Tennessee Basketball announces signing of four-star guard Amari Evans
Tennessee Basketball has officially added its first player in the 2025 signing class, with four-star shooting guard Amari Evans signing with the Vols on Wednesday. Evans committed to Tennessee on November 1, picking the Vols over Xavier and Pitt.
Evans was one of two commitments in Tennessee’s 2025 recruiting class, alongside four-star center Dewayne Brown, who committed back in April.
Evans is a 6-foot-5, 204-pound four-star prospect in the class of 2025 out of Pittsburgh, Pa. He’s ranked as the No. 83 overall recruit in the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s the No. 21 shooting guard in the country and the No. 12 overall player in Georgia, where he plays in the Overtime Elite prep league.
Evans took an official visit to Tennessee in August and had an unofficial visit with the Vols back in January.
“Coach Rick Barnes is a hard-nosed coach,” Evans told On3’s Joe Tipton. “He’s one of the few Hall of Fame coaches left. There’s not very many of them. That stood out. He’s just a winning guy with a great personality.”
Evans explained what the Vols were getting after committing to the program earlier this month.
“A hard player, amazing defender,” he said, “love my teammates, and will do anything to win.”
Brown, a 6-foot-9, 235-pound prospect out of Hoover, Alabama, is ranked No. 102 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking and is the No. 9 center in the country and the No. 1 player in the state of Alabama.
It will be another offseason of roster overhaul for Tennessee. The Vols currently have two fifth-year seniors on roster in Chaz Lanier and Darlinstone Dubar and four seniors, in Zakai Zeigler, Igor Milicic Jr., Jordan Gainey and Jahmai Mashack.
Tennessee last spring lost four players to the NCAA Transfer Portal — Jonas Aidoo (Arkansas), Tobe Awaka (Arizona), Freddie Dilione V (Penn State) and DJ Jefferson (Longwood) — and added four players out of the portal, getting Lanier, Dubar, Milicic and former Ohio State center Felix Okpara.
On3 Scouting Report — Amari Evans
Amari Evans has a good basketball frame with nice length and broad shoulders. He has nice positional size as a complimentary guard. Evans is a capable shooter with range beyond the arc. He is a solid secondary ball handler, able to restart possessions and get the ball where it needs to go. He can also defend at the point of attack or off the ball, being aggressive in the passing lanes. Consistency is the next step for Evans as he continues forward, that should be helped by finding a defined role for himself. A strong guard with flashes of dribbling, shooting, and passing has value in today’s game.
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