UTC defensive end Davis Tull does drills recently on Scrappy Moore Field. The Southern Conference defensive player of the year wants to be even better as a junior.Individually, there wasn’t much University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore defensive end Davis Tull didn’t achieve in 2012.
In his second season as a starter, Tull was the Southern Conference defensive player of the year, made multiple All-America teams and set a Mocs record with 12.5 sacks in a season. Not bad for a player who walked on in 2010 and admits he still has a lot to learn about the position.
UTC coach Russ Huesman said every player in NCAA Division I football dreams of playing in the NFL. Tull is among them, though the 6-foot-3, 230-pounder has numerous goals he wants to achieve before he’s done in college.
“It’s like the ultimate goal, I guess, making [playing in the NFL] become a reality,” he said. “But still only being a junior [next season], you can’t really focus on that too much. For us to have not won a championship yet, that’s goal No. 1.”
As a freshman and sophomore, Tull had UTC career sack leader Josh Williams playing the right defensive end position. Williams drew considerable attention, which often helped free Tull on the left. Williams finished with 23.5 sacks; Tull has 17.5 in two seasons.