Tennessee began the week with their fifth practice of the fall camp slate on Monday morning in Knoxville. The Vols will have an open day on Tuesday before practice returns leading up to a scrimmage near the end of the week. Tennessee will officially kick off the season on Aug. 31 in Knoxville.
The offensive linemen had the spotlight during Monday’s media session after practice. While Tennessee has rotated first-year freshmen throughout the first four media sessions, the Vols had 14 seasons of campus experience speak on Monday with a trio of veterans in Cooper Mays, Dayne Davis, and Jackson Lampley. Tennessee offensive line coach Glen Elarbee led off the day at the podium.
Elarbee spoke about having veterans in his room, returning seniors like the trio mentioned above, rotating players during the season, center/left guard competitions, and much more.
“Yeah, it is a super veteran group,” Elarbee said about his room. “I mean, there are guys that played a lot of football. And you just go across the board, man, like Dayne (Davis) is a coach on the field. John (Campbell) is a coach on the field. Coop (Cooper Mays) is always the coach on the field. Spraggs (Javontez Spraggins) is a coach on the field. Dre (Andrej Karic) has even, in his second year, become a great coach on the field. They know it so well and they’re helping bring those young guys along.”
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Check out all four interviews from Monday below:
Tennessee OL Coach Glen Elarbee
Tennessee OL Cooper Mays
Tennessee OL Dayne Davis
Tennessee OL Jackson Lampley
