4-star WR Amari Jefferson names top 12 schools

Around two dozen schools have offered Amari Jefferson and he has officially cut his list in half. The Tennessee baseball commitment is being recruited by some of the top programs in the country to play football and he is exploring his options.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound four-star out of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Baylor named Alabama, Clemson, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miami, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, South Carolina and Tennessee.

He visited Alabama, Clemson, Georgia and Tennessee in March. Jefferson has not visited Colorado, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, Oklahoma, Oregon or Penn State yet. He is set to visit Colorado in April.

“It was easy for some schools to make the list, but to narrow those last schools down, it was pretty hard,” Jefferson told On3. “Communication with the schools was very important with the schools on this list. It came down to who I had the best relationships and who did a good job getting to know my parents too.

“Then, I looked at where I could see myself having a good career as a wide receiver at too. Those were the main things that helped me get down to these 12 schools.”

Jefferson has locked in official visits to Alabama (June 9-11) and Georgia (June 16-18). He plans to take all five, then make his decision.

“The other three visits are up for grabs. I know I will be at Georiga and Alabama, but me and my parents are still deciding on the others. I think after these final visits in the spring, I will have a better idea.

“The plan is to take my official visits in June, then make a decision is late July or early in August.”

Jefferson is the No. 263 prospect and No. 43 wide receiver in the 2024 On300.

Jefferson is looking to play football and baseball

Baseball was a factor too. Jefferson is now planning to play both football and baseball on the next level He was looking at not only the football programs at the schools that he offered, but he did some research on the baseball programs as well.

“Some schools are all football, some have better baseball programs than others, so baseball was a really big factor in this,” Jefferson said. “Some baseball coaches have had some good communication with me, some coaches have shown me their facilities and some schools make it easy to do both, so both baseball and football were factors.”