Kevin Lalin and Journey Wyche spend most of their time in the same places.
They lift together in the weight room. They work through drills side by side at practice. On game days, they sit together on the sideline with an iPad, going back over the plays that just happened and talking about what they could have done better.
Then they go back out and compete for the same carries as running backs for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“When I first got here, Journey was with me with open arms,” Lalin, who transferred to UTC earlier this year, said after practice Tuesday. “It was no hating stuff or anything, and we just used that to push each other.”
That push has produced one of the most productive backfields in the Southern Conference during the 2026 season.