Tennessee practiced Tuesday for the sixth time this spring at Haslam Field.
Following practice, Tennessee’s running backs coach Jerry Mack met with media.
Mack discussed the development of 6-foot-5, 227-pound redshirt freshman running back Dee Beckwith.
“Dee is doing a really incredible job of just continuing to learn the finer details of the position every single day,” Mack said. “We talk a lot about just playing with low pad level because he is a taller, bigger back, so just getting his pad level down.
“He played so many different things in high school, and last year I think they moved him around a little bit, so he is finally in a situation where he is kind of getting settled in on a position. You talk about extremely intelligent, answering questions in the meetings and just that quarterback background that he has. You can just tell that he has a sense of the entire game, situational football and how everything kind of fits together, so been really pleased with his progress over the last few practices.”
Beckwith totaled 25 rushing yards on three attempts in 2020.
He played quarterback, running back and wide receiver at Florence High School in Florence, Alabama.
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