• Running back Marlin Lane and tackle Marques Pair were both absent during the open portion of practice. Coach Butch Jones will provide any update on their status after practice.
• Left tackle Dontavius Blair and defensive linemen Dimarya Mixon were among the players Jones wanted to see in drills early in practice. Jones gave Blair two shots in a pass-blocking drill against defensive end Corey Vereen, with each winning one. Mixon got three cracks at different offensive linemen in one-on-one blocking drills. He stalemated with Ray Raulerson, but was knocked back by Kyler Kerbyson and Marcus Jackson.
• Emmanuel Moseley had one of the best plays of the day in a one-on-one drill against Marquez North. Moseley got beaten off the line, but made a nice recovery and got just enough of the ball to deflect it away from a leaping North. In the same drill, Jason Croom easily got past safety LaDarrell McNeil and made a leaping grab in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown. Cameron Sutton also had good coverage on Josh Malone and forced Riley Ferguson to throw it out of the end zone during another rep in the same drill.
