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Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Tull Has Monster-Sized Chip On His Shoulder

Imagine being in the midst of your senior season of high school football, with homecoming, the endless flow of recruiting mail by colleges and the local press outlets putting you in the spotlight. Then it all comes to a screeching halt, when all of a sudden a freak injury throws a monkey wrench into those plans. The offers begin to dissipate like a bowl of water in the Mojave Desert, and let’s take it a step further-a coach even has the audacity to hang up on you, mid-sentence, upon hearing about the injury. This is what happened to Tennessee-Chattanooga’s standout defensive phenom, Davis Tull, an athletic freakshow who the Pittsburgh Steelers would be wise to take a late flier on.