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Tennessee kicked off fall training camp Monday at Haslam Field under second-year head coach Josh Heupel.

Ahead of the first practice in fall training camp, Heupel discussed how Tennessee’s offense can help the Vols’ defense this season.

“For us, third and short situational football is a huge emphasis,” Heupel said. “There are some opportunities on the plus side of the field that we can be better in situational football, some four-down territory things and getting more sevens at the end of drives, too. I think those are three areas that have a chance to change the way the game is played between all three phases together.

“As we continue to grow and get better in all three phases, finishing games, being able to essentially run a four-minute situation and being able to control the clock at the end of games is something we’ve done well in previous stops and is something we’re going to need to do here too.”

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Tennessee will kick off fall training camp Monday at Haslam Field.

Ahead of the Vols’ first fall training camp practice, second-year head coach Josh Heupel met with media and previewed the 2022 season.

Heupel discussed injuries on Tennessee’s team ahead of the Vols’ first fall training camp practice.

“Len’Neth (Whitehead) will be out for the entire year,” Heupel said. “He sustained an upper body injury a couple of weeks ago and had season-ending surgery. For the rest of our football team, we are pretty healthy. There are some guys we will build up over the course of training camp.

“LaTrell Bumphus is somebody who missed a portion of spring ball who we will continue to build up, but we are really in a healthy situation moving into training camp.”

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Tennessee will kick off fall training camp Monday at Haslam Field.

Ahead of the Vols’ first fall training camp practice, second-year head coach Josh Heupel met with media and previewed the 2022 season.

“It’s football time in Tennessee, and I can’t wait to get on the grass with our guys tomorrow,” Heupel said. “I am really excited about the strides our players have made since the beginning of offseason. You guys have been around here a bunch, through the first quarter of our offseason strength and conditioning and the buildup to spring ball, the strides that we have made and the newcomers we got here in January. We have had more of those guys show up throughout the course of the summer. We continue to build accountability, connection and the culture we want to have inside of the building.

“At this point, everyone is extremely excited about hitting the ground tomorrow morning and competing extremely hard and growing individually and collectively as a football team. It’s hard to believe that in a month, we are going to be inside Neyland Stadium on a Thursday night, kicking it off in front of a national television audience and have an opportunity to start this journey on the 2022 season. I am really proud of what our players and staff have done up to this point, and I am really excited about what is going on here in the immediate future over the next couple of days.”

The Vols will kick off its 2022 season Sept. 1 against Ball State at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

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Tennessee will kick off fall training camp Monday at Haslam Field.

Ahead of the Vols’ first fall training camp practice, second-year head coach Josh Heupel met with media and previewed the 2022 season.

Tennessee went 7-6 in Heupel’s first season as head coach, appearing in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl against Purdue.

The Vols will kick off its 2022 season Sept. 1 against Ball State at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.

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Heupel’s preview of Tennessee’s fall training camp can be watched below.

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