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2023 Football Roster

Derek Daniel

56 Jeremiah Katt

  • Position Offensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 293
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz
  • Prev School Fork Union Military Academy
  • Highschool Mountain View
  • Twitter @BigKatt__

Biography

- Pronounced “cat”
- Career: 36 games played with 14 starts
- Graduated December 2023 as a Latin Honors Candidate in Criminal Justice

2023 (Junior)
- Started all 13 games at left guard.
- Part of an o-line that ranked second in the nation in pass blocking per PFF College...88.9 grade was second only to Oregon...it was buoyed by ZERO sacks and just 2.0 TFLs at Alabama in the regular season finale.
- Unit was key to offense leading the SoCon and ranking 10th nationally in time of possession (32:27).
- Unit allowed a mere 3.85 tackles for loss per contest (9th in the country) and just 1.31 sacks (20th).
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll...4.0 student.

2022 (Sophomore)
- Reserve offensive lineman...served upfront on the PAT and FG units.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman II)
- Saw action at guard and special teams playing in all 11 games.
- O-line was integral in the squad averaging 205.5 rushing yards per game, the highest average since 2016 (206.3)…rushed for more than 170 yards in all but two games including the narrow loss to VRBO Citrus Bowl Champ Kentucky…171 yards tied Florida for second-highest total against Wildcats defensive front behind 173 by Iowa in the bowl game…Ford’s 48-yard scamper in the contest was the longest run allowed by UK all season.
- His group tied a school record by limiting opponents to nine sacks for the season.
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll student.

2020-21 (Freshman)
- Enrolled in January 2020.
- Started at left guard against Mercer.
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll…SoCon Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
- Spent the fall of 2019 at Fork Union Military Academy…2019 graduate of Mountain View High School in Mesa, Ariz.
- Played for head coach Mike Fell…also lettered in wrestling, placing third in the state with a 54-3 record as a senior.

PERSONAL
- Born Feb. 10, 2000…son of Wanda and Rick Katt…has a brother, Isaac, and a sister, Jadyn.
- Father played football at Arizona State.
- Criminal Justice major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2020Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'4" 305 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2021Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 274 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2022Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 282 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2023Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'3" 293 lbs
    56