A longtime Tennessee commitment announced Friday that he's now headed to another SEC school.

Four-star linebacker/defensive end Jordan Davis of Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Miss., posted on his Twitter account Friday that he has committed to Mississippi State, switching his commitment from the Vols to the Bulldogs after being committed to Tennessee for nearly eight months.

Davis, a former Alabama signee from Southwind High School in Memphis, Tenn., currently is ranked by 247Sports as the nation's No. 1 overall junior-college prospect in the 2020 class. In the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, he's ranked the No. 3 overall junior-college player and No. 1 juco weakside defensive end in the 2020 class.

The 6-foot-5, 249-pound Davis was the only projected edge rusher in Tennessee's 2020 class.

The Vols now are left with 11 commitments for the 2020 class.

Despite his commitment to Tennessee, Davis had made it clear over the past couple of months that he still was exploring other options.

In May, he tweeted a top six that didn't include the Vols. And he visited Mississippi State twice last month, most recently attending one of the Bulldogs' camps on June 15.

"Honestly, it's very family-oriented here at Mississippi State," Davis told 247Sports' Paul Jones last month. "With me having teammates that are signing with Mississippi State, it really shows me that people outside of the school really show support to the players here and to the school. It is a lot of love at Mississippi State.

"When I come back here, that's one thing I always tell Coach (Joe) Moorhead. With myself coming from nothing, it shows that a lot of people care for you here and I love that about this staff."

Coming out of high school, Davis was an Under Armour All-American who was ranked the No. 108 overall prospect and No. 6 weakside defensive end in the 247Sports Composite for the 2018 class. He also was ranked by 247Sports as the No. 189 overall prospect and No. 11 weakside defensive end in the 2018 class.

Last year, Davis recorded 45 tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, as a freshman at Copiah-Lincoln. He also was credited with one forced fumble.

After signing with Alabama in December 2017, Davis again committed to the Crimson Tide in October only to reopen his recruitment less than a month later — and less than a week after Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt’s staff extended a scholarship offer to him.

Just 10 days after his decommitment, he committed to the Vols despite having visited them only once during his high school career, in June 2017, while he was committed to Alabama.

“It’s just somewhere I wanted to truly go, somewhere I feel that I can really make a difference,” Davis told GoVols247 after announcing his commitment to Tennessee on Nov. 13. “I just want to do something different. I want to do something big. I want to do something big for my hometown and my state.

“I mean, I shocked the world with that one.”