Derrick Lott.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team already has one really big body in its defensive tackle rotation in 6-foot-3, 300-pound Chris Mayes. The Mocs now have another in former Georgia Bulldog Derrick Lott.
Lott, listed at 6-4, 303 pounds on Georgia’s website, is transferring to UTC after playing sparingly the past two seasons for the Bulldogs. He signed last week and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
“We’re expecting him to be a pretty good player and we’re excited about having him,” Mocs coach Russ Huesman said. “He’s athletic and he’s big.”
New Mocs running backs coach Thomas Brown, a Georgia graduate who was an assistant strength coach last season, gave Lott a big thumbs up, Huesman said. Bulldogs coach Mark Richt also spoke highly of the former Rivals.com four-star prospect from North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Ga.
“When you’ve got Thomas Brown and Mark Richt speak very highly of him, you know he’s a pretty good kid,” Huesman said.