No. 1 2026 RB expertise Savion Hiter gives replace on recruitment, lists prime 4 faculties

On the subject of the 2026 recruiting class, four-star operating again Savion Hiter has been one of the vital highly-regarded gamers within the cycle, accumulating 25 gives up to now, together with from a bevy of SEC and Huge Ten faculties.

Thought-about the No. 1 operating again and a top-20 recruit within the cycle by On3, Hiter not too long ago took a recreation go to out to Tennessee again at first of November, the place he received to soak within the electrical atmosphere for the primary time in a couple of years.

“The Vols is a superb place to be,” Hiter shared on Sunday. “Their atmosphere is loopy. I imply, I haven’t been there since my freshman yr, so I simply really feel like I wanted to rise up there, see them once more…[Running backs] coach [De’Rail] Sims, he’s an ideal coach, and I wanted to see [Head] Coach [Josh] Heupel. I didn’t actually get to speak to him my first time being there, so it was nice to speak to him.”

Tennessee isn’t the one prime faculty pursuing Hiter, because the operating again has additionally garnered important curiosity from Michigan, particularly as of late.

“They stand fairly excessive,” Hiter stated of the Wolverines. “I imply, since they supplied me, it’s been up there. I imply, I already had the connection with [running backs] coach [Tony] Alford coming from Ohio State, so it was good.

“[Their intensity] actually has [picked up as of late]. “Like, from after I first began getting recruited and till now, it’s been actually loopy.”

As junior days begin to get arrange, Hiter has narrowed down his listing of faculties to 4: Tennessee, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio State. All 4 of these faculties are anticipated to earn an official go to from the star operating again, organising for a significant recruiting battle within the rising senior class.

Hiter plans to take unofficial visits to the faculties as soon as once more within the spring to get a greater sense of his state of affairs, however the probability of official visits is a brand new twist, as there was hypothesis that the operating again may have an early dedication earlier than.

NIL has been the speak of the city, influencing quite a lot of recruitments in as we speak’s world, with sure prime recruits getting important offers as freshmen in faculty.

How does that play a think about Hiter’s recruitment as he begins to slender down his listing?

“I’m not likely that nervous about [NIL], but it surely does issue a bit bit into my recruiting course of and stuff like that,” the operating again acknowledged. “However, I don’t actually let it have an effect on me like that. As a result of regardless of the place you go, particularly with Rev Share and all the things.”

In the mean time, Hiter doesn’t have any visits for January deliberate out, however that might nonetheless be a risk going ahead with Junior Days developing. With all 4 faculties anticipated to get an official go to, the order of these visits may very well be integral within the course of with every workforce focusing on the four-star as their prime precedence on the place within the 2026 class.