Vols beat eight SEC schools to 3-star DE

Three-star defensive end Chidi Okonya has committed to Tennessee. The Riverdale High School player is ranked the 19th-highest defensive end in the nation by 24-7 Sports, and the 31st overall player in Georgia. The 6-5, 230lb player from Riverdale, Georgia was offered by a large number of schools, including Georgia, Florida, LSU, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Vanderbilt in the SEC. Big-name out-of-conference schools included Notre Dame, Stanford, Penn State, Oregon and Clemson. He was visited by coaching staffs from Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon, Wisconsin, Louisville and Duke.  

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