Tennessee reported for fall training camp on Tuesday.
The Vols will practice for the first time on Wednesday in preparation for the 2023 season.
“This is the best time of the year,” Heupel said. “I’m excited to open up training camp tomorrow with our guys. We’ve had a great summer, and the players have been fantastic. They’ve really been that way since we got back in January. Each part of our offseason, they’ve handled themselves with great maturity and been extremely competitive. Individually, I feel like we’ve made a lot of strides.
“As you get a chance to see some of these guys here as we open up training camp, I really like the position they’ve put themselves in physically to be ready to go compete this training camp. Excited about the continuity in what we have coming back as a staff. Over the course of our three years, being able to maintain the core group of our guys, I think that has allowed us to continue to grow in our culture, continue to grow in our schemes and build on the trust that we’ve built over the first two years within our program, players and coaches alike. Excited to kick it off with these guys here tomorrow and start this training camp. It’s a long month. It’s a process throughout the course of the season, and it’s a process during the course of training camp to get ourselves ready to go play here in 31 days when we open up in Nashville.”
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