Tennessee practiced for the 14th time during fall training camp on Saturday at Haslam Field.
Third-year special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach Mike Ekeler met with media following practice. Ekeler discussed his evaluation of Tennessee’s special teams and kickoff units.
“We have some great competition right now,” Ekeler said. “Special teams as a whole, this is year three. Our guys understand the techniques, they understand the teaching progression, so where we are at is where we should be in year three, but it is an endless pursuit of perfection, and we are not there yet. We will never be there, but I love our group. We have great speed, we got guys that will put their face on you, we got guys that understand the importance of it.
“The culture that everyone has created in this building, it has been phenomenal on teams, and we are only going to continue to be better. The standard, I have said it before, I’ll say it again, the standard is to be the best. We are never stopping. It’s always looking for things to tweak. The kickoff job, we got three guys that are neck and neck right now. You have Charles (Campbell), you have Max (Gilbert), and you have Josh Turbyville. Those guys all have really strong legs. We have great competition now, and it is not settled at this point.”
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