Four-star recruit Jerrell Colbert verbally committed to LSU on Sunday, he tells 247Sports.

"I picked them because basically it's where I’m most comfortable at and the best fit for me to get to the next level with their training," Colbert said.

Colbert, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound center out of San Antonio (Tex.) Cornerstone Christian, took an official visit to LSU back in December, and that's when he realized that the Tigers might be his potential landing spot.

"I saw all the players and they all said that LSU was the best choice because I could get the best training," Colbert explained. "When I saw the practice I could see they do really well with training. This was the best decision for me, and I think they do well with big men"

Colbert had scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Memphis, Michigan, Baylor, Houston and USC. But Colbert made it clear that LSU prioritized him and pursued him harder than the other interested schools.

"LSU was hitting me up every day," he said. "I really liked that. The other schools were hitting me, but not as much as LSU. They connected with me and the coach Wade connected with me."

While the official visit to LSU was Colbert's only visit to campus, he said that LSU visited him at Cornerstone Christian a number of times.

"Really he was just treating me like family," he said about Wade. "He was always there. When I want to talk to him he always said he wants me to be at that school."

This marks the first pledge for LSU in the 2021 recruiting class. Wade and the Tigers picked up their fifth 2020 commitment earlier Sunday when Eric Gaines pledged bumping the Tigers to No. 6 overall in the 247Sports Team Rankings.

Colbert ranks No. 32 overall and as the No. 6 center prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.