The offensive line features some of the most intriguing camp battles for Alabama football.

The interior seems all but set with Parker Brailsford at center and Tyler Booker and Jaeden Roberts at guard. The questions are more so at offensive tackle.

Gone is JC Latham, a first round pick who was a strong, steady presence at right tackle. The starting left tackle, Kadyn Proctor, is back, but he missed all of spring after transferring to Iowa.

It seems Proctor, Elijah Pritchett and Wilkin Formby are the main contenders for the two openings at the tackle spots. There’s plenty of camp left to decide these roles, though.

During the second day of preseason practices, reporters had another opportunity to watch about 30 minutes of practice on Thursday. Most of it was position drills, but there are still insights and observations that can be gleaned watching this work.

AL.com spent most of the viewing period watching the offensive line. Here are a few things we noticed.

Parker Brailsford observations

Brailsford was out for much of the spring and didn’t take part in the A-Day game. So there have been limited opportunities to watch Brailsford, the Washington center transfer. Thursday’s practice provided another opportunity as he ran with the first group at center.

Brailsford is noticeably smaller than the other offensive lineman in the first group through drills, which consisted of (left to right) Pritchett, Booker, Brailsford, Roberts and Formby. But that isn’t shocking if you look at the roster. All the other linemen in that top group are listed at least 6-5, 312 pounds. Meanwhile, Brailsford is listed at 6-2, 275 pounds. Brailsford is still a big human, but he’s around some behemoths. It’s not necessarily a good or bad thing to have a smaller center. It just stands out when you look at the first group.

It probably helps Brailsford with his speed, though. And that is noticeable. During one rep, he pulled and showed good burst for a big man when moving in the open field. Brailsford was nice and fast on blocks.

With the limited viewing, there wasn’t much of an opportunity to observe or analyze his snapping. With the snapping issues a season ago, it will be worth monitoring into the season.

Kadyn Proctor observations

As Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer mentioned on Wednesday, Proctor definitely looks leaner. He’s still a mountain of a man, but he does look a bit more trim from his freshman season.

He ran primarily with the second group during the drills open to the media. While Proctor figures to have an inside track to win his starting left tackle job back that he manned all of last season, it makes sense that he has to earn it again and it won’t just be given to him.

During one drill, Proctor showed good punch and strong hands against an offensive lineman holding a dummy. There wasn’t much of an opportunity to see Proctor pass block, though. The offensive linemen didn’t run any drills against actual defenders during the viewing period.

Pritchett ran ahead of Proctor at left tackle in the drills after a good spring. Pritchett also figures to be in competition for the right tackle spot with Formby.

If or when Proctor wins back the left tackle job, it’s important the tackle who doesn’t win the right tackle job can be a swing tackle.

Other offensive line notes

• Formby looked good at right tackle. He exploded off the ball well during drills.
• Offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic takes a hands on approach. He’s vocal, and he even stepped in and demonstrated the first few steps of a block at one point.
• Both Booker and Proctor sported the uniform look of their jerseys pulled up a bit to leave their bellies exposed in the August heat.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.