Tennessee kicked off fall training camp Monday at Haslam Field.
Ahead of the Vols’ first practice, second-year Tennessee defensive coordinator Tim Banks discussed sophomore defensive back Christian Charles’ positional reps at the beginning of camp.
“I think he will start off at corner with the understanding that he has the ability to move back inside,” Banks said of Charles. “He is the poster child for what we are looking for, guys that are very interchangeable. Having the corner skills, but the mentality and the physicality to be able to play inside.
“He will get an opportunity to win one of those jobs at corner, but he will also get a chance to win one of the jobs at safety. It just depends. Right now, based on how we left spring is how we will start it and we will go from there.”
The 6-foot-1, 186-pound Charles appeared in eight games as a freshman in 2021, totaling eight tackles, one tackle for a loss, one pass deflection and one block.
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