Tennessee returned to the football field Tuesday for its second practice of BYU week. After Monday’s closed session, the media saw two open periods under a blazing sun. It was a typical practice, with no extra buzz or enthusiasm.
Here’s some quick notes…
As he’s done most all preseason and then in Week 1, head coach Jeremy Pruitt spent all of Tuesday working with the cornerbacks. The Vols continue to work Alontae Taylor and Warren Burrell on the outside with Shawn Shamburger at nickel.
At inside linebacker, Daniel Bituli was dressed at practice but only watched from the sidelines. He did yell at Jeremy Banks for something but I didn’t witness what happened. Henry To’oto’o and Will Ignont were still the 1s, with Shanon Reid and Banks going second.
After playing 20 snaps in a backup role Saturday, Kurott Garland was again working with the 2s on Tuesday. The first-team DL was Aubrey Solomon, Greg Emerson and Savion Williams, in place of Darel Middleton who along with Latrell Bumphus and John Mincey was with the outside linebackers. Matthew Butler and Ja’Quain Blakely were running with the 3s. Freshman Elijah Simmons and redshirt freshman Kingston Harris remained on the scout team.
Brian Niedermeyer was going scorched earth on the tight ends today. On various blocking drills, he wasn’t pleased with the effort or fundamentals from his group.
Jim Chaney spent time with various groups today, first observing the tailbacks and quarterbacks working on their mesh point. Later he watched the tight ends and then the offensive line.
Along the offensive line, the unit never lined up with a full unit while we were out there. They practiced footwork drills running four at a time, with Ryan Johnson, Trey Smith, Brandon Kennedy and Ollie Lane going together during one rep, with Jahmir Johnson, Wanya Morris, Riley Locklear and Marcus Tatum the next. Later, the groups spilt into guards and tackles. Notably, as we were leaving practice, Trey Smith did not go join his teammates in 11-on-11 work and instead went to work with the S&C staff.
It’s difficult to truly know because of all the scout team jerseys but it looked like Jordan Murphy was out there rocking a No. 14 jersey. I didn’t see a lot of routes on air, but Jauan Jennings made sure he went first in every rep after calling himself the leader of the team earlier Tuesday. Ramel Keyton continues to climb the line and was running second at one of the boundary wideout spots.
Scouts from the Texas and Ravens were in the house today.
Athletics director Phillip Fulmer and mega-booster Charlie Anderson were practice observers today.
Here’s some quick notes…
As he’s done most all preseason and then in Week 1, head coach Jeremy Pruitt spent all of Tuesday working with the cornerbacks. The Vols continue to work Alontae Taylor and Warren Burrell on the outside with Shawn Shamburger at nickel.
At inside linebacker, Daniel Bituli was dressed at practice but only watched from the sidelines. He did yell at Jeremy Banks for something but I didn’t witness what happened. Henry To’oto’o and Will Ignont were still the 1s, with Shanon Reid and Banks going second.
After playing 20 snaps in a backup role Saturday, Kurott Garland was again working with the 2s on Tuesday. The first-team DL was Aubrey Solomon, Greg Emerson and Savion Williams, in place of Darel Middleton who along with Latrell Bumphus and John Mincey was with the outside linebackers. Matthew Butler and Ja’Quain Blakely were running with the 3s. Freshman Elijah Simmons and redshirt freshman Kingston Harris remained on the scout team.
Brian Niedermeyer was going scorched earth on the tight ends today. On various blocking drills, he wasn’t pleased with the effort or fundamentals from his group.
Jim Chaney spent time with various groups today, first observing the tailbacks and quarterbacks working on their mesh point. Later he watched the tight ends and then the offensive line.
Along the offensive line, the unit never lined up with a full unit while we were out there. They practiced footwork drills running four at a time, with Ryan Johnson, Trey Smith, Brandon Kennedy and Ollie Lane going together during one rep, with Jahmir Johnson, Wanya Morris, Riley Locklear and Marcus Tatum the next. Later, the groups spilt into guards and tackles. Notably, as we were leaving practice, Trey Smith did not go join his teammates in 11-on-11 work and instead went to work with the S&C staff.
It’s difficult to truly know because of all the scout team jerseys but it looked like Jordan Murphy was out there rocking a No. 14 jersey. I didn’t see a lot of routes on air, but Jauan Jennings made sure he went first in every rep after calling himself the leader of the team earlier Tuesday. Ramel Keyton continues to climb the line and was running second at one of the boundary wideout spots.
Scouts from the Texas and Ravens were in the house today.
Athletics director Phillip Fulmer and mega-booster Charlie Anderson were practice observers today.
