Three-star senior athlete Kendall Bussey of Isidore Newman School in New Orleans announced Friday that he has committed to Tennessee.

“This was tough. Up until this morning, pretty much, it was a coin flip. But I’ll be furthering my education at the University of Tennessee," Bussey said after choosing the Vols over Texas A&M, Nebraska and Indiana during a ceremony at his school.

“I went up (to Tennessee) at 12 years old for a Junior Olympic track meet, and I just left Knoxville astonished. I never got why, but it always had a special place in my heart. And not many people are able to live out their dream, being able to go to their dream school and play for their dream school. I saw the opportunity, and I felt I had to seize it.”

The 5-foot-8, 192-pound Bussey was committed to Nebraska for more than nine months before reopening his recruitment last month following the firing of former Huskers coach Bo Pelini.

He took an unofficial visit to Tennessee the weekend of Oct. 25 for the Vols' game against Alabama and received a scholarship offer from them days later.

Bussey, who gave Tennessee its 26th known commitment for the 2015 class and its third from a projected running back, is ranked the nation's No. 347 overall prospect and No. 30 athlete in the 247Sports Composite.