The Alabama recruiting class for 2017 keeps rolling right along as the Tide picks up one of the best long snappers in the country for the 2017 class.

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All Alabama recruiting fans get excited for the five-stars across the board, but this is one to get excited for as well if you think about it.

Some may ask why would you celebrate a long snapper. Do you want someone back there that struggles with it? It’s a pretty important position if you think about it and it’s one that won’t get much attention from fans until they mess up. That makes today’s news even better.

The 2017 class keeps shaping up as we get closer to the start of this college football season. Coach Nick Saban and the Alabama staff picked up a commitment from the top long snapper in the country on Thursday.

Blessed and honored to announce that I have committed to THE University Of Alabama! #rolltide#snapperUpic.twitter.com/IpcvbwAP78 — Thomas Fletcher (@longsnapfletch) June 23, 2016

Thomas Fletcher, rated a five-star long snapper by Rubio’s long snapping website, announced his decision via his Twitter account that he plans on attending the University of Alabama.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound prospect attends the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fl.

“I’m going to ‘Bama,” Fletcher told Scout. “It was the fact that I feel really at home when I’m up there. It wasn’t a decision made all because it’s Alabama football, but with the academic people, campus, and everything, it was a decision I could make if I wasn’t playing football”.

Chris Rubio of Rubio Long Snapping describes him as having the potential of being the best in the history of the website. On his player profile, Rubio says Fletcher is “by far, the best in the country with his snapping and his mindset”. He also says he is college-ready now and gets better as you apply more pressure to him.

Welcome to Tuscaloosa, Thomas. With all of those traits, I’d say you are going to fit right in.