Alabama is out front on the 247Sports Crystal Ball for 5-star safety Daxton Hill.

This after the majority of prediction went Oklahoma's way in the early going for the Tulsa (Okla.) Booker T. Washington product.

The Crystal Ball currently sits in favor of the Crimson Tide at 44 percent, followed by the Sooners at 33 percent, and Oklahoma State and Michigan at 11 percent.

Despite living in Oklahoma, the conversation as of late has shifted more towards Alabama and Michigan duking it out for the 5-star talent.

Hill visited Tuscaloosa twice this spring and summer -- once for A-Day and then again for an official visit in mid-June.

“It was overall a great experience,” Hill told BamaOnLine of his official visit. “The first time I went up there I really didn’t get a chance to see everything since it was A-Day. Second time, with the official, I got to see a lot of different stuff they had to offer like the facilities and the academics and seeing some of the players and hearing from them. It was a good second visit.”

Hill has developed a strong bond with defensive backs coach Karl Scott who he says he feels is recruiting him hardest. That coupled with Nick Saban getting involved has the nation's No. 10 overall player thinking.

“They say I’m their No. 1 prospect on their board and to always think about them and not count them out," Hill said. "They’re always the top program year in and year out — I think that’s what their message is.”

Hill's older brother Justice plays for Oklahoma State, but that clearly hasn't deterred the younger Hill from looking elsewhere beyond Oklahoma.

On the 5-star DB's official visit to Tuscaloosa, Hill says it was "eye-opening," especially getting to spend time with a fellow Tulsa native in UA junior running back Josh Jacobs.

“He said it’s a great place,” Hill said. “He said it was kind of an adjustment for him coming out of Oklahoma, but he said after a couple of months it felt like home for him. He was just saying it’s a great place, a college town, and everything is enjoyable there. He said people will say negative things about it, but when you go on campus and experience it as a player it’s a whole different type of deal.

“He was just showing me different things of how life will be once you leave your state. Just hanging out with Josh kind of opened my eyes a little bit of how things can be similar and different from where I’m at right now.”

It's not clear when a decision will come from Hill. At The Opening Finals he said "soon," but for now he has an official visit to Michigan locked in for Sept. 15.

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