On defense, questions for Alabama surround replacing NFL talent at all three levels.

That's not the case with the Crimson Tide running backs.

If anything, there's too many.

The summer transfer of former top recruit B.J. Emmons still leaves Alabama with five scholarship backs -- three who were five-star prospects coming out of high school. The entire stable that finished last season is back with No. 1 running back Najee Harris and four-star Brian Robinson added to the mix for 2017.

New offensive coordinator had to smile talking about the palett from which he can work this fall.

"Look," he said, "running back is a position that you can't have too many of."

That said, he's not ruling out roles for each of the backs.

"You can find creative ways to try to use them, and everyone will have a role if they earn that role," Daboll said in his first and only meeting with reporters Saturday. "So, there's good players with all five of those guys, really. They've done a good job in the spring. And again, we've been out here for two days on with no pads on right now, so really it's more of an execution, a detail, an assignment thing."

Four Alabama players ran the ball at least 85 times last season led by quarterback Jalen Hurts' 191 attempts or 29 percent of the total. That's a major shift toward balance over the previous season when Derrick Henry's 395 carries represented 62 percent of the total with the next most at 77 from Kenyan Drake.

Damien Harris had the most among running backs with 146 and a team-best 1,037 yards. Bo Scarbrough exploded for 364 of his 812 yards in the final three games while running it 125 times total. Josh Jacobs' role fluctuated with 85 carries for 567 yards while adding 14 catches for 156 yards -- tops among running backs.

Najee Harris has been hard to miss in the two public showings at A-Day in the spring and during Saturday's open practice. Scarbrough said he's back to 100 percent physically after breaking a bone in his leg in the championship-game loss to Clemson.

There's no tension among the talented bunch in terms of who gets the snaps, Scarbrough said.

"It's just like seeing your brother graduate," he said. "If you see your brother graduate, you have to happy. So, when I see them dudes do anything spectacular or anything good to help the team, it makes me happy because they're in the position that I'm playing and we're all together."