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Watch Amari Cooper, Blake Sims, Jalston Fowler captain ceremony as Nick Saban speaks

A few thousand fans a couple busloads of recruits made it to Denny Chimes early Saturday afternoon for a spring tradition.

The A-Day captains ceremony is goes way back to the Harry Gilmer era and it continued Saturday. Amari Cooper, Blake Sims and Jalston Fowler put their hands and cleats in the wet cement on the walk of fame after being selected as permanent captains for the 2014 Crimson Tide.

Landon Collins had a scheduling conflict with the NFL on Saturday morning but was scheduled to complete the set of four in the afternoon.

"Down the road, I'll come back and bring my kids here," Cooper said.