Alabama’s recruiting momentum continues as four-star running back Keilan Robinson has committed to the Crimson Tide.

The Washington (D.C.) St. John’s College product chose Alabama over offers from Florida State, Georgia and Maryland, among several others, on Wednesday night.

The East Coast back visited Tuscaloosa earlier this month and worked out with several of his teammates from St. John’s. Robinson was also at the Capstone in early April after the Tide offered in February.

"It means a lot," Robinson told 247Sports’ Brian Dohn of the UA offer earlier this year. "I always knew that I am one of the best players in the country, and to have the best college football team in the country offer me a chance to play for their team only proves that."

"I know that Bama wins and brings the best out of their players. They expect nothing but championship effort."

BamaOnLine was told in late May that Robinson was favoring the Tide, however, it wasn’t clear at the time he had the green light to commit. Clearly he received the ability to join the class after working out on campus earlier in June.

Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley has been cleaning up on the recruiting trail in the DMV and surrounding area this cycle. Along with Robinson, the Tide offensive coordinator has landed four-star inside linebacker Shane Lee from Baltimore (Md.) St Frances Academy and four-star safety DeMarcco Hellams from Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha Catholic.

At 5-foot-9, 184 pounds, Robinson is rated the No. 18 running back and the No. 346 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Robinson is commitment No. 17 for the Crimson Tide in the 2019 recruiting cycle, strengthening the Tide’s grip on the No. 1 spot in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings. The Tide sits with a score of 276.05.

The four-star back’s commitment likely won’t end the Tide’s recruiting efforts at the running back position. We’ve spent a lot of the month of June talking about five-star back Trey Sanders among several others.

This isn’t the first time Alabama has turned to St. John’s College in recent years. Bama linebacker Terrell Lewis hails from the D.C. program.

With Robinson on board, one has to imagine Alabama now sits in even greater contention for other top prospects from St. John’s College. The Tide offered a slew of them during their stay on campus earlier this month including 2020 five-star linebacker Mekhail Sherman and 2020 four-star cornerback Luke Hill.

With the latest 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 stands for the last eight weeks and doesn’t look like it will lose that spot anytime soon … if ever.