Alabama football held its third and final scrimmage of spring practice on Thursday. The Crimson Tide worked behind closed doors at its regular practice facility, instead of Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Thursdays was the second scrimmage the Tide has held outside of Bryant-Denny. They’ll return to Nick Saban Field for A-Day on Saturday, but that event will not be a game or a scrimmage, just a regular practice session.

Kalen DeBoer did not speak to reporters after the scrimmage Thursday, as he and other Alabama coaches have typically done. Instead, UA made several players available.

Though the Crimson Tide has dealt with several key injuries throughout spring practice, and is especially thin at tight end, defensive back Bray Hubbard said the losses did not impact the feel of Thursday’s scrimmage.

“It’s always intense,” Hubbard said. “Scrimmages are the closest thing we can get to gameday, and that’s what we want. We want to go out there and be full tackle. And I don’t know, it’s just different. Scrimmages are different from practice and I think we flew around today. Even in the last scrimmage, we flew around well, tackled well, played the ball in the air really well, so, (we’re) satisfied.”

Linebacker Jah-Marien Latham said he was unsure whether the offense or defense had “won” Thursday’s scrimmage.

“It’s kind of hard to tell,” Latham said. “We basically just focused on going back and forth. Focusing on defending and getting stops and seeing if the offense can put the ball in the end zone.”

Latham said he was feeling good about his group of outside linebackers performed.

“We generated a good amount of pressure,” Latham said. “We still have areas we need to improve on. But as far as overall, I feel like we did a good job of putting pressure on the quarterback.”

Defensive lineman Tim Keenan agreed with the assessment.

“I think we did some good things,” Keenan said. “(There are) things we gotta work on, got two more days to finish out the spring, have some good momentum going into the summer and the fall.”

Keenan was asked how the final scrimmage compared to the Tide’s earlier two for the defensive linemen. He acknowledged that things hadn’t been perfect, but was overall optimistic.

He also pointed at a few younger members of the unit who he said had taken big steps forward.

“For the most part, I’m happy with the development of our guys, especially (Jeremiah Beaman), Edric (Hill, (Jordan) Renaud, Keon (Keeley), (Isaia Faga), Steve (Mboumoua), all those guys,” Keenan said.

On the other side of the ball, Alabama center Parker Brailsford praised the level of competition from both lines in the scrimmage. He said he was excited about where the offensive unit stands as spring practice nears its end.

“I feel like we’ve shown some really good things,” Brailsford said. “We’re starting to figure out the things that we’re good at and the things that we need to keep working on.”

Alabama will practice Friday before taking the field Saturday for A-Day. The event will begin at 12 p.m. CT at Bryant-Denny Stadium, with free admission, though it will not be televised.