If Brian Maurer had any thoughts of exploring other options in the final weeks leading up to the early signing period, he made it clear Tuesday that he has put them to rest.

His mind still is set on Tennessee.

The three-star senior quarterback from West Port High School in Ocala, Fla., who has been committed to the Vols since late June, announced Tuesday afternoon on his Twitter account that he's "officially shutting my recruitment down."

"I’m solid with my school ! #GBO," he added in his tweet.

The 6-foot-2.5, 184-pound Maurer told GoVols247 last month that he had continued hearing from at least a few other schools in recent months, including Ohio State, UCF and Florida, although he hadn't made plans to visit any of them. Ohio State and UCF were among the 20 teams that extended scholarship offers to him before he committed to Tennessee on June 27, just a week after he picked up an offer from the Vols.

Maurer, who still is the Vols' only quarterback commitment for the 2019 class, is planning to arrive at Tennessee in January as an early enrollee.

He returned to Knoxville on Sept. 22 to attend the Vols' 47-21 loss to Florida, and he's still expected to take his official visit to Tennessee next month before signing with the Vols during the early signing period, which starts on Dec. 19.

Maurer said last month, just five games into Tennessee's season, that he still was “110-percent locked in with Tennessee,” and “definitely the future” he believes the Vols will have under first-year coach Jeremy Pruitt was among the main reasons he still was sold on them.

“I mean, I do feel better about them as a program overall, because you can definitely see the effort-level difference from last year. This year, it’s on the rise tremendously,” Maurer said at the time. "There’s nothing, really, I want to see them do before I get in there. Just keep their heads high and keep playing ball.

“Coach Pruitt’s already shown improvement with his program, and he’s definitely going to do some great things in the future, and I’m excited for it.”

Coming off a series of strong camp performances earlier this year that earned him an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals and Nike's The Opening Finals, Maurer posted big numbers during his senior season despite his West Port team finishing with a 2-8 record and missing the playoffs.

He ended the year with a career-high 3,572 passing yards, 34 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, completing 65.4 percent of his passes, and also rushed for 466 yards and six touchdowns.

Maurer is ranked the No. 460 overall prospect and No. 17 pro-style quarterback in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class. He's also ranked by 247Sports as the No. 437 overall player and No. 12 pro-style quarterback in the 2019 class.