Alabama practiced once … then took a vacation for spring break.

It’s good to be the king.

The Crimson Tide will get back at it Monday and continue working toward April 16’s A-Day.

Monitoring the quarterback competition between Blake Barnett and Cooper Bateman is Bama’s most obvious position battle. Here are five other players to watch over the next month.

Bo Scarbrough, running back

All eyes are on Scarbrough, and at 6-2, 240, he’s pretty easy to find in Alabama’s backfield. He looks like a linebacker who lined up in the wrong huddle.

The growing hype is such that AL.com provided a glimpse of Scarbrough’s opening practice.

Scarbrough had just 18 carries for 104 yards as a freshman in 2015, so he’s more untested than Derrick Henry was entering his sophomore season. Henry had 36 carries for 382 yards as a freshman playing behind T.J. Yeldon and Kenyon Drake.

Damien Harris, running back

Small by recent Alabama running back standards, Harris (5-11, 205) actually had more carries than Scarbrough last season. He rushed 46 times for 157 yards and 1 touchdown.

It’s very likely Harris and Scarbrough will share snaps, much like Yeldon and Henry did in 2014, Eddie Lacy and Yeldon in 2012 and, to a lesser extent, Trent Richardson and Lacy in 2011.

Point being, Alabama usually is so deep at running back it doesn’t need to hand off 395 times to one guy. But doing so last season made Henry happy, which made Saban happy.

Reuben Foster, linebacker

This isn’t a skill assessment. We know Foster is a star-in-making. But this spring he’ll begin take control of the defense, much like Reggie Ragland did last year when he became the unit’s unquestioned leader.

Da’Shawn Hand, defensive end

Several way-to-early depth charts list Hand battling Dalvin Tomlinson for a starting spot opposite Jonathan Allen. With Alabama’s depth and rotation, it might not matter, but Alabama’s hope is Hand shows the same explosive playmaking ability he did against Clemson in the national championship game. It will be difficult to keep that Hand off the field.

Tony Brown, safety

Only Nick Saban knows whether Brown is renting space in the dog house or planning to move in permanently, but he’s practicing. With Eddie Jackson nursing a leg injury, Brown has a real opportunity to earn playing time. Nobody questions the measurables or Saban’s ability to adjust. Last season Saban — and Kirby Smart — revamped the secondary to get more speed on the back end when it moved Jackson from corner to safety.