TROY – In the patchwork quilt that is the Troy secondary, Craig Slocum was ripped from one square and sewn into another.
Slocum started the season with a different position (then cornerback, now safety) and a different number (then 17, now 4). Things like that happen to walk-ons like Slocum, a 6-foot, 186-pounder from Lake Butler, Fla. He doesn’t take it personally.
Besides, he was on the field last Saturday night against Georgia State, although the circumstances weren’t ideal. True freshman free safety Dell Pettus, who himself started the season as a backup, got dinged up and left the game in Troy's concussion protocol.