Defensive lineman Rolando Melacon is the third member of Tennessee’s 2007 signing class headed to junior college.
Melancon of Lutcher (La.) High School is enrolled at City College of San Francisco.
The 6-foot-1, 260-pound Melancon, reached be telephone Tuesday, said he was initially disappointed to have to take a two-year detour, but that he intends to use his time there to get faster and stronger.
Alcoa defensive end Rae Sykes is expected to enroll at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College, while Chattanooga defensive end Cory Hall will attend Northwestern Mississippi Junior College.
As of Monday, Tennessee had 25 of its 32 signees on campus attending summer school.
The Vols have just two scholarships remaining for three signees who have yet to enroll.
Defensive back C.J. Fleming (Highland Springs, Va.), defensive end Rufus Williams (Mims, Fla.) and tailback Dennis Rogan (Fulton) are the three remaining signees.
According to Fulton coach Buck Coatney, Rogan has already been approved by the NCAA’s academic clearinghouse.
Melancon, who said he intends to attend UT after his two years in California, joins something of a UT pipeline at City College of San Francisco.
UT signee Kenny O’Neal spent two years there after leaving Florida State.
Former players Albert Toeaina and Gibril Wilson also attended City College before transferring to Tennessee.
O.J. Simpson played two years at CCSF before transferring to Southern Cal in 1967.