One of Tennessee's longtime top targets is set to announce his college decision on the final day of the Early Signing Period.

Four-star senior athlete Quavaris Crouch of Harding University High School in Charlotte, N.C., is scheduled to reveal his choice Friday evening on Charlotte's WSOC-TV.

Sources close to the 6-foot-2.5, 230-pound Crouch's recruitment told GoVols247 on Friday that he was expected to sign a binding National Letter of Intent with the school of his choice on Friday, the last day of the three-star Early Signing Period, and announce his choice on a local TV station at approximately 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Eastern time.

He's expected to choose between Tennessee, Clemson and Michigan, three of the schools that hosted him on official visits.

WSOC sports anchor Phil Orban posted Friday on his Twitter account that Crouch "will announce his college decision live on-air" during the station's 6 p.m. news.

For months, Crouch planned to announce his college decision Jan. 5 at the All-American Bowl in San Antonio. He's planning to arrive at the school of his choice in January as an early enrollee.

But Crouch decided this week to sign before the end of the Early Signing Period, and he now has chosen to make his decision known Friday rather than waiting 15 more days to announce his choice during the nationally televised all-star game.

The 247Sports Crystal Ball points to Tennessee as the favorite to land him, with the Vols getting 84 percent of the current predictions and the other 16 percent going to Clemson.

The Crystal Ball has shifted heavily toward Tennessee since he returned to Knoxville last weekend on a surprise visit. It was his fifth visit with the Vols this year, including his official visit to Tennessee the weekend of Nov. 10 for its upset of then-No. 11 Kentucky.

Crouch traveled to Tennessee for the first time in January, returned for a spring practice in March and made the trip to Knoxville again in June, and the Vols were viewed for months as one of the teams to beat for him. But Clemson and Michigan were widely believed to be the teams to beat for him before his trip to Tennessee last weekend.

Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt also was the last head coach to visit with Crouch last week. Pruitt, tight ends coach Brian Niedermeyer and Chris Rumph, Tennessee's co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach, traveled to Charlotte to see Crouch on Dec. 13 before his unofficial visit to Knoxville last weekend.

Clemson hosted him on his most recent official visit the weekend of Nov. 16, and he went on an official visit to Michigan the weekend of Nov. 3.

A two-way athlete who could play either linebacker or running back — or perhaps both — in college, Crouch is ranked the No. 39 overall prospect and No. 2 athlete in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class.

He's also ranked by 247Sports as the No. 83 overall player and No. 2 athlete in the 2019 class.