Tennessee adds 3-star DE to 2016 class
Mykelle McDaniel is officially a Tennessee Volunteer.
McDaniel (6-foot-4, 240 pounds), a 3-star strong-side defensive end and the No. 23 player at his position from the 2016 recruiting class, can finally take a sigh of relief after months of uncertainty due to academic shortcomings that have prevented him from signing with a team up until this point.
On Friday afternoon, he signed with UT:
I'm officially a VOL.1% pic.twitter.com/GkuKkVY6cE
— 1% (@MykelleMcDaniel) July 23, 2016
The road to becoming a Vol is as perplexing as it is complicated. Just two weeks ago, McDaniel — a one-time South Carolina commit — told TheState.com will confidence that he “will be going to USC” and that coach Will Muschamp had been reserving a scholarship offer for him specifically.
One-time #Gamecocks target Mykelle McDaniel headed to Tennessee https://t.co/5d9zDtkBTc
— GoGamecocks.com (@gogamecocks) July 23, 2016
“I have always loved the Gamecocks and I really think that’s the place for me,” he said last November.
McDaniel is a solid late addition for Tennessee. The Loganville, GA product compiled 100 tackles as a senior in 2015 and held 31 offers in total from many elite programs, such as Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, LSU, Florida State, and others.