chattanooga MOCS

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Career
- Enrolled in January 2020
- 46 games played with 29 starts...166 tackles, 19.0 for loss (2.0 sacks), 15 PD (3 Int-2TD/12 PBU)
- Played in 16 collegiate games as a true freshman in 2020-21 (5) and 2021 (11) seasons before his first spring practice opportunity in 2022
- All-SoCon: 2022 (2nd), 2024 (1st)
- SoCon All-Freshman: 2021
- CSC (Formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District: 2022, 2024
- FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team: 2023
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week: 2x (2022)
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Month: Sept. 2022
- Academic All-SoCon: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- NCAA Football Oversight Committee/Student-Athlete Connection Group: 2024-25
- 2024 Doris Robinson Award finalist
- May 2023 graduate with Latin Honors in Mechanical Engineering
- Signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens 

Newsworthy
Member of the UTC Rocket Mocs. It's a student amateur rocketry group that earned NASA recognition as one of the best in the country for five consecutive years (2019-23). 

2024 (Senior)
- Started all 11 games played...second on the squad with 62 tackles and tied for second in TFLs (7.5) with linebacker Alex Mitchell...six passes defended with two interceptions.
- 1st team All-SoCon...Doris Robinson Award Finalist (top FCS student-athlete).
- High of nine tackles was first recorded in home opener against Mercer and matched at Western Carolina and Samford.
- Registered second career pick six with a 61-yard return in the win over Wofford...both came against the Terriers (2022)...also had an interception against Portland State.
- High of two pass breakups against Samford...one each against Mercer and at Western Carolina...recovered an onside kick against the Catamounts.
- High of 1.5 tackles for loss against Mercer...1.0 each at Georgia State, Wofford, VMI, at The Citadel and Samford.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.
- NCAA Football Oversight Committee/Student-Athlete Connection Group.
- Second team preseason All-SoCon per Phil Steele.
- 4.0 student...Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2023 (Junior)
- Nominee for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team...team captain.
- Played in nine games with eight starts...started both at slot safety as well as outside corner.
- 26 tackles with one for loss, a sack at Mercer.
- Forced a fumble in the win at Samford and has pass breakups against The Citadel, ETSU and Furman.
- 4.0 student...Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2022 (Sophomore)
- Started 10 games with nine in the slot and one at deep safety.
- CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District.
- 2nd team All-SoCon (coaches) and 3rd team per Phil Steele.
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Week in Weeks 1 & 10...Tennessee Sports Writers Association Defensive Player of the Week in Week 1.
- SoCon Defensive Player of the Month for September.
- 52 tackles with 8.5 for loss ranking fourth on the team.
- First career interception was a 45-yard pick-6 in the season opening win over Wofford.
- First career sack came on fourth down on The Citadel's last drive thwarting any hopes of a comeback...also recovered a fumble against the Bulldogs...made a career-high nine tackles in Charleston making a late switch to safety due to illness in the secondary after practicing all week in the slot.
- Two pass breakups for the season. 
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll...4.0 student in the spring...Academic All-SoCon.

2021 (Freshman II)
- Played in all 11 games seeing action at nickel back…SoCon All-Freshman honors.
- 17 tackles with 15 solo…one for loss of two yards in the win over Western Carolina…season-high four stops…multiple tackles in six contests.
- Three pass breakups came in consecutive games – at North Alabama, at Kentucky and WCU...one forced fumble came at Samford.
- Part of a secondary that boasted three All-SoCon picks and himself on the All-Freshman team…played behind second team All-SoCon selection Rashun Freeman.
- His unit helped the defense lead the SoCon in every major category – Scoring, Total, Rush and Pass Defense.
- 153.5 yards per game allowed in the air was the fewest in a full season since 2014 (153.2)…1,689 yards was the lowest total since 2011 (1,549).
- Dean’s List and A.D. Honor Roll...Academic All-SoCon.

2020-21 (Freshman)
- Saw action in all five games.
- Career-best six tackles with a tackle for loss against Mercer.
- 4.0 student in the fall semester…Dean’s List and A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.

Hillgrove
- All-Region player at Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Ga.…played for head coach Phil Ironside.
- Two INTs, two TDs and 10 PBUs as a senior.
- State finalist, first team all-region and all-county in track & field…also lettered in basketball.
- 4.0+ GPA and SGA representative…completed an engineering capstone project as a senior.

Personal
- Full name is Reuben Clarence Lowery III…born July 30, 2002…son of Reuben and Tisha Lowery.
- Two sisters: Ebony and Joy.
- Has a potential voiceover career if the professional football or engineering careers don’t pan out.
- Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.