Monday morning Tennessee football practice highlights
Tennessee was working toward their second scrimmage of fall camp on Monday morning and more key players were back on the practice field. It’s a real priority for Josh Heupel to get the whole team some solid work.
“Listen, vets in the NFL play too, you know what I mean?,” Heupel said. “There’s a ramp up and a build up to be ready to go play. Some of the guys that have missed the last couple days got to get back and get some of that work. Whether it’s got to necessarily be a scrimmage, depends a little bit on the player and the amount of time that they’ve had on task. The balance for myself, our coaching staff is always to have these guys ready to go play. They got to grow as players. They got to be prepared for the opening kickoff in the schedule that we’re going play. At the same time, have them as fresh and healthy and ready to be for the duration (of the season).”
The loss of Jourdan Thomas is something they are working through as a secondary as they look for the best combination of players.
“One they’ve been great for the seven days before we got to the scrimmage tonight,” Heupel said. “(They) compete extremely hard, take coaching, they’ve made plays, they learn from mistakes. Their athleticism tonight, played some really tight coverage down the field. Just within the game, the subtle details that allow you to play it at a really high level in particular corners tonight, I thought they did a really, really good job.”
Tennessee is off on Tuesday and will be back at practice on Wednesday morning. The second scrimmage of fall camp will be on Thursday morning at Neyland Stadium.
Defensive backs coach Willie Martinez and select players will meet the media on Monday after practice.
