Chris McCullough, a highly-rated junior at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H., committed to Syracuse University today. McCullough confirmed his decision on via Twitter.

McCullough is a 6-foot-10, 220-pound forward. He is rated No. 17 in the Class of 2014 by ESPN.com and No. 13 by Scout.com.

He is the first player from the Class of 2014 to commit to Syracuse, but he's the fourth high school player to choose Syracuse within the last three weeks. His Brewster Academy teammate, senior guard Ron Patterson, just committed to the Orange on Saturday.

The Bronx native attended Salisbury (Conn.) School last year. He averaged 13.8 points per game.

He chose Syracuse over Memphis, Connecticut, St. John’s, Kansas, Rutgers and Louisville and many more schools.

In August, Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv and zagsblog.com offered this analysis of McCullough:

“A future pro. A long, athletic kid. He needs to learn how to involve himself in the offense a little more. He doesn’t have great range on his jump shot yet, but he’s great in transition. I had a coach tell me the other day he’s only going to be in college for one year.’’

Click this link to a September post on syracuse.com about McCullough. It includes a video of him in action.