Another commitment in for the Crimson Tide.

Four-star wide receiver John Metchie made his decision known on Friday to join Alabama after taking an official visit to Tuscaloosa last month.

“If I committed to Bama the reason I’d choose them would be the mentality of the players and the coaches — it’s the kind of mentality I have,” Metchie said after his trip to the Capstone. “It’s a place you go to get better … where they push you to be the best player you can be.”

The Hagerstown (Md.) St. James School product chose the Tide over Penn State, among others. One of the take-home moments from his inaugural visit to T-Town came from his time spent with head coach Nick Saban.

“The conversation with Coach Saban was more about the life lessons you would learn at Bama, the opportunities you would get there to be successful, whether it be a football player or whatever career you choose,” Metchie said. “It was about why Alabama would be such a good opportunity from a standpoint of what it has to offer.”

Wide receivers coach Josh Gattis and offensive coordinator Mike Locksley led the charge in Metchie’s recruitment.

At 6-feet, 195 pounds, Metchie is rated the No. 42 wide receiver and the No. 276 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.

The Tide had been trending on the 247Sports Crystal Ball prior to his commitment.

The East Coast native is the first commitment at the wide receiver position in Alabama’s 2019 class. Other top targets at the position include Jameson Williams, Devonta Lee (who is also recruited as a safety), Milton Wright, and Auburn commit George Pickens, to name a few.

?Metchie’s pledge is also the third commitment in the Tide’s class from the state of Maryland. He joins four-star inside linebacker Shane Lee from Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy and four-star safety DeMarcco Hellams from Hyattsville’s DeMatha Catholic. The Tide signed five-star edge rusher Eyabi Anoma from St. Frances in the 2018 cycle.

Overall, Metchie is commitment No. 19 for the Tide, which strengthens its hold on the No. 1 spot in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings with a score of 284.85. The No. 2 team in the standings, Texas A&M, sits with a score of 261.63. Last year, the Tide finished with a score of 285.83.

With the pledge, Alabama’s class is quickly filling up ahead of the fall. This time last year, Alabama held just a handful of commitments and resided outside the top 50 spot of the rankings. The script has been flipped in the 2019 cycle as the Tide has had a firm grasp atop the recruiting standings for the last two months and doesn’t look like it will lose that spot anytime soon.

247Sports' Brian Dohn breaks down what Alabama is getting in Metchie.