, from your perspective, maybe I should ask you the question. From my perspective if there’s no timeframe, how does it affect it? I can’t answer that.

“I don’t think that any time a player gets hurt at any position that he should be penalized for that, aight. So, does it give other players more of an opportunity to show what they can do? Absolutely. But he probably got 15-20 snaps today, something like that, and early in the scrimmage, and did well. But Jalen, I thought, started out a little bit slow, but he made some really good plays as the scrimmage on. We were encouraged by that, as well.

“Look, this is not something that we’re going to keep score on, aight, so when you ask me this question I can’t really give you any answer that is going to satisfy your needs.”

Alabama will be back on the field for its ninth spring practice Monday, April 9.

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