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

In the case of the 2026 recruiting class, four-star working again Savion Hiter has been some of the highly-regarded gamers within the cycle, accumulating 25 gives to date, together with from a bevy of SEC and Massive Ten faculties.

Thought-about the No. 1 working again and a top-20 recruit within the cycle by On3, Hiter just lately took a recreation go to out to Tennessee again at first of November, the place he bought to soak within the electrical surroundings for the primary time in a couple of years.

“The Vols is a superb place to be,” Hiter shared on Sunday. “Their surroundings is loopy. I imply, I haven’t been there since my freshman yr, so I simply really feel like I wanted to stand up there, see them once more…[Running backs] coach [De’Rail] Sims, he’s an excellent 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 working 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 record of colleges to 4: Tennessee, Michigan, Georgia, and Ohio State. All 4 of these faculties are anticipated to earn an official go to from the star working again, organising for a serious 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 chance of official visits is a brand new twist, as there was hypothesis that the working again may have an early dedication earlier than.

NIL has been the discuss of the city, influencing plenty of recruitments in at the moment’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 slim down his record?

“I’m not likely that fearful about [NIL], however it does issue slightly bit into my recruiting course of and stuff like that,” the working again acknowledged. “However, I don’t actually let it have an effect on me like that. As a result of irrespective of the place you go, particularly with Rev Share and every little thing.”

In the meanwhile, 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 might 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.