The betting odds have swung back to Bryce Young as the favorite to be the first player picked in the NFL Draft on April 27, and the Alabama quarterback isn’t visiting any more NFL teams.

Does that mean the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner knows he’s going to be the No. 1 choice?

The general manager who will make that selection for the Carolina Panthers said he has “clarity” about the decision but not a choice yet.

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“We’re still going through the process,” Scott Fitterer said on Tuesday. “Through this whole since February, the combine, everything else, there’s been some clarity, but we’ve made a conscious effort to keep an open mind about this, be continuous throughout the process.

“We have the last group (of players) in today. We have the coaches Wednesday and Thursday of this week. At that point, we’ll get together and kind of make that decision, but we’ve gotten some clarity through this process.”

Fitterer said he had not told Young he would be the No. 1 pick.

“That was a decision he made on his own,” Fitterer said of Young deciding not to visit with any more NFL teams. “I just refer you to Bryce and his reps as to why.”

During his Tuesday press conference, Fitterer didn’t eliminate any of the four quarterbacks on the original list being considered for No. 1, which included Kentucky’s Will Levis, Florida’s Anthony Richardson and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud in addition to Young.

Although Young is at least 4 inches shorter than the other three quarterbacks, Fitterer said that didn’t eliminate him from consideration.

“When Russell Wilson came out, he had three balls batted down his senior year,” Fitterer said. “Bryce had two, so it doesn’t seem to be an issue. When you grow up a shorter quarterback, you learn how to evolve your game and adapt and see the field, and he’s done that.”

Fitterer said something he had learned about Young during the scouting process was “just how much he loves ball. The guy’s got a lot of fire inside, even though on the outside he looks like he’s right here. He’s a fiery competitor. That’s what you love about him.”

The Panthers traded with the Chicago Bears to move up from the No. 9 choice to get the first selection.

“Obviously, it’s a huge decision for the organization,” Fitterer said. “The evaluation portion, a lot of that was done prior to this. We’ve gone back just to rewatch, refresh, but I think more time than any other position or any other pick has been about: How do we break down the person? We spend more time sitting with them, trying to understand them. Is this the person who can lead our franchise? Is he the one who kind of validates why we went up to 1? Is he the one that’s going to make the difference?

“And it’s not like we’re expecting this quarterback to come in and instantly just, like, make everything happen and everything changes immediately. You’ve seen it with Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen. It takes time, and you have to surround them with the right people and you have to surround them with the right coaching. But I think we’ve done that. And we’re not going to force this quarterback on the field, and we’re not going to ask them to do anything they can’t do. We’re going to ask them just to play their game. Deliver the ball, make the right reads and make the right decisions.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.