KNOXVILLE — Jeremy Pruitt enters his third season as head coach at Tennessee.
Tennessee ended the 2019 campaign with a six-game winning streak that included victories over South Carolina, UAB, Kentucky, Missouri, Vanderbilt and Indiana.
The Vols held two practices in 2020 before spring football was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tennessee players returned to campus for voluntary workouts on June 8.
On June 17, the NCAA DI Council approved a football summer and preseason model.
Assuming a school’s first scheduled football contest is on Saturday, Sept. 5, schools may conduct up to eight hours of weight training, conditioning and film review per week (with not more than two hours of film review per week) from July 13-23.
Then, from July 24 through Aug. 6, schools may conduct up to 20 hours of countable athletically related activities per week (not more than four hours per day) as follows:
- Up to eight hours per week for weight training and conditioning.
- Up to six hours per week for walk-throughs, which may include the use of a football.
- Up to six hours per week for meetings, which may include film review, team meetings, position meetings, one-on-one meetings, etc.
During this 14-day period, student-athletes are required to get at least two days off.
The model does not make any adjustments to the legislated 29-day preseason practice period.
The Vols are scheduled to kick off the 2020 season against Charlotte on Sept. 5 at Neyland Stadium.
Vols Wire looks at depth chart projections ahead of the season opener. Projections are based on current player personnel on roster for Tennessee’s defense.
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