Four-star LB Jordan Banks at Alabama over the weekend.

Alabama’s 2020 linebackers class has the chance to go down as one of the best ever on paper with the way things are trending.

Jordan Banks, another target of the Crimson Tide’s at the position, returned to Tuscaloosa this weekend for the Champions Cookout and camp, his second time back since last summer’s cookout.

“It was great, really great,” the Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne product told BamaOnLine. “It was great to be back. I loved the energy; I loved the vibe of the coaching staff. It was really nice.”

Banks spent a good bit of time with a number of members of the UA coaching staff.

“I chopped it up with mostly every coach — Coach (Sal) Sunseri, Coach Sark (Steve Sarkisian), Coach (Nick) Saban, Coach Pete (Golding), those are wonderful guys,” Banks said. “I love what they’re talking about. They said a lot of great things about me, the same things about them. They’re wonderful people and wonderful coaches. Just really nice, high-energy people.”

Saban had a lot of positive things to say to the four-star linebacker from the Golden State.

“He was saying he loves the way I play, he loves the person I am,” Banks said. “He was telling me to just keep doing what I’m doing. He said to just keeping staying on the books because football is nothing without education. If you don’t got an education, you’re not going to be able to play football.”

Banks worked out a little bit on Saturday for Golding.

“They most definitely see me as a middle ‘backer, that’s what they’re recruiting me at,” Banks said. “They also know I can play on the edge if they need me to.”

Last summer after his first visit to Tuscaloosa, Banks named the Tide his leader. He reaffirmed that position in the spring with BamaOnLine. So, is the Tide still on top?

“(Yes) I can say that for sure,” Banks said.

For now, the 6-foot-1, 230-pounder is targeting a late November decision. He plans to release a top five soon.

Another interesting factor in his recruitment is that Tide wide receiver commit Traeshon Holden is a now teammate of Banks’.

“Traeshon, that’s my guy,” Banks said. “He tells me about (Alabama). He tells me, ‘You know what to do, you know where to commit.’ It’s funny, but he’s a great dude.”

Banks is rated the No. 14 outside linebacker and the No. 186 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.