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The beginning of June marks the start of summer football camp season, a time for college football recruits to showcase their skills in person for college coaches.

Alabama held its first of several scheduled camps over the weekend, and in addition to hosting some of the nation's top uncommitted recruits from the classes of 2013 and 2014, the Alabama staff took the opportunity to solidify the commitments of some of its top prospects.

Alabama commits O.J. Howard and Reuben Foster have made Crimson Tide fans nervous with recent visits to and favorable public comments about Auburn. Both Howard and Foster visited Tuscaloosa over the weekend, and after spending some time with each other, as well as fellow Tide commits Cooper Bateman, Tyren Jones, D.J. Johnson and Altee Tenpenny, both seem to have solidified their commitments to the Tide, according to a report from BamaOnline.

"I don't have anything planned and I'm probably done with visits for a while right now," said Howard, a four-star tight end from Autauga Academy. "With me being committed, you have to respect being committed to a program, so I'm solid. I'm solid - you don't want to disrespect the program by being committed but not showing that kind of interest."

Howard noted that part of his renewed enthusiasm for the Tide is connected to the recent commitment of Bateman, one of the nation's top quarterback prospects who will likely be delivering plenty of passes to Howard should both ultimately end up in Tuscaloosa.

"Anytime you can get a quarterback that can be an impact player..."