2019 guard Boogie Ellis just verbally committed to Duke, he tells 247Sports.

“I picked Duke,” Ellis said. “I just felt like Coach K has the best vision for me as well as getting to my other dreams as being a pro and stuff like that. I feel like he gave me the opportunity to be an impact player, that’s what he really sold me on.”

Ellis, a 6-foot-2 guard out of San Diego (Calif.) Mission Bay, picked the Blue Devils over Memphis, North Carolina, San Diego State and USC. Ellis took an official visit to Duke the weekend of Oct. 26.

During that trip, Mike Krzyzewski sold Ellis on his plan for him. What was the vision that Krzyzewski laid out for Ellis?

“Just told me he wants me to be Boogie and be the best Boogie that I can be so basically saying that he was going to let me be myself, which is why I liked Duke more and the school also,” Ellis told 247Sports.

“I picked Duke because it’s the biggest stage, playing against the best players that I haven’t been able to play against because I haven’t been in EYBL my whole life so I get a chance to play against the top guards that are ranked ahead of me and prove that I’m better than those guards.”

Ellis’ recruitment took off after performing at a high level during the July evaluation periods.

“At first I was waiting on North Carolina and then they offered me and then Duke came so then my recruitment completely changed after those two,” Ellis said.

Once the visit portion of his recruitment started, Ellis said he started to sift through which school he wanted to go to. The trip to Duke particularly set things over the top for the Blue Devils.

“I was up in the air until I went to Duke and was talking to Coach K,” Ellis said. “It’s different when you’re hearing one of the best coaches of all time telling you that you’re a really good player and really give you a vision of how he sees you and how he wants to use you. He really presented that well and gave me a really good presentation and stuff like that so you could tell he really genuinely meant the stuff that he was saying. You could tell he doesn’t say that to everyone.”

While Krzyzewski did an impressive job recruiting Ellis, he pointed out that Duke assistant Chris Carawell played a key role in convincing him that Duke was the spot for him.

“We have a good relationship,” he said about Krzyzewski. “But I really had a strong relationship with coach Carrawell, he always kept it 100-percent honest with me and that’s what I also like about coach K is that he’s honest with me and they all keep it honest with me and if there’s something that’s not going to be there, or if something is going to be wrong, they would tell me and keep it 100-percent honest with me and that really made me respect them.”

On the court, Ellis is known for his ability to score and he showed that throughout the spring and summer. Playing for the Oakland Soldiers, Ellis averaged 17.2 points a game, while shooting 46-percent from three on 144 attempts.

How does Ellis plan to help them?

“Be a great leader, a great point guard,” Ellis said. “I’m going to be able to score the ball, I’m a scoring point guard but also I know how to make the right plays. If I screen and roll and draw two people I kick it to the corner and just make the right plays and get my teammates open shots.”

Ellis ranks No. 35 overall and No. 7 at the combo guard spot in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He ranks No. 25 overall in the Top247.

Duke now has a pair of commitment in the 2019 recruiting class. Ellis joins five-star wing Wendell Moore to make up their current recruiting class, which now ranks No. 10 in the 247Sports Team Rankings.