Derek Kief gives verbal to Alabama

La Salle High School (Cincinnati, OH) wide receiver Derek Kief has given his verbal commitment to the University of Alabama for 2014.



Kief, who stands 6-foot-4 and tops the scale at 200-pounds, selected the Crimson Tide over the likes of Kentucky and Ohio State.

Listed as a four-star prospect per Rivals.com, Kief becomes the 12th verbal commitment in respect to Alabama's 2014 signing class and the second verbal pledge in the last 48 hours.