The sun was out and Alabama held its second spring practice outdoors Thursday afternoon. We'll get right to the important stuff today.

-- Two days after going down with a hand injury, Tua Tagovailoa was back on the practice field.

-- The quarterback was not doing the normal drills with his teammates but was off to the side working with head athletic trainer Jeff Allen. It looked like they were testing Tagovailoa's ability to grip the football since the injury was suffered on his throwing hand. He replicated a few play-action roll outs with the ball in his left hand. At one point, he rolled over toward where Jalen Hurts was standing and they high fived. Tagovailoa used his right (uninjured hand).

-- There were questions about a new quarterback spotted in drills in Tuesday's opening practice. He is walk-on junior Chris Howard of Gainesville, Ga. -- the same hometown as Blake Sims.

-- Hurts and Mac Jones were the primary passers with Tagovailoa working to the side.

-- WR DeVonta Smith was again working with the defensive backs but Nick Saban on Tuesday said there's not much to read into that. They're thin in the secondary and Smith was still wearing the white jersey for offense. So, it doesn't look like a long-term move.

-- Middle linebacker Dylan Moses is now wearing the No. 32 previously owned by Rashaan Evans.

-- Shaun Dion Hamilton is still watching over the middle linebackers in shorts and a t-shirt. Injured late last season, Hamilton is planning on participating in a second Alabama pro day next week.

-- Tight end Miller Forristall was working with the tight ends in a black non-contact jersey. He went down with an ACL injury early in his sophomore season last fall.

-- The first group at offensive line: LT Jonah Williams, LG Joshua Casher, C Ross Pierschbacher, RG Lester Cotton and RT Jedrick Wills. Alex Leatherwood was the second-team left tackle and Elliot Baker was third string.

-- Ben Davis was back with the middle linebackers. He worked with both middle and outside linebackers last season.

This report will be updated.