B.J. Coleman isn’t biting his tongue anymore. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quarterback is asserting himself as the offense’s alpha Moc in a way he couldn’t a year ago.
“I really feel like it’s extremely important at the quarterback position to have a leader,” Coleman said, “and somebody who’s not scared to step on anybody’s toes or not afraid to go in there and say what he really means and tell the truth.”
Coleman, a redshirt junior, had to tread lightly at times last season after transferring from Tennessee because he didn’t want to come on too strong to teammates he hardly knew.
“He was a great leader when he first got here, but he was new and he kind of had to pick his way through, pick his times,” Mocs coach Russ Huesman said.
A year ago at this time, Coleman was the new quarterback, the flat-topped four-star recruit out of McCallie that everyone in town knew by name. And at least officially, he was competing with then-senior quarterback and co-captain Jare Gault for the starting job.