Summertime and the livin’s easy
Saban’s on the megaphone with B-O-B
All the people in the thread will agree that we’re
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Summertime 2021 brings with it a ray of hope of a return to normalcy. June 1 represents a long-awaited end to the protracted college football recruiting Dead Period that was imposed way back in March 2020. Not that Nick Saban and company struggled with the situation, but he and his colleagues are glad to get back to more face-to-face interactions.
The first sign of summer is the Nick Saban camps. They are a way to get croots on campus for up-close looks at their abilities and how they take to coaching. Some of these prospects can make or break their opportunities to sign with Alabama during their time at these one-day camps. They are not exclusive to just rising seniors.
The Crimson Tide has ten forthcoming camps:
- 06/02/21 High School Camp 1
- 06/05/21 High School Camp 2
- 06/07/21 High School Camp 3
- 06/09/21 High School Camp 4
- 06/12/21 Kicking Camp
- 06/14/21 High School Camp 5
- 06/19/21 OL/DL Camp *
- 06/21/21 High School Camp 6
- 06/23/21 High School Camp 7
- 06/26/21 High School Camp 8
* The OL/DL Camp has proved to be one of the most valuable camps for Alabama. Thus, UA has one that exclusively features best-on-best linemen matchups.
For recruiting purposes, camping is considered an unofficial visit. June also bring the return of official visits.
Below is a list of official and unofficial visitors coming next month as provided by 247sports with my comments. The highlights will definitely be June 18 and June 25.
June 2
- Hero Kanu, 4-star DT, Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Santa Margarita Catholic
- Falentha Carswell, OT, Sandersville (Ga.) Washington County
- Jayden Wayne, 2023 5-star SDE, Tacoma (Wash.) Lincoln
June 3
- Justice Haynes, 2023 4-star RB, Roswell (Ga.) Blessed Trinity Catholic
June 4
- Ty Simpson, 5-star QB, Martin (Tenn.) - Alabama commit
- Emmanuel Henderson, 5-star RB, Hartford (Ala.) - Alabama commit
- Barion Brown, 4-star WR, Nashville (Tenn.) Pearl-Cohn
- Shemar James, 4-star OLB, Mobile (Ala.) - expected to announce his decision in July - official visit
- Jake Taylor, 4-star OT, Las Vegas (Nev.) - Alabama has struck out with kids from national power Bishop Gorman but that might change with this guy - official visit
- Jacob Sexton, 4-star OT, Edmond (Okla.) Deer Creek - recently named a top five (Bama, Okie, Okie Lite, Tex, TAMU) - official visit
- Peter Woods, 2023 5-star SDE, Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson - No. 2 overall MUST HAVE!
June 5
- Lebbeus Overton, 2023 5-star SDE, Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton - father played for Oklahoma
- Dylan Lonergan, 2023 4-star QB, Snellville (Ga.) Brookwood
- Terrance Love, 2023 4-star S, Fairburn (Ga.) Langston Hughes
June 5-6
- Kaian Roberts-Day, 3-star ATH, Festus (Mo.) - Baylor commit
June 8-9
- Rueben Owens, 2023 5-star RB, El Campo (Texas) - reminds some of T.J. Yeldon - Texas commit
June 9
- AJ Harris, 2023 5-star CB, Phenix City (Ala.) Glenwood
- Ethan Nation, 2023 4-star CB, Roswell (Ga.)
June 11
- Ty Simpson, 5-star QB, Martin (Tenn.) - Alabama commit
- Emmanuel Henderson, 5-star RB, Hartford (Ala.) - Alabama commit
- Bobby Taylor, 4-star CB, Katy (Texas) - Texas A&M commit - I doubt he flips - official visit
June 11-12
- Malik Bryant, 2023 5-star WkDE, Orlando (Fla.) IMG Academy
June 14
- Luke Montgomery, 2023 4-star OT, Findlay (Ohio)
- Keith Sampson, 2023 DT, New Bern (N.C.)
June 17-18
- Earl Little Jr., 4-star CB, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) American Heritage - same school as Patrick Surtain II, coach is Surtain Sr.
June 18
- Ty Simpson, 5-star QB, Martin (Tenn.) - Alabama commit
- Emmanuel Henderson, 5-star RB, Hartford (Ala.) - Alabama commit
- Zach Rice, 5-star OT, Lynchburg (Va.) - official visit
- Enai White, High 4-star WkDE, Philadelphia (Pa.) Imhotep Institute - official visit
- Isaiah Bond, 4-star ATH, Buford (Ga.) - Florida commit - official visit
- Bryce Anderson, 4-star S, Beaumont (Texas) West Brook - official visit
- Dani Dennis-Sutton, 4-star SDE, Owings Mills (Md.) McDonough School - official visit
- Isaiah Horton, 4-star WR, Nashville (Tenn.) Oakland
- Arch Manning, 2023 5-star QB, New Orleans (La.) - Have you heard of this guy?
June 19
- Walter Bob, 4-star SDE, Lafayette (La.) Acadiana - Alabama commit
- Khurtiss Perry, 4-star DT, Montgomery (Ala.) Park Crossing
- James Smith, 2023 4-star DT, Montgomery (Ala.) Carver
- Jaquavious Russaw, 2023, 3-star WkDE, Troy (Ala.) Carver
June 22-23
- Shazz Preston, 4-star WR, Saint James (La.)
June 24
- Elijah Pritchett, 4-star OT, Columbus (Ga.) Carver
June 25 !!!!!
- Ty Simpson, 5-star QB, Martin (Tenn.) - Alabama commit
- Emmanuel Henderson, 5-star RB, Hartford (Ala.) - Alabama commit
- Walter Nolen, 5-star DT, Cordova (Tenn.) - No. 2 overall - official visit
- Denver Harris, 5-star CB, Houston (Texas) North Shore - No. 6 overall - official visit
- Omari Abor, 5-star SDE, Duncanville (Texas) - No. 21 overall - official visit
- Terrance Brooks, 4-star CB, Plano (Texas) John Paul II - official visit
- Tyler Booker, 4-star OT, New Haven (Conn.) IMG Academy - JC Latham’s bookend, transferred from New Jersey’s Bergen Catholic - official visit
- Jake Pope, 4-star S, Buford (Ga.) - also played WR, KR for AAAAAA state champs - official visit
- Dayne Shor, 4-star OT, Alpharetta (Ga.) - official visit
- Nicholas Singleton, 4-star RB, Reading (Pa.) - official visit
June 26
- Jaiden Ausberry, 2023 5-star OLB, Baton Rouge (La.) University Lab
- Caleb Downs, 2023 4-star S, Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek
June 27
- Branson Robinson, 4-star RB, Madison (Miss.) Germantown - official visit