KNOXVILLE — Tennessee practiced again Thursday ahead of the first game Sept. 26 at South Carolina.
Following practice, third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed how the Vols have started to prepare for its first opponent.
“We had an opportunity Tuesday to go out there and get a lot of specialty situations going and it felt like with the number of guys we had back we had some really good work,” Pruitt said Thursday on a Zoom call with reporters. “Today we went back, kind of approached it a little bit like game week and started working some on South Carolina. A lot of special teams. We had a lot of guys out, so doing special teams is obviously got to be a premium for us with the guys that have had to bump around. We got in some good work today. It seemed like we had a lot of juice out there, so that was good to see.
“We got a lot of guys back. This is the most guys we’ve had on the practice field since the third practice of camp. It’s good to see guys out there. We got a lot of guys that got to get a lot of work in the next nine days, and they’ve got to put in time to do it, but it was two good practices in a row.”
Pruitt also mentioned that Tennessee currently has “everybody” available on the Vols’ two-deep roster for the season opener at South Carolina.