Whitley chose the Tide over offers from Texas, Texas A&M, Florida, LSU,
Notre Dame and others after recently visiting Tuscaloosa for the Tide's A-Day game.
“Their graduation rates for the last three years have been very high," Whitley told BamaOnline after his A-Day visit. "That’s what I was mostly focused on, because my academics are something that I’m going to be focused on when I go to college. I liked the engineering program. They have tutors for every player. That’s going to be my main focus. I know they have a thing for winning and all the national championships, but that’s not all I was worried about.”