chattanooga MOCS

2008: Played in all 12 games ... five catches for 47 yards ... Power clean of 330 pounds ranked third on the squad.

2007: Top-catching tight end on the team with 10 receptions for 107 yards ... Ranked sixth on the squad in catches ... Tied for the team lead in touchdown receptions with four ... First career catch was for two yards against Carson-Newman ... Set season high with three receptions at Appalachian State ... Totaled 20 yards against the Mountaineers including a three-yard touchdown ... Grabbed a 21-yard scoring pass against The Citadel ... Tallied a 10-yard TD toss in win over Western Carolina ... Compiled 39 yards on two catches versus Wofford with a 14-yard touchdown.

2006: Competed in four games ... Lined up as a reserve tight end and on special teams ... Did not record a reception.

2005: Redshirted ... Worked with the tight ends ... Member of the scout team

McEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded 15 catches for 295 yards and two touchdowns in 2004 ... Graded out at 81 percent in his blocking assignments ... Named First-Team All-Cobb County ... Class 5A Indians finished 8-3 his final year and advanced to the state playoffs ... MHS advanced to the second round of the playoffs ... Voted All-County as a junior ... Two-year starter for the Indians ... Earned Player of the Week honors numerous times ... Coached at McEachern by Jim Dorsey ... Earned Academic All-America status ... Also recruited by Furman, Vanderbilt and Charleston Southern.

Joseph Edward Pitman ... Born Jan. 8, 1987, in Atlanta, Ga. ... Son of Kelly Hulsey and Wes Pitman ... Father lives in Hixson, Tenn., a Chattanooga suburb ... A Sports Administration major.