In April, Virginia Tech picked up a walk-on commitment from Punter Brandon Nickle (Oak Ridge, TN). According to his Twitter account, Nickle has flipped his commitment and instead plans to play his college football in Tennessee.

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Blessed to say that I will be continuing my education and football career at The University of Tennessee! ???? pic.twitter.com/T4juQsKq7H — Brandon Nickle (@bnickle3) July 30, 2016

“First off, I would like to thank God for the kicking abilities that he has given me. None of this would have been possible without Him. I would also like to thank my family, coaches and friends. Over the past few weeks it looked as if I might not be able to continue my football career in college. However, I was lucky enough to be recruited once again by my dream school. I feel extremely blessed to announce that I will be continuing my education and football career at the University of Tennessee!”

Nickle had reported preferred walk-on offers at Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State, Oklahoma State and Toledo.

Nickle is rated as the nation's 9th best punter according to the Kohls Kicking rankings.

He originally committed to the Hokies on April 11th but did not enroll in the University over the summer as a member of the 2016 class.