Tennessee practiced for the ninth time Thursday during fall training camp at Haslam Field ahead of the 2022 season.
Following Thursday’s practice, first-year wide receivers coach Kelsey Pope met with media.
Pope discussed redshirt junior wide receiver Bru McCoy during fall training camp. McCoy transferred from USC to Tennessee in May.
“Bru has been a pleasant surprise,” Pope said. “He’s been really good. For a guy who hasn’t played in a season, he obviously has had to build stamina back up, but when you talk about just a physical specimen, some things you can coach and some things you can’t. That guy has a lot of things that you just can’t coach.
“For him, it’s just honing in on the details and getting it polished up for him really to become a technician. He’s a big athlete. He’s physical, twitchy and he can run. For us, it’s just about being able to get his stamina up, get him back in shape and then polish up the little things with him.”
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound McCoy appeared in six games for USC in 2020. McCoy totaled 21 receptions, 236 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
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