After practicing indoors Tuesday and in the evening Wednesday, Alabama was back outdoors in the heat of the day Thursday. It was 95 degrees with a feels-like temperature of 98, according to the Weather Channel, at 3 p.m.

A few observations from the media viewing period:

-- It looks like they’re still working with FSU grad transfer Landon Dickerson at center with the first group next to Evan Neal at left guard and Alex Leatherwood at left tackle.

-- With DJ Dale still out with a minor injury, Phidarian Mathis is still in the first rotation in the middle of the defensive line next to Raekwon Davis and freshman Justin Eboigbe. The next wave looks to include Antonio Alfano, Tevita Musika and Christian Barmore. The next wave is Byron Young, Ishmael Sopsher and Braylen Ingraham.

-- Defensive lineman LaBryan Ray is still going through the acclimation period wearing just helmet, shoulder pads and shorts while the rest of the team is in full gear.

-- Everything looked fine with the quarterbacks.

-- In the secondary, Patrick Surtain II looks like the nickel back (aka Star) in the nickel formation with Josh Jobe and Trevon Diggs at corners. Jayln Armour-Davis and freshman Marcus Banks were corners in the second group.

-- Shyheim Carter was the nickel back with the second group in nickel.

-- A few neighbors watched practice from a nearby apartment balcony. AL.com wrote about that last August.