Derrick Lott.JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defensive tackle Derrick Lott was looking forward to getting his hands on Jacksonville State running back Washaun Ealey on Saturday.
The two Georgia transfers went at each other a few times during practices in Athens, Ga., before Ealey left in 2011 and Lott this spring. Lott said Ealey had contacted him recently — perhaps the initial stages of smack talk — about the upcoming game at JSU Stadium. But Ealey never took the field.
Ealey was arrested Wednesday on drug charges and was suspended for one game.
“I had to go against him a couple of times, and I figured it would be the same today and I was ready for the game,” Lott said. “When I found out he wasn’t playing, I was kind of disappointed.”
When Lott decided to transfer to UTC this spring, after his sophomore season at Georgia, he talked to Ealey about Jacksonville State and playing in the Football Championship Subdivision.