Kell's Brian Randolph Signs with Tennessee

If there's one guy in Georgia who's glad to see the recruiting process come to an end, it's former star Brian Randolph. Randolph gave a verbal commitment to Tennessee in June 2010, but that didn't keep other teams from calling him. Teams could technically still recruit Randolph until his letter of intent was faxed in -- which happened Wednesday morning.

"It’s a big weight off my back," Randolph says of finally signing with the Vols.

The two biggest reasons Randolph picked Tennessee: he thinks Derek Dooley and Dooley's staff have the Volunteers on the rise and he also thinks he has a great chance to play as a true freshman.

"The plan is for me to play free safety," says Randolph, who rushed for 1,068 yards and totaled 21 touchdowns during his senior year. "The coaches are saying I should have pretty good chance of playing right away." 

Randolph officially announced his intentions to play for Tennessee at a group signing event at Andretti Indoor Karting in Roswell. There were 165 Atlanta-area football standouts in attendance.