Transferring Oregon receiver Dont’e Thornton sets commitment date following Tennessee visit

One of Tennessee’s top targets in the transfer portal is ready to make a decision. Dont’e Thornton, a receiver who is moving on from Oregon, will announce his new home on Monday afternoon.

Thornton teased the announcement on Saturday, when he just so happened to be visiting Tennessee.

Thornton followed the tweet up by saying “1 pm ET.”

The 6-5, 185 pound receiver has been linked to the Volunteers since the end of the regular season. Tennessee will lose Cedric Tillman and Jalin Hyatt from last year’s roster, freeing up plenty of production. We saw Squirrel White, Bru McCoy and Ramel Keyton show out in the Orange Bowl, but there’s not much experience behind them. Walker Merrill, Jimmy Calloway…