The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team picked up a commitment for the 2012 signing class Tuesday night when Calhoun High School linebacker Alex Kirby committed to the Mocs.
A member of the Times Free Press’ preseason Dynamite Dozen, the 6-foot, 216-pound Kirby is UTC’s first commitment for the upcoming class.
“Alex is one of the best linebackers, if not the best, we’ve had since we’ve been here,” said Calhoun coach Hal Lamb, who added that the Mocs “were getting a steal.”
The Mocs have been off since beating Samford last Saturday and will return to practice this afternoon.
For more Mocs coverage, see tomorrow's Times Free Press. You can also follow beat writer John Frierson on Twitter at twitter.com/mocsbeatCTFP.
John Frierson is in his fifth year at the Times Free Press and fifth year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department. A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole ...
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