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

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

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

“The Vols is a superb place to be,” Hiter shared on Sunday. “Their setting 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 high faculty pursuing Hiter, because the working 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 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, establishing 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 working again might have an early dedication earlier than.

NIL has been the speak of the city, influencing a variety of recruitments in right now’s world, with sure high recruits getting important offers as freshmen in faculty.

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

“I’m probably not that frightened about [NIL], but it surely does issue somewhat 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 the whole lot.”

In the meanwhile, Hiter doesn’t have any visits for January deliberate out, however that might nonetheless be a chance going ahead with Junior Days arising. 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 staff focusing on the four-star as their high precedence on the place within the 2026 class.