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

In terms of the 2026 recruiting class, four-star operating again Savion Hiter has been probably the most highly-regarded gamers within the cycle, accumulating 25 presents to date, together with from a bevy of SEC and Massive Ten faculties.

Thought-about the No. 1 operating again and a top-20 recruit within the cycle by On3, Hiter lately took a sport go to out to Tennessee again in the beginning of November, the place he bought to soak within the electrical atmosphere for the primary time in a couple of years.

“The Vols is a good place to be,” Hiter shared on Sunday. “Their atmosphere is loopy. I imply, I haven’t been there since my freshman 12 months, 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 important 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 mentioned 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 once 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 scenario, however the chance 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 numerous recruitments in as we speak’s world, with sure prime recruits getting important offers as freshmen in faculty.

How does that play a consider Hiter’s recruitment as he begins to slim down his listing?

“I’m probably not that frightened about [NIL], but it surely does issue slightly 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 irrespective of the place you go, particularly with Rev Share and every part.”

In the mean time, Hiter doesn’t have any visits for January deliberate out, however that would nonetheless be a chance 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 concentrating on the four-star as their prime precedence on the place within the 2026 class.