Mocs Football Team Adds Nearly 40 New Players

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Rick Nyman,

(gomocs.com) The construction period for the Chattanooga Mocs football program is complete. Thirty-nine new Mocs are pledged to the 2026 roster with 65 returning. Of that 104, 89 are in the Scenic City readying for spring practice.

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“We were able to sign the high school kids we wanted to. We’ve got 17 total high school kids, which is always important to us. Two are here with us, so there are 15 coming in the first of June. The transfers we were able to add and get them into school and get them here (for the spring) helped a lot as well. We were able to add some depth in some places and some competition. Those who stayed this year are a big key component of it too.” – Coach Rusty Wright on where the roster stands today

“The biggest thing was it let us continue to keep growing some rooms. We’re able to attack the o-line and d-line rooms, which is always important for us. We got some more length in the building. We added in the secondary guys, which was important, and another wide receiver, which was huge. I think they’re all guys that have tremendous upsides for them. We were able to flip some guys that were committed to some places and get some good players in here.” – Wright on the high school additions made in December and today

“We were able to bring in some guys to compete in a bunch of different areas. It may change the dynamics of how we do some things. I think the biggest thing is we were able to bring guys in that played a lot. That was a big deal for us this go around. Everybody in this group had played football somewhere. Hopefully we’re a little faster and a little better.” – Wright on the transfer portal

“This is pretty much going to be it. We may add one or two more…maybe. But, it’s not going to be anything like it was last year in May or June. We pretty much got our guys here, and we get to go figure out our football team from this point forward.” – Wright on what’s ahead

Class of 2026 (December Signees Italicized)
Caden Ali, DB, Fr., 6-1, 170, Birmingham, Ala. (Hewitt-Trussville)

Simeon Alphonse, OL, Fr., 6-5, 285, Manchester, Tenn. (Coffee County)

Parker Awad, QB, Jr., 5-11, 190, Costa Mesa, Calif. (Edison/New Mexico St.)

Jared Bafford, OL, Fr., 6-3, 293, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Oak Ridge)
Royce Baucom, OL, So., 6-4, 285, Guntersville, Ala. (Guntersville/Arkansas State)

Ryan Bell, DL, So., 6-3, 258, Atlanta, Ga. (Mount Zion/Bethune-Cookman)

Harrison Bey-Buie, Sr., 5-10, 222, Philadelphia, Pa. (Moline/Northern Iowa)

Hamilton Black, OL, Fr., 6-3, 270, Suwanee, Ga. (Lambert)
Joseph Brigmon, TE, Fr., 6-5, 210, Pineville, Ky. (Bell County)
Mason Bryant, DB, R-Fr., 5-8, 188, Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan/Samford)

Nate Carter, DL, R-Fr., 6-0, 255, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Cleveland/Samford)

Will Davidson, LS, Jr., 5-10, 197, Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter/SE Louisiana)

AD Davis, DB, Fr., 6-3, 195, Smyrna, Tenn. (Blackman)
Dacian Davis, DL, 5-11, 260, Monroe, Ga. (Monroe Area)
Kaden Edwards, DB, 5-10, 160, Pinson, Ala. (Pinson-Valley)
TJ Fields, DB, Jr., 5-8, 151, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor/Sewanee)

Kelby Glaze, RB, 5-11, 185, Lincolnton, Ga. (Lincoln County)

Will Jackson-Linkhart, TE, 6-5, 230, Sr., Dayton, Ohio (Centerville/Tiffin)

Kevin Lalin, RB, Sr., 5-9, 188, Spring Lake, N.C. (Overhills/Catawba)

Boobie Leavell, WR, Fr., 5-11, 174, Clinton, Tenn. (Anderson County)

Cruz Lee, DL, Fr., 6-5, 230, Northport, Ala. (Northridge)

Owen Maddox, K, Fr., 6-1, 200, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Notre Dame)

Amari Matthews, DB, Fr., 6-1, 160, Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah)
Terry Mikell, DL, Sr., 6-0, 274, Statesboro, Ga. (SE Bulloch/Presbyterian)

Kyreon Montgomery, OL, So., 6-4, 242, Atlanta, Ga. (Banneker/Lane)

Jaylen Mosby, DB, Jr., 5-10, 162, Antioch, Tenn. (Cane Ridge/UVA-Wise)

Tate O’Bryan, TE, Sr., 6-3, 225, Cleveland, Tenn. (Cleveland/Lenoir-Rhyne)

Daniel Oduola, DL, Fr., 6-5, 230, Hampton, Ga. (Hampton)

LaRawn Robinson, LB, So., 6-1, 223, Centereach, N.Y. (Centereach/S. Conn. St.)

Austin Rudd, OL, Jr., 6-1, 277, Atlanta, Ga. (Stockbridge/Sewanee)

Jayden Rush, DB, Fr., 5-11, 180, Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy)
Ashton Schumann, WR, Jr., 6-2, 174, League City, Texas (Clear Springs/Cent. Oklahoma)

Jaden Taylor, OL, Sr., 6-2, 292, Tullahoma, Tenn. (Tullahoma/Bethel)

Alandias Thomas, DB, Fr., 6-0, 158, Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay)

Hayne Tobias, TE, 6-3, 210, Whispering Pines, N.C. (Union Pines)

Lawson Wade, Jr., OL, 6-1, 280, Cincinnati, Ohio (Mariemont/Centre)

Hudson Wamack, R-Fr., WR, 6-0, 171, Chattanooga, Tenn. (Boyd-Buchanan/Wofford)

Bryce Washington, Jr., LB, 6-1, 205, Springfield, Ohio (Springfield/Ohio Dominican)

Jacob Ziegler, Jr., OL, 6-4, 296, Sandusky, Ohio (Perkins/Morehead St.)

Position Breakdowns:
QB: Parker Awad (Jr.)

RB: Harrison Bey-Buie (Sr.), Kelby Glaze (Fr.), Kevin Lalin (Sr.)

WR: *WR Boobie Leavell, Austin Schumann (Jr.), Hudson Wamack (R-Fr.)

TE: *Joseph Brigmon (Fr.), Will Jackson-Linkhart (Sr.), Tate O’Bryan (Sr.), Hayne Tobias (Fr.)

OL: *Simeon Alphonse, OL (Fr.), *Jared Bafford Fr.), Royce Baucom (So.), *Hamilton Black (Fr.), Kyreon Montgomery (So.), Austin Rudd (Jr.), Jaden Taylor (Sr.), Lawson Wade (Jr.), Jacob Ziegler (Jr.)

DL: Ryan Bell (So.), Nate Carter (R-Fr.), *Dacian Davis (Fr.), *Cruz Lee (Fr.), Terry Mikell (Sr.), *Daniel Oduola (Fr.)

LB: LaRawn Robinson (So.), Bryce Washington (Jr.)

DB: *Caden Ali (Fr.), Mason Bryant (R-Fr.), *AD Davis (Fr.), *Jaden Edwards (Fr.), TJ Fields (Jr.), *Amari Matthews (Fr.), Jaylen Mosby (Jr.), *Jayden Rush (Fr.), *Alandias Thomas (Fr.)

K: *Owen Maddox (Fr.)

LS: Will Davidson (Jr.)
*Summer Enrollee