Lose one, keep one.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team lost a recruit earlier this week when 6-foot-3, 291-pound Cleburne County offensive lineman John Robinson decommitted, but the new coaching staff was able to secure the allegiance of running back Chris Broadwater from Tucker High School in Georgia.
Broadwater had committed to former coach Russ Huesman’s staff, but new head coach Tom Arth and his staff were able to keep Broadwater in the fold.
The 6-foot, 212-pounder is a two-star prospect, rushing for 1,197 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2016 for Tucker, who fell to Valdosta in the Georgia Class AAAAAA state championship game. Broadwater had four 100-yard rushing performances, including a 196-yard game on Sept. 2 against Colquitt County.
He had 10 other Division I offers, including Football Bowl Subdivision programs Air Force, Army, Miami (Ohio), South Alabama and Western Kentucky.