Alabama practice report: Notes on Tide's dime defense, missing LB, freshmen DBs

Alabama is practicing inside Wednesday.

It's the Tide's eighth practice of fall camp.

Here are some notes from the open portion of Wednesday's practice:

— Alabama's first-team dime defense consisted of Marlon Humphrey and Kendall Sheffield at cornerback, Minkah Fitzpatrick at nickel back, Hootie Jones at dime back and Eddie Jackson and Ronnie Harrison at safety.

— Freshman defensive back Shyheim Carter was the second-team nickel back. It looked like fellow freshman defensive back Jared Mayden was the third-team nickel back.

— Inside linebacker Keith Holcombe wasn't present during the media viewing period. Holcombe was also absent during the open portion of practice Tuesday morning, but he…