Tennessee held its first scrimmage during fall training camp at Neyland Stadium on Thursday.
Third-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel met with media following the scrimmage.
“Really good day out there, great energy,” Heupel said. “We got some special teams work, some live work for those guys, which I think is really important at this point in training camp. I really liked what our specialists have done up until this point, but it was really good for the guys who are covering or blocking to get some live work. Offensively and defensively, really good day. I think we got out relatively clean today too, which is important. I thought defensively, great energy and great effort, in particular really early in the scrimmage. They did a great job against the run early too and got off the field on some third downs. Offensively, we created some plays on the back half of the scrimmage within the run game, and we had a couple plays in the pass game too.
“All in all, it was a really good day. We have a lot ahead of us. We have to grow. That starts this afternoon when they come back to us. All in all, really excited about what happened today.”
Watch: Josh Heupel recaps Tennessee’s scrimmage at Neyland Stadium
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Everything Heupel said during his media availability is listed below.