chattanooga MOCS

Hard-nosed player with good football instincts … Should contend for starting job at inside linebacker … Coaches expect him to have a good senior season.

2006: Started five of the first six games of the year ... made 39 tackles ... Posted 10 stops and a forced fumble against Georgia Southern ... 4.0 TFLs, including 2.5 at Tennessee Tech.

2005:  Competed in 11 games and drew three starts … Started at one of the inside linebacker slots in each of the last three games … Recorded 26 tackles including 17 solo stops … Made two tackles in debut against Tennessee Tech … Tallied three hits versus Western Carolina … Collected five tackles and one behind the line at Appalachian State … Set season high with seven stops, four solos, in win over The Citadel … Totaled five solo hits against Furman … Signed by the Mocs in early July ... Transferred from Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif.

GROSSMONT COLLEGE:  Played for the Junior College State Championship his freshman year at Grossmont College … Lost in the finals by three points to College of the Canyons … Griffins forged a 13-1 record in 2003 and an 11-1 mark in 2004 … Collected 103 tackles, three interceptions and three sacks as a middle linebacker his sophomore season … Added three sacks and an interception his freshman year … A First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Conference selection … Voted team’s best linebacker … Coached at Grossmont by Dave Jordan.

AMADOR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL:  Four-year letterwinner for the Dons … Lined up at linebacker and running back … Listed as Second-Team All-Conference senior year … Helped AVHS advance to the state title game … Coached at Amador Valley by Rick Sira.

Evan Carl Hermanson … Born Sept. 1, 1983 in Walnut Creek, Calif. … Son of Susan Hermanson and Charles Hermanson.