Four-star shooting guard Amari Evans is officially visiting Tennessee basketball this weekend, sources told RTI earlier this week.
Evans ranks as a four-star recruit and the No. 108 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. The 6-foot-5, 180-pound shooting guard ranks as the 16th best shooting guard in the 2025 recruiting cycle and the No. 10 player in the state of Georgia.
The blue-chip recruit hasn’t released a top group but his visits and visit plans tell the story of his recruitment. Evans has taken two visits to Pittsburgh and has official visits scheduled to Ole Miss, TCU and Xavier for September. He also unofficially visited Tennessee last winter for the South Carolina game.
While Evans plays his prep basketball for Overtime Elite in Atlanta, he’s a Pittsburgh native. Despite his hometown team being in his top group, Tennessee enters Evans official visit in a strong spot to land the blue-chip shooting guard.
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The 2025 recruiting class is a critical one for Tennessee basketball. Tennessee definitively has eight scholarships to work with this offseason. Tennessee’s current roster contains only 11 scholarship players meaning the Vols are two under the limit entering the season. Rick Barnes’ 10th team at Tennessee also has six seniors including returners Zakai Zeigler, Jahmai Mashack and Jordan Gainey as well as incoming transfers Igor Milicic Jr (Charlotte), Darlinstone Dubar (Hofstra) and Chaz Lanier (North Florida).
With at least eight scholarships to work with this offseason, Tennessee will sign more high school prospects this cycle than they have in a number of years. The Vols last signed five recruits in the 2022 recruiting cycle and will likely be in that ballpark if not matching it in the 2025 cycle.
Tennessee basketball currently holds one commit in its 2025 recruiting class and it comes from four-star center DeWayne Brown. The Hoover, Alabama native committed to the Vols over Mississippi State back in April. Brown’s commitment is good enough to give Tennessee the No. 21 recruiting class in the 2025 recruiting cycle according to the 247sports team rankings.
The Vols have also been active recruiting a number of blue-chip recruits. Dante Allen officially visited Tennessee last week. Five-stars Tounde Yessoufou and Darius Adams are both officially visiting Tennessee the weekend of the Kent State football game. Blue-chip recruits Isaiah Dennis and Brayden Burries also have visits planned for later this fall.
