Florida standout Agiye Hall announced his commitment to Alabama on his Instagram live Saturday evening with OvertimeSZN. The Valrico (Fla.) Bloomingdale standout explained why he opted for the Crimson Tide over schools like Arizona State, Georgia, LSU, and Oklahoma.

“I chose the school because I know for a fact that as soon as I step on the field and as soon as I step with that team, we’re going to win a national championship, for real,” Hall said.

Alabama has been recruiting the 6-foot-3, 190-pound talent for quite a while. He last visited Tuscaloosa in November and had been set to return on March 27 before the coronavirus shut on-campus recruiting down. He’s still maintained contact with the UA staff, including Nick Saban and his area recruiter Jeff Banks.

“Those were some legendary conversations,” he said of talking with Saban. “When you talk to him that’s the real GOAT talk right there. Every time I talk to him I feel like his tone sounds so real. I appreciate him for taking the time to recruit me these the past three years. I appreciate everybody.”

Part of Hall’s decision-making process saw him lean on former Tide running back Jerome Ford who came from his former high school Armwood.

“A player that went there, Rome, he used to be a running back,” Hall said. “He gave me a lot of advice about the program. He said it’s nothing but business and that really helped the decision.”

Hall shed light into what went into his decision within his own family.

“Nice and long and thorough (talks),” he said. “Those conversations took almost months. It was like every day. We didn’t do short-term thinking. We did a lot of long-terms. We looked at every single school thoroughly, it’s history. We started to look at those and all five of those schools. I feel like this one just hit better.

“Really it’s just something I’m going to be living with for life. The fact that I made this decision for my lifetime, it’s huge. It’s really, really huge. I appreciate everybody. It wasn’t just me that made this decision.”

On board in 2021, Hall knows of some more additions coming to the Tide’s recruiting class that now stands with three commitments.

“We’re going to keep that classified,” he said. “Y’all are going to see. Y’all got a lot coming your way.”

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