Four-star safety Brandon Burton of Gardena Serra commits to UCLA

Four-star safety Brandon Burton pulled out a UCLA hat and gloves during a SportsCenter announcement on Tuesday night.

Four-star safety Brandon Burton pulled out a UCLA hat and gloves during a SportsCenter announcement on Tuesday night.

Safety Brandon Burton has committed to UCLA, becoming just the third Gardena Serra product to pick the Bruins in over a decade.

The four-star prospect was slated to announce his decision on SportsCenter on Tuesday night, but a pre-taped video was released on Bleacher Report nearly half an hour earlier.

He picked UCLA over Florida State, USC and Arizona.

When he sends in his letter of intent, Burton will become the highest-ranked Serra player to sign with the Bruins in recent memory. Receiver Jordan Lasley and linebacker Dwight Williams, both of whom were three-star prospects, landed in Westwood in 2014, while two-star offensive lineman Tony Lee did so in 2004. (Four-star receiver Paul Richardson also signed with UCLA in 2010, but was dismissed after being arrested on suspicion of felony theft. He signed with Colorado the following August.)

A consensus top-150 national recruit, Burton is ranked the fourth-best safety in the country by Rivals and the No. 13 athlete by Scout. The 6-foot, 185-pounder is just the third defensive back prospect in UCLA’s 2016 class, joining three-star recruits Keyon Riley and Leni Toailoa.