Alabama added 2021 four-star cornerback Latrell McCutchin on Monday night. And according to his head coach at Austin (Texas) LBJ, the Tide is getting a special player in the Top247 DB.

“Well I just think Latrell, he’s gifted athletically, but also he’s smart,” Jaguars head coach Jahmal Fenner told BamaOnLine. “I think with his athleticism and then also him being a student of the game, he’s always trying to learn more, so he’s constantly growing. That’s what I’ve seen with him over time is his body is developing and he loves football. Now he’s learning football and he’s developing physically and that’s allowing him to grow as a player and to be really one of the top players in the state and in the nation. He really has that ability.”

Fenner saw the potential early on in the 6-foot-1, 175-pound McCutchin.

“I knew he was special when he came out of middle school,” Fenner said. “And he’s been special even when he was playing in little league; he was always kind of ahead of kids his age. When he came over to us and we started working drills and stuff like that, I really saw that he had the potential to be a great DB. Then just naturally being an athlete, playing receiver and returning kicks and all of those things, he’s just an athlete. I really cleaned up his technique, tried to just coach him technically-wise, and he just continued to grow. I saw him develop fast. That’s when he kind of sky-rocketed where he started having a lot of success. His technique was putting him in the right position to make plays. But he’s always had the play-making ability with that athleticism.”

Jeff Banks recruits Central Texas. When the second year Tide assistant made his way to LBJ High School, he was greeted by a familiar face. Banks coached special teams at UTEP when Fenner was a senior. The now LBJ head coach holds the Miners career punt return yardage record.

“Seeing (Banks) at Bama and having the success that he’s had, I admire him for one, I’m a coach and that’s what you want to do,” Fenner said. “You want to develop; you want to grow as a coach. So seeing him being at that stage, I just have a lot of respect for him because he’s paid his dues and he’s working hard. So when he came out to LBJ and he’s recruiting one of my guys, it’s exciting because I know him, I played for him, but also my guy has an opportunity to play at an elite level and I know he’s going to be taken care of because I know that coach personally.”