A.J. Caldwell plans to continue his basketball career at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, giving coach Lamont Paris and the Mocs their first addition for the 2019-20 season.
In late March, Caldwell posted on Twitter that he was leaving after one season at South Alabama due to its change in head coaches this offseason. On Wednesday, he used the social media platform to announce he is coming to UTC, where he will join his brother Dominic, a Mocs quarterback who will be a sophomore next football season.
A 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard, Caldwell was in line to be in the playing rotation in his lone season with the Jaguars, but he broke his nose during the preseason, then had a knee injury that required surgery. He played in four games, totaling four points and three rebounds.
Caldwell must sit out the 2018-19 season because of NCAA transfer rules but will have three seasons of eligibility remaining after that and could apply for another.
He was a three-star prospect coming out of Riverview High School in Sarasota, Fla., scoring more than 2,000 points in his prep career. He was the 50th-ranked guard in the country and a top-20 recruit in the state of Florida, according to ESPN, and was listed by both Scout.com and Rivals.com as the No. 1 shooter in the state.