It was a steamy one today and the Vols were in shorts, shoulder pads and helmets after going twice on Monday.
Lots of individual work today, some kickoff work and a ton of focus on ball-disruption from the defensive side. Butch has talked a lot about creating more turnovers and he was practicing what he was preaching on the practice field today.
On kickoff team right now it looks like Marquill Osborne is the only freshman on the team right now, lots of sophs.
The more I see of Austin Pope the more I like him. Good looking athlete with some nice hands. Had several nice catches today and looks like he's getting more and more comfortable. Devante Brooks is a good looking guy physically, but right now Pope seems to be a much smoother and more fluid athlete. Obviously, Brooks has been hampered by his injuries, but Pope is a nice looking prospect.
Thought the QBs had a nice day throwing the ball in the couple of periods we saw. Tyler Byrd had one beautiful grab on a ball he had to adjust to and snag one-handed.
Defensively lots of work on stripping the ball for the DBs, for the DL lots of focus on getting to the QB and having the presence of mind to try and knock the ball loose. Get a chance to see guys turn the corner in those kind of drills and Darrell Taylor and Kyle Phillips just stand out as being really explosive guys.
In the secondary it's easy to see the that the competition is intense at safety/nickel. That continues to be where Bob Shoop spends the majority of his time in individual work and he's got some nice pieces to work with. Looked like Nigel Warrior was having another nice day and Micah Abernathy could be heard drawing some praise from the coaches.
Lots of individual work today, some kickoff work and a ton of focus on ball-disruption from the defensive side. Butch has talked a lot about creating more turnovers and he was practicing what he was preaching on the practice field today.
On kickoff team right now it looks like Marquill Osborne is the only freshman on the team right now, lots of sophs.
The more I see of Austin Pope the more I like him. Good looking athlete with some nice hands. Had several nice catches today and looks like he's getting more and more comfortable. Devante Brooks is a good looking guy physically, but right now Pope seems to be a much smoother and more fluid athlete. Obviously, Brooks has been hampered by his injuries, but Pope is a nice looking prospect.
Thought the QBs had a nice day throwing the ball in the couple of periods we saw. Tyler Byrd had one beautiful grab on a ball he had to adjust to and snag one-handed.
Defensively lots of work on stripping the ball for the DBs, for the DL lots of focus on getting to the QB and having the presence of mind to try and knock the ball loose. Get a chance to see guys turn the corner in those kind of drills and Darrell Taylor and Kyle Phillips just stand out as being really explosive guys.
In the secondary it's easy to see the that the competition is intense at safety/nickel. That continues to be where Bob Shoop spends the majority of his time in individual work and he's got some nice pieces to work with. Looked like Nigel Warrior was having another nice day and Micah Abernathy could be heard drawing some praise from the coaches.
