Three-star senior offensive tackle Marcus Tatum of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., announced Monday afternoon on his Twitter account that he has committed to Tennessee.

The 6-foot-6.5, 255-pound Tatum chose the Vols over Florida, Miami and Alabama.

Tatum gave Tennessee its 17th known commitment for the 2016 class and its third from an offensive lineman, joining four-star offensive tackle Ryan Johnson of Brentwood (Tenn.) Academy and three-star offensive tackle Nathan Niehaus of Cincinnati’s Colerain High School.

The Vols are the only team that has hosted Tatum on an official visit to this point, although he previously had scheduled official visits to Florida this weekend and to Miami the weekend of Jan. 22.

He went on his official visit to Tennessee the weekend of Nov. 7 for its home game against South Carolina. He also visited the Vols in late July for their “Orange Carpet Day” and traveled to Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 28 to attend one of their practices for the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl against Northwestern.

Tatum, who claims scholarship offers from more than 20 teams, is ranked the nation’s No. 439 overall prospect and No. 44 offensive tackle in the 247Sports Composite for the 2016 class.



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