Alabama offered local athlete Kamari Lassiter after a standout camp performance on Tuesday.

“I was ecstatic at first,” the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) American Christian Academy product said. “It’s been a lifelong dream to get an offer from Alabama. It motivated me ever more, because now I just want to work ten times harder.”

The Tide is recruiting the 2021 three-star athlete at cornerback. He got some one-on-one coaching from Nick Saban himself.

“After almost every rep he was critiquing me, telling me how I could get better,” Lassiter said. “I was all ears because, I mean, it’s Coach Saban.”

Cornerbacks coach Karl Scott also worked with Lassiter on Tuesday.

“I like him,” Lassiter said. “I can tell just from the little time I had with him that he knows his stuff and he’s a great coach.”

A native of Savannah, Ga., Lassiter has been in Tuscaloosa since his ninth grade year. The Alabama program has caught his eye in that time.

“I love the competition," he said. "I love the ring of getting a degree from the University of Alabama itself. And I love how you get the chance to compete for the national championship every year, get to go against the best talent in the country every year.”

Lassister says his recruitment is wide open with no favorites at this point in time.

Shortly after the Tide offered, Tennessee jumped into the mix on Tuesday evening. Other notable tenders include Georgia Tech and Southern Miss.

At 5-foot-11, 165 pounds, Lassiter is rated the No. 43 athlete and the No. 495 overall player in the 2021 class, per 247Sports.