For Buford (Ga.) product Seth McLaughlin, the decision to commit to Alabama back in March over schools like Clemson, Michigan, Oklahoma, and South Carolina is still one he couldn’t be happier about.

“There’s no greater feeling than how I feel about it right now,” McLaughlin told BamaOnLine. “It’s 100 percent yes this was the right decision. No regrets or anything like that.”

Since announcing his intentions, McLaughlin has been able to relax a little bit when it comes to recruiting.

“It’s been going great,” he said of life since committing. “It’s definitely a good feeling to have a lot of stress lifted off your shoulders. I know I’m going to Alabama; I don’t have to worry about all the recruiting stuff.”

In certain recruitments nowadays, commitments are more of just where someone is heavily leaning rather than where they may actually end up. That’s not the case for McLaughlin.

“There were some schools that were like, ‘Yeah we know committed doesn’t always mean 100 percent committed, so if you ever decommit let us know and we’d want you.’ But when I told the coaches at the other schools that I committed to Alabama before I released it everywhere, I told them that the odds are, unless something insane happens to where Alabama isn’t Alabama, I’m not going to decommit. The other coaches know I’m that type of person.

“I just feel like it’s not necessary to communicate with other schools when I know in my heart I’m not going to decommit.”

Offensive line coach Kyle Flood played a big role in the Peach State lineman’s recruitment. The two have continued to grow their relationship.

“Me and Coach Flood talk about once a week about who else he’s recruiting and everything in general,” McLaughlin said.

The Tide pledge has put on his recruiting cap where he can when it comes to others the Tide is targeting. The Buford native says he thinks the Tide will sign roughly three offensive linemen, possibly four in 2020. Two linemen McLaughlin has been working on are Jonah Monheim and Xavier Hill.

“I’m nothing like Pierce Quick was. But just the guys that Coach Flood told me to reach out to, I’ve reached out and tried to build a connection with them a little bit,” McLaughlin said. (Hill and Monheim) are two guys Coach Flood wants really bad.”

McLaughlin plans to visit Tuscaloosa two or three times this summer. He may camp next month as well as attend the Champions Cookout.

At 6-foot-4, 270 pounds, McLaughlin is rated the No. 49 offensive tackle and the No. 600 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.