The Atlanta area continued to prove fruitful for Tennessee on Friday night when impact defensive end Chidi Okonya pledged to the Vols following his spring game.
The 6'5.5", 230-pound lineman from Riverdale, Georgia, committed to UT over other finalists Clemson, Ole Miss, Stanford and Duke. A host of other schools such as Georgia, Florida, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State and others also offered the prospect.
"Tennessee has the right balance of things I was looking for in a school," Okonya told Bleacher Report. "Right off the bat, I had a good relationship with the coaches.