One of the biggest bright spots for Alabama during its scrimmage on Saturday: Field goal kicking.

Joseph Bulovas was 4 of 5 on field goals.

None of the five were chip shots, according to Nick Saban. Only one, per Saban, was from inside the 20-yard line.

"That was encouraging," Saban said.

Kickoff-wise, Bulovas had "a couple good kickoffs and when he was kicking off into the wind, maybe not as good."

Overall, though, it was a good showing for the redshirt freshman.

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

"I think probably more than anyone out there on the field today, and I thought Joe handled this pretty well, is when you have bad conditions, how is it going to effect you as a specialist?" Saban said. "I thought Joe handled it really well."

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.