Illinois 4-Star DB puts Alabama in Top 5 ahead of official visit

Tavares Harrington - Photo By Justin Smith - Touchdown Alabama

Tavares Harrington included Alabama football in his top five ahead of his June official visit.

Harrington is a junior at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois, and he garners a four-star rating from most recruiting sites. He has Alabama, Auburn, Michigan, Notre Dame and Ole Miss in his top five. The four-star is expected to officially visit Alabama on the weekend of June 19.

The Crimson Tide was one of the first programs to offer Harrington. He visited the Tide for A-Day, and the Tide’s defensive back coach, Jason Jones, visited him in January, a few months earlier.

“He came down to see me,” Harrington told Touchdown Alabama. “We spent a lot of time talking, him, me and my dad. My mom loves it down there. We’ve been building a relationship for a while now. They were one of my first offers. They were in my top, like, nine offers. So, for them to offer me so early and the relationship we’ve built, it’s great.”

Harrington has previously spoken highly of the Tide.

“That’s somewhere you want to be,” Harrington said. “You want to surround yourself with players that love football. I think they love football. I know the coaches love football, like coach Wommack, coach DeBoer, coach Jones, coach Mo (Maurice Linguist.) They got some great coaches, and they develop players to the pros for sure.”

The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder is a long defensive back who flashes the ability to make tackles in space. He also does a great job closing on the football in coverage. His length aids him in coverage as yet another long and rangy defensive back the Tide is targeting.

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