KNOXVILLE — Tennessee (2-3, 2-3 SEC) is off this week and will return to action Nov. 7 at Arkansas.
Third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt met with media Wednesday to discuss the Vols’ off week. Pruitt detailed areas that Tennessee has executed well throughout five games this season.
He mentioned that freshman wide receiver Jalin Hyatt is executing chop routes well this season.
“I feel like offensively, in the three run concepts, running inside zone, some RPOs that we’ve run off of, that’s a couple of things that we’ve done well,” Pruitt said. “We call them chop routes. We hit Jalin Hyatt on a couple of them on Saturday.”
A chop takes place after a wide receiver releases and reaches his stem part of a route.
After a wide receiver takes their release, he can then use a chop move if needed on his defender.
This takes place if a defender places their hands below the elbow of a wide receiver. The wide receiver then reacts by using a chop motion with their arm.
The chop motion allows for a wide receiver to remove the defenders arm. The wide receiver then can accelerate past his defender, creating separation.
It is important for a wide receiver to have awareness of his defenders hands as he cannot be pushed off his route in a different direction.
