The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has a bevy of talented athletes at the running back, wide receiver and tight end positions. The Mocs also have a pair of skilled quarterbacks with big arms.
Yet if they don’t have a quality offensive line, those other players won’t get many chances to shine.
Midway through the second week of camp, the group up front – much-maligned a year ago – has made significant strides. That’s in part due to some talented additions, but also due to progress from players already in the system.
UTC quarterbacks were sacked a Southern Conference-high 34 times in 2017, a number that ranked 109th in protection in the Football Championship Subdivision. The unit slowly got better as the season went along, but that improvement was from bad to just OK.
Now, with a season and an offseason, the unit looks and feels better.