Before wrapping up our official visit to Tennessee this weekend, Don’e Thornton On Saturday night, he revealed that he would be announcing his transfer destination soon.
At 6 feet 5 inches and 199 pounds, Thornton is simply “1/9.” He confirmed to GoVols247 that the tweet referred to his planned commitment and said he would announce his choice in a follow-up tweet on Sunday morning at 1 p.m. Added.
Thornton, who has a four-star transfer rating by 247Sports, traveled to Arkansas on Wednesday for the Razorbacks’ official visit to kick off the week’s five-day transfer window. He returned home on Friday before traveling to Tennessee for an official visit that had been planned for weeks, and his weekend stay in Knoxville is expected to end on Sunday.
He visited Auburn and Miami last month. He told 247Sports’ Gaby Urrutia after an official visit to Miami on the weekend of December 17th.We plan to visit probably 2 more times and commit in January. ”
A former Top 100 prospect who graduated from Baltimore’s Mount St. Joseph High School, Thornton has to play three years to qualify for the remaining two seasons. He will be entering the school of his choice this month.
Thornton is ranked 49th in overall transfers and 10th in transfer wide receivers for the 2023 cycle by 247Sports.
This season, he caught 17 passes for 366 yards and scored a touchdown in 11 games. He finished the year as the Ducks’ fifth-best receiver, but averaged 21.5 yards per catch, and his longest reception was 58 yards.
His production was inconsistent throughout the season, but he began to be more involved in Oregon’s offense later in the season. His nine of his catches this season include his four-catch, 151-yard performance on the Ducks in his 20–17 win against Utah on November 19, his last. It was in 4 games.
As a true freshman, Thornton appeared in all In 14 games for Oregon in 2021, he made two starts and caught nine passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns. He had four catches for 90 yards and a touchdown in the 2021 Alamo Bowl 47–32 loss to Oklahoma for the Ducks.
An official visit to Miami over two weeks ago allowed him to reunite with his former Oregon coach. Mario Cristobalrecruited Thornton to play for the Ducks and served as his coach in Oregon during the 2021 season.
According to Urrutia, Thornton said of his trip to Miami, “It was an amazing visit.” “It was a great opportunity to come here and come back with Cristobal and see him. It was a good visit.”
After his trip to Arkansas this week, he told 247Sports’ Danny West on Thursday that he had “a very nice visit” with the Razorbacks.
“The town has treated me very well and I had a great time here,” Thornton said.
He told West he was “most definitely” interested in playing for the SEC.Because you can see that the SEC is considered the most competitive conference in college football. ”
According to West, Thornton added on Thursday, “If I play there and do well, I’m likely going to the NFL.”
