The sun came out and Alabama was outdoors for its fourth practice of the spring. It was the first since Saturday and there was some energy out there.

A few observations from the media viewing period.

-- Tua Tagovailoa continued to do some drills with the quarterbacks. He was second in line behind Jalen Hurts doing a few warm up exercises.

-- When they went to a drill where they were throwing QB to QB, Tagovailoa went off to the side to work with head athletic trainer Jeff Allen.

-- Moving to the full QB-to-WR passing routes, Tagovailoa participated at the end of the line. He still put good zip on the ball with the heavy tape on the index finger he broke a week ago Tuesday.

-- It's interesting watching the structure of the offensive drills with the retooled coaching staff. For the first time in the Saban era, the quarterbacks coach (Dan Enos) is not the offensive coordinator. It still looked like he was running some of the drills where the QBs were throwing the route tree to WRs and TEs. Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley was in the field where the routes were being run.

-- Miller Forristall looked solid running a double move wearing the black non-contact jersey. He still has a brace on his knee after tearing his ACL last season.

-- Players were in full pads again.

-- No changes to the first group at offensive line with Ross Pierschbacher still at center.

-- It looks like the addition to the football complex is almost complete. Located on the Bryant Drive side of the complex, it will house a new dining hall.

-- Nick Saban will meet with reporters after practice.

-- The next workout is Thursday afternoon.

Michael Casagrande is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande.