Sources confirm Brendan Scales of Ballwin, Mo. (Lafayette Sr.) has committed to Alabama. Scales received an offer on Wednesday and was already in Tuscaloosa for A-Day when he made his decision.

"I'm very pleased," Scales' father Von Scales said. "My number one objective was that he was happy and comfortable with his decision, and if he is, I am. I just want the best for him, he's the one that's got to go through that meat grinder for four years, and if Alabama is where he wants to do it, I'm all for it.

"Alabama loyalist or not, you grow up knowing so much about it. We've heard nothing but great things about the program from people we've known that have had kids there, so I'm very comfortable with it."

Scales, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound prospect, is rated the No. 28 tight end in the country per the 247Sports Composite. He chose Alabama over schools like Arizona State, Arkansas, and Iowa. He becomes the Tide's sixth commitment for the 2016 class.



