Georgia coach Kirby Smart has picked up his first defensive commit for 2018, and it’s big news in Athens.

Adam Anderson, a four-star outside linebacker from Rome, Ga., pledged to the Bulldogs Friday morning.

“It is lifelong dream for me, coach was very excited when I told him, and I am also the first defensive commit in 2018 so he was excited for that,” Anderson told Dawgs247.

Anderson, who measures 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, is ranked the No. 7 prospect at his position and No. 12 recruit from the Peach State by 247Sports Composite.

He is UGA’s second 2018 pledge, joining four-star OT Max Wray from Franklin, Tenn.