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UTC positional analysis: Secondary gets makeover after 2022 struggles

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / UTC's Kam Brown (15) returns a interception. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs hosted the Virginia Military Institute Keydets in a Southern Conference football game, at Finley Stadium, on October 15, 2022. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / UTC's Kam Brown (15) returns a interception. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs hosted the Virginia Military Institute Keydets in a Southern Conference football game, at Finley Stadium, on October 15, 2022.

By Gene Henley July 17, 2023 3 min read

The Times Free Press is taking a positional look at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football roster as the season kicks off in less than two months with a Sept. 2 date at North Alabama.

Here’s a look at the secondary:

Who’s Gone: CaMiron Smith (11 starts, 5 passes broken up).

Who’s Back: Seniors Kam Brown (6 interceptions, 5 passes broken up, first-team All-Southern Conference), Romeo Wykle (3 starts, 22 tackles) and Telly Plummer (two starts, nine tackles); Junior Reuben Lowery (8.5 tackles for loss, interception, touchdown, second-team All-SoCon); Sophomores Josh Battle (8 starts, 47 tackles, interception) and Jordan Walker (8 starts, 35 tackles, interception).

Who’s In: Senior Clay Fields III (2021 All-American at Marist); Sophomores Jeremiah Batiste (transfer from Miami of Ohio) and Chayce Bishop (transfer from Ball State); Freshmen D.J. Adams, Martez Cooksey and Christian Harris