TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Although University of Alabama coach Nick Saban had hoped to have all of his injured players back at full strength for Tuesday’s practice, the coaching staff was still being cautious with a couple of players.

Most notably, when the players broke into position drills true freshman Tony Brown was working with the first unit at left cornerback and backed up by true freshman Marlon Humphrey. Sophomore Eddie Jackson, who sustained a quad injury last week and is coming off April knee surgery, was in uniform but on the sideline.

Junior Cyrus Jones was at right cornerback, working ahead of junior Bradley Sylve. Notably, though, Brown took reps at both the right and left spots during last week’s game against Southern Miss, so even if Jackson plays he could be the first reserve for both corners.

Also, on offense junior running back T.J. Yeldon was held out of some of Tuesday’s individual drills due to a hamstring injury.

As expected junior Geno Smith was at free safety and shadowed by senior Nick Perry during drills. Due to his targeting penalty during the second half against Southern Miss, Perry has to sit the first half against Florida (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS).

“Geno’s been playing the position when he rotated with the twos and he rotated with the ones, and now he’s starting free safety for the first half of that game,” junior safety Landon Collins said. “We just work it that way, contributing to what we have to do and making sure everybody’s on the same page at the same time.”

Senior Jarrick Williams (foot) has returned to practice this week, but like Jackson was not participating in Tuesday’s team drills. With Smith sliding over to free safety sophomore Maurice Smith was at the “star” position, which is the extra defensive back in nickel formation when the strongside linebacker is pulled.

“He’s good any place on the field,” Collins said about Smith. “He’s a dynamic athlete doing the best he can do. He’s balling and making plays. He knows what he’s doing. I have tremendous confidence when he’s on the field and he has tremendous confidence in himself. He makes mental errors, but he knows how to learn from them.”

Considering that Florida runs a spread offense, it’s the defensive formation Alabama figures to be in the most.

Although Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper leads the nation in receptions and is third in receiving yards, Florida sophomore Demarcus Robinson is third in both categories in the SEC after having 15 catches for 216 yards and two touchdowns against Kentucky last week.

“He’s got really good size,” Saban said. “He’s very competitive guy. He’s got good hands and he’s got good speed. Kentucky played them off a lot and pressured a lot, so it definitely creates some opportunities and he took advantage of it quite a bit and made some big plays in the game. And he has ability to run with the ball after the catch. So he’s a pretty complete player in my mind when it comes to outstanding receivers.”