Tennessee Vols named a top 'team to watch' for elite 2024 defensive back from Alabama
The Tennessee Vols were named a team to watch for one of the top players in the 2024 recruiting class.
The Tennessee Vols are strongly in the mix to land one of the best players in the 2024 recruiting class.
And it's a player from Alabama.
Stealing a top recruit from the home state of one of the Vols' biggest rivals would certainly be a nice story for Tennessee.
Rivals.com national recruiting director Adam Gorney noted on Monday that Tennessee is one of four programs to watch in the battle for 2024 four-star defensive back Travaris Banks.
Oklahoma, Auburn, and Florida State are the other three programs to watch in this battle.
From Rivals.com: Oklahoma continues to be a major player for the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Hillcrest four-star cornerback and a recent visit to Norman went great especially since he thinks the coaching staff is so personable and they pitched how he’d be a great fit in that defense. The Sooners, Florida State, Tennessee and Auburn are the four programs to watch closest in his recruitment.
Banks, 6-foot-2/193 lbs from Tuscaloosa, AL, is rated in 247Sports' composite rankings as the No. 9 safety in the nation and the No. 6 player in the state of Alabama.
The Alabama native has an offer from the Crimson Tide and he visited last fall for a game, but it's unclear how hard Nick Saban and his staff are recruiting Banks.
Tennessee needs some cornerback help and Banks looks like a guy who could play on Sundays. Landing him would be a massive get for Josh Heupel and the Vols.
