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Tennessee sharpens passing game during fourth spring practice
by Patrick BrownTennessee resumed spring ball with its fourth practice on Saturday morning, when the Vols remained indoors inside the Anderson Training Center after rain on Friday night left Haslam Field too slick to use. The Vols again were in shells (helmets and shoulder pads) as they practiced with hundreds of coaches in attendance for Tennessee’s annual coaching clinic and dozens of recruits on visits for the first weekend practice. The short media-viewing portion early in practice allowed for a close look at offensive line drills and routes-on-air work with the quarterbacks and wide receivers as Tennessee sharpened its passing game.
The Vols worked their usual route tree in the short and intermediate windows with wide receivers coach Kelsey Pope overseeing the side of the field with the slot receivers and one outside position.
You can check out some highlights from routes-on-air in the video above, which opens with some work with the offensive line.
Those O-line drills feature LSU transfer offensive tackle Lance Heard (No. 53) and young offensive linemen like redshirt freshmen Shamurad Umarov (No. 79) and Vysen Lang (No. 51) and freshmen Gage Ginther (No. 78) and Jesse Perry (No. 72).
The passing game work includes quarterbacks Nico Iamaleava (No. 8) and freshman Jake Merklinger (No. 12) and wide receivers Squirrel White (No. 10), Kaleb Webb (No. 84), Tulane transfer Chris Brazzell II (No. 11), freshman Braylon Staley (No. 14) and redshirt freshman Nate Spillman (No. 80).
WATCH: Tennessee sharpens passing game during fourth spring practice
Highlights from Tennessee’s fourth spring practice as the Vols worked inside the Anderson Training Center on Saturday morning.
247sports.com
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