2019 four-star forward Christian Brown verbally committed to Georgia on Friday, he tells 247Sports.

“I’m headed to Georgia and I’m picking Georgia because it’s close to home and Georgia has always been a second home to me since I was younger,” Brown said. “Knowing I have good people, it’s relaxing. I just love the environment.”

“I know the plan is to go to the next level and to get better I think I needed to go to Georgia,” he added.

Brown, a 6-foot-6 forward that’s finishing his high school career at Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill, said he also considered Georgetown, Oklahoma State and South Carolina.

Among the reasons Brown picked the Bulldogs was Tom Crean. Brown and Crean established a relationship when Crean was working an adidas Nations camp two summers ago.

“He’s a great coach,” Brown said. “I’ve been knowing Tom Crean since my sophomore year. He coached me at Nations. I know his coaching style. He’ll push you and get you to where you need to be. That’s what I need.”

“Coach Crean fell in love with him in LA during the adidas Nations when he coached Christian,” Brown’s mother Melody Davis said. “He wasn’t coaching at the time. I felt like I would send him wherever he was. I loved his passion. He was coaching at a camp.”

Davis also noted that as soon as Crean got the Georgia job, he prioritized her son.

“Christian was one of the first recruits he reached out to when he got hired at Georgia, which meant a lot,” she said.

With the addition of Brown, Georgia now has four commitments in the 2019 class. He joins the nation’s top prospect Anthony Edwards, plus four-star recruits Jaykwon Walton and Toumani Camara. Georgia’s class now ranks No. 5 overall in the Team Rankings.

Brown ranks No. 61 in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and No. 74 overall in the Top247.