Georgia lands nation’s No. 4 running back in Kendall Milton

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Kendall Milton committed to Georgia for the second time on Monday.

The nation’s No. 4 running back prospect chose the Bulldogs from a commitment ceremony with a live network stream out of a Dave & Busters near the Fresno suburb of Clovis, Calif. Milton is the third 5-star prospect to commit to Georgia’s 2020 class.

The video used to share that news with the world was produced by DawgNation.

“This decision took a lot of thought,” Milton said. “It took a lot of long talks with my family and people that I consider close to my family. I just feel right about the decision.”

Milton made a silent commitment to the Bulldogs back on June 14. That was the day of his official visits when he tried on the red, black and white Georgia jersey variants.

After the photo shoot, Milton told his parents he wanted to commit that day. After discussions, they called Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee over and informed him of the decision first.

“I’m coming,” Milton said. “I want to commit.”

Official word would come Monday.

Milton, 6-foot-2, 229 pounds is the third-highest out of 16 public commitments to Georgia at this time. He is the nation’s No. 22 overall prospect per the 247Sports Composite ratings for 2020.

“There are some programs in the country you can go to and you can go you know I play college football,” father Chris Milton said. “There are other programs where you can say ‘You know, I play D-1 ball’ and then there is a handful of programs that you go to where you go to and you can say ‘This is a stepping stone because you are going somewhere else’ and this is one of those programs.”

Milton chose Georgia over Alabama, LSU and Ohio State.