Jordan Walker hasn’t felt like himself during his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football career.
Now a redshirt junior, the 6-foot, 188-pound safety been mostly healthy, sure. He’s also been pretty productive, compiling 117 tackles (7.5 for loss), 1.5 sacks, four interceptions and a forced fumble while appearing in 31 games for head coach Rusty Wright’s Mocs.
And yet Walker just hasn’t felt quite right.
This offseason, though, he feels like he got his superpowers back — and all it took was a change of his jersey number, with Walker going back to the No. 4 from his days as a two-way standout and all-state defensive back for Alabama’s Lafayette High School.
“You know the commercial that you’re not yourself unless you eat a Snickers?” said Walker, who had worn No. 28 at UTC since arriving in 2020. “I was telling Coach Wright: ‘I’m not myself unless I’m in number four.’ Being in that number, I’m faster, more physical, flying around and getting to the ball.