Saban installed a webcam in Alabama's football office, enabling him to have face-to-face meetings with high school players and coaches from afar. The NCAA treats webcam usage as it does phone calls, allowing for prospects to call coaches as many times as they want or to log onto a Web site for a video chat.

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"I told Coach Saban I wanted to come and he was like, `Are you kidding' when I told him," McCarron said. "He'd been recruiting me hard all this time and he said that in his heart he wanted me to be the guy to lead them to a national championship." Raymond Anthony McCarron Jr. picked up the nickname "AJ" when he was young. The 6-foot-4, 189-pounder is a three-sport athlete and the quarterback of the defending Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A champions.

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His lack of discipline off the field, however, became an increasing distraction for head coach Les Miles, who finally decided Perrilloux's presence on the roster was more trouble than it was worth. Perrilloux tested positive on a drug test, leading Miles to dismiss him on Friday morning, two sources close to the situation told ESPN's Joe Schad.

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