Chattanooga area turning into state's hotbed for college football recruiting
After lagging behind the rest of the state for the better part of the past decade, the Chattanooga area is primed to become Tennessee's epicenter f...
After lagging behind the rest of the state for the better part of the past decade, the Chattanooga area is primed to become Tennessee's epicenter for college football prospects this fall. The area produced eight Power Five signees in 2010, including seven with Southeastern Conference programs, but has not had more than five players sign with a Power Five team — one from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC — in any of the 12 signing classes since. The most impressive recent group came in 2020, when McCallie's Jay Hardy signed with Auburn, North Murray's Ladd McConkey with Georgia and Dalton's Jahmyr Gibbs with Georgia Tech.