Former Syracuse center Chinonso Obokoh committed to St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon. CBS Sports first reported the news. Obokoh’s coach at Bishop Kearney (New York) High School, Jon Boon, confirmed Obokoh’s decision to The Daily Orange.

The 6-foot-9, 215-pound Obokoh visited St. Bonaventure one week ago and visited Rutgers on Tuesday.

When looking at schools to transfer, a source with knowledge of the situation said it was important to Obokoh to start right away.

On April 6, Syracuse.com reported the center’s intent to transfer. The Rochester, New York native will have one year left of eligibility after graduating from SU in May, one year ahead of his class.

As a graduate transfer, Obokoh will not have to sit out a year. He played sparingly over the past two seasons, scoring 91.7 percent of his total points this season in one game, on Dec. 22 against Montana State. That game was the best of his career as he scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in 12 minutes of play.

Obokoh, who arrived at Bishop Kearney from Nigeria, lost a year of eligibility despite redshirting his freshman season because the NCAA ruled Bishop Kearney incorrectly classified Obokoh on his arrival in the United States.