Alabama had the first of its three spring scrimmages on Saturday.

The scrimmage wasn't open to the media, but here are some takeaways based on information shared by sources:

Average day for the QBs

The quarterbacks weren't bad but weren't great either.

Jalen Hurts struggled some early, as Nick Saban said in his post-scrimmage press conference, and was just OK from a passing standpoint. But, like Saban mentioned, Hurts did make some big plays as the scrimmage progressed. Most notably, he had a touchdown pass of about 50 yards to Henry Ruggs and a long scramble.

Tua Tagovailoa didn't do a ton as he continues to work back from the broken finger on his throwing hand. He did throw a touchdown to DeVonta Smith, though. In total, Tagovailoa was in for 15-20 snaps, according to Saban.

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Saban encouraged by field goal kicking

One of the biggest bright spots for Alabama during the scrimmage was Joseph Bulovas.

The redshirt freshman was 4 of 5 on field goals.

At least some of those kicks were from 45-plus yards out. None were chip shots, as Saban said after the scrimmage.

"That was encouraging," Saban said of Bulovas' performance.

Bulovas will compete with graduate transfer Austin Jones for the Crimson Tide's kicker job, but Jones doesn't arrive in Tuscaloosa until the summer.

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DeVonta Smith is a special talent

Smith played both receiver and cornerback during the scrimmage and seemingly looked good at both.

At receiver, the sophomore caught the touchdown from Tagovailoa. Defensively, he played double-digit snaps at cornerback, including at least some with the first-team defense.

Smith is probably too good of a wide receiver for Alabama to ever move him to cornerback full-time. But Smith continues to show why people in the recruiting world once talked about him being capable of developing into a high-level cover guy.

He's a talented, versatile player.

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O-line experimentation

Alabama continues to experiment with different combinations along the offensive line.

It seems like the primary offensive line on Saturday consisted of Jonah Williams at left tackle, Lester Cotton at left guard, Ross Pierschbacher at center, Jedrick Wills at right guard and Alex Leatherwood at right tackle.

It wasn't a great day for the line, though. Though Saban said that the running game was OK, the quarterbacks were under consistent pressure throughout the scrimmage.

"I think moving some guys around on the offensive line probably helps us long-term and maybe doesn't necessarily help us play best today," Saban said.

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JUCO defensive back impressing

Saivion Smith is putting himself in a good position to be one of Alabama's starting cornerbacks.

The junior college transfer has had a good spring and did well during the scrimmage.

That shouldn't come as a surprise, though. Smith was a top-50 recruit coming out of high school and started his college career at LSU.

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Some under-the-radar standouts

Here are three under-the-radar players who made some plays on Saturday: Sophomore running back Brian Robinson, redshirt freshman wide receiver Chadarius Townsend and freshman defensive back Slade Bolden.

If you haven't realized yet, Robinson is very talented. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Tuscaloosa native doesn't get talked about much because of Alabama having guys like Damien Harris, Najee Harris and Josh Jacobs, but Robinson had some impressive runs on Saturday and could end up playing some this season even with as deep as the Tide is at running back.

Townsend, who is competing for a backup job at receiver, had some catches as well as a touchdown that was called back.

As for Bolden, he had an interception, picking off of an overthrown ball from third-string QB Mac Jones.