TaDarryl Marshall received a scholarship offer from Tennessee in early March and visited the Vols for the first time just three days later to attend one of their junior days.

Three-star junior athlete TaDarryl Marshall of Leeds (Ala.) High School announced his commitment to Tennessee on Tuesday.

It didn’t take long for him to decide that he wanted to play there.

The three-star junior athlete from Leeds (Ala.) High School announced Tuesday afternoon that he has committed to Tennessee, choosing the Vols over offers from Auburn, Alabama and nearly 20 other teams during a ceremony at his school.

The 6-foot, 180-pound Marshall gave Tennessee its ninth known commitment for the 2016 class and its second in four days. Four-star offensive lineman Brodarious Hamm of Spalding High School in Griffin, Ga., committed to the Vols on Saturday afternoon during his visit for their spring-ending Orange and White Game.

“I just like the family environment the coaches give off,” said Marshall, who’s ranked the nation’s No. 537 overall prospect and No. 35 athlete in the 247Sports Composite for the 2016 class. “The coaches are nice people, and they actually care about the players. The fans care about the football players.

“It’s every athlete’s dream, really, to play for an SEC school, a (Division) I school. I mean, what more can you ask for?”

Marshall’s commitment came just three days after his latest visit to Tennessee for Saturday’s spring game, but he said he had been leaning toward the Vols since “probably about two weeks” after his first trip to Knoxville.

“I was talking to the coaches every day after the (first) visit,” he said. “I haven’t talked to any of the Auburn coaches like that, or the Georgia Tech coaches or the Alabama coaches.

“We still talk every day. Every day, no matter what, we’re talking about something. It doesn’t even matter. They’re not always talking about the recruiting process. They’re asking how my family is —Â just the small stuff.”

He said he knew before he arrived on campus Saturday that he planned to choose Tennessee, but his weekend visit with the Vols only verified what he already thought about the program and made him even more excited to play for them.

“Everybody keeps bragging about the Tennessee fans — the atmosphere during the games —Â and I really just wanted to see and feel it for myself,” Marshall said. “I was hoping a lot more people would have showed up, but people thought it was going to rain, and it ended up not raining.

“But it was strong —Â 63,000 —Â and I felt it. I felt all the fans. The atmosphere was as lively as they said it was, and I’m just really ready to see what a real game feels like.”

Marshall said he called Tennessee coach Butch Jones, defensive coordinator John Jancek, offensive coordinator Mike DeBord, wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni and linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen on Monday to inform them of his decision.

“I called Coach Jones at, like, 8:30 my time last night,” Marshall said. “He said it made his night. Both of us were pretty excited about that.”

While Marshall plays quarterback at Leeds, he said the Vols plan to use him as a wide receiver or defensive back.

“I like playing receiver. I like playing everywhere. Tennessee is going to give me that chance, so I took it,” said Marshall, who claims to have been timed at 4.52 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

“They want to see how I do in fall camp. They said I’ll be playing a little bit of slot, a little outside receiver, safety, DB, punt returner, kick returner —Â a little bit of everything. They basically said they just want the ball in my hands because of my playmaking abilities.”

With his decision now behind him, Marshall said he’s not planning to visit any other schools leading up to National Signing Day.

“I’m shutting things down,” he said.