Alabama football is unlikely to name a starting quarterback after Wednesday’s practice. In fact, Kalen DeBoer and company likely won’t come to a final decision at all during spring football.

“They’re all at different points,” DeBoer said of the group on Few things procedure-wise that were a little different. Good to see those guys all operate through that. They had their times where, of course, they looked really good and times where they got to continue to grow and get better.”

On Wednesday, reporters were allowed into practice for several periods, getting a first look at the quarterback competition to replace Jalen Milroe. Ty Simpson, Austin Mack and Keelon Russell were all in attendance and fully participating during the drills observed by media members.

Alabama didn’t practice any offense vs. defense football during the observation time. Taking that into account, here’s what we saw from the quarterback competition on the second day of spring practice.

– Weather was chilly and windy in Tuscaloosa, which upped the degree of difficulty a bit for the quarterbacks. All of them seemed to handle it well.

– The observation time began with the sixth period on Wednesday. During that time, the QBs were mostly throwing routes, without any defense to speak of.

– Ty Simpson and Austin Mack stood on one side of the field during spring practice, while Austin Mack and walk-on Cade Carruth were on the other. The quarterbacks threw in different directions, and the separation seemed to be an effort to get each of them more reps in the drills.

– New Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb spent most of the observation time with the quarterbacks. DeBoer suggested Grubb would be doing so during his Monday press conference. Grubb was joined by co-OC and quarterbacks coach Nick Sheridan, who relinquished playcalling duties when Grubb came aboard after a season with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

– When the QBs took turns going through drills, the order of operations seemed to be Simpson first, followed by Mack and Russell.

– During the seventh period, the quarterbacks went through handoff drills and were not throwing. Simpson first handed off to Jam Miller, Mack to Richard Young and Russell to Daniel Hill, with other running backs cycling through the drill behind them.

– When throwing in drills, all three quarterbacks looked generally sharp and accurate, albeit without a defense on the field. Russell, in his first time throwing in front of reporters, looked to have a smooth throwing motion.

– The observation time ended after the ninth period. During that time, the QBs were each throwing short routes at the same time, once again looking crisp without any defense.