Notes, observations from Day 4 of Tennessee fall practice

[Ryan Sylvia]

Day 4 of fall camp today. Here's the notebook!

- Shells again (shoulder pads but no thigh or knee pads)
- No knee brace for Nathan Leacock for the second-straight practice
- Javontez Spraggins in attendance for second-straight practice
- Bru McCoy went through everything against air, didn't look limited in that regard
- Mike Matthews still sitting out with no helmet
- Cameron Seldon, Tommy Winton III in red jerseys
- John Campbell Jr., Dont’e Thornton, Andrej Karic, Kaleb Webb were dressed but limited

- OL and DL one-on-one work

• Cooper Mays with a really nice rep on Elijah Simmons
• Rob Ayers all over Simmons afterward
• Lance Heard and James Pearce Jr. head-to-head, Heard stuck with him but it looked like a hold probably could've been called
• Caleb Herring won a rep against Jesse Perry, quickly shed the block

- Interesting drill with the LB, TE, RB

• Trash cans set up with some kneeled coaches to simulate the line
• Josh Heupel, Tim Banks and Wililam Inge
• TEs would stay back to pick up a rusher and RB would release on a route guarded by a LB
• DeSean Bishop had the best rep, drove past Jalen Smith for about five more yards, DeRail Sims was hyped

- QB work with WR and TE, here's the rundown:

• Weren't seperated into X Y Z just two lines of WR
• Bru McCoy first to get reps on the left side, followed by Squirrel White and then Nathan Leacock
• Chris Brazzell first on right, followed by Trey Weary and Nate Spillman
• TE order was Miles Kitselman, Ethan Davis, Holden Staes, Charlie Browder
• A lot of drops for on air reps
• Drops from Malcolm Kinzer, Trey Weary, Cole Harrison, Squirrel White, Nathan Leacock
• Jake Merklinger had a few bad reps in a row, missed pretty bad on an out-route and a slant
• Chris Brazzell might have the best hands on the team, almost everything is strong out in front, rarely catches it with his body