KNOXVILLE — Tennessee offensive coordinator Jim Chaney returns for his second season under Jeremy Pruitt and his sixth overall at UT.
Chaney will have an experienced offensive line to work with this season, and one that now has quality depth.
During the second week of fall training camp, Chaney discussed the offensive line unit and moving players around to get an understanding of who can play different positions upfront.
“Early in camps we tend to try and move people around as much as we can to try and kind of force some uncomfortable stuff with them, try to find out how many kids we feel we can line up at tackle and play with, how many centers we possibly have, how many guards we have,” Chaney said on a Zoom call with reporters. “So, there’s a lot of stuff moving around. We have a lot of moving parts now. I will say this, Will (Friend) has done a good job with these guys and technically they’re getting better every day. It’s just keeping that pressure on them, and we have more competition at positions, which inevitably should make you better as we work our way through it, so I’m pleased with that.
“Am I pleased with everything we’re getting done? No. I’m not just talking about the line. Every day it seems like we’ll take two or three steps forward and take a step back, so we got to get some consistency is the word we’re looking for in just how we perform and how we practice. Just overall practice habits, we’ve got to continue to get better at that and focus on that when we go out on the football field.”