Practice Updates 11.15.16

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Really, really good energy on #Vols practice field today.
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Rucker

In one of the more hilarious practice moments of the season, Tennessee's players collectively groaned when music was switched to Flo Rida.
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Patrick Brown

During Tennessee's 'Circle of Life' drill today, OL Austin Sanders completely manhandled DE Jonathan Kongbo during one rep. Team went nuts.
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Jesse Simonton

The green brigade was fairly limited, though the Vols clearly were missing several key players. Malik Foreman, Stephen Griffin, and Darrin Kirkland Jr. were the primary Vols who donned the no-contact jerseys.

Perhaps most interesting was that both Jack Jones and Coleman Thomas worked at center with starting quarterback Joshua Dobbs, though Tennessee had Thomas as its starting center and Venzell Boulware as its right guard along with the other three linemen who closed last week’s win against Kentucky.
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Tennessee did ratchet up competition in the return game, with Marquez Callaway, Josh Smith, Emmanuel Moseley, Cameron Sutton and even Nigel Warrior getting some reps on kickoff return.
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Butch Jones opened practice with some ‘Circle of Life’ battles immediately after the stretch period, with the day’s two highlights coming from perhaps surprising sources. Big Charles Mosley annihilated his competitor, after Ryan Johnson also had produced an early win, and then Austin Sanders absolutely obliterated Jonathan Kongbo. It was as decisive a Circle win as any in recent memory.
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Jones put the Vols through the Circle of Life to start Tuesday’s practice, and that’s usually a good way to get the engine revved a bit. Perhaps the most memorable matchup was junior guard Austin Sanders blasting sophomore defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo, but the team got fired up after several different matchups.

The biggest change I noticed Tuesday was freshman safety Nigel Warrior getting reps during kickoff return drills, joining freshman cornerback Marquill Osborne, sophomore running back John Kelly and sophomore safety Micah Abernathy.
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The first-team offensive line during O-line vs. D-line drills was, from left to right, redshirt freshman Drew Richmond, junior Jashon Robertson, junior Coleman Thomas, redshirt freshman Venzell Boulware and junior Brett Kendrick. The second-team offensive line was, from left to right, someone in a scout-team jersey I didn’t recognize, Sanders, sophomore Jack Jones, freshman Ryan Johnson and freshman Marcus Tatum.
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Senior cornerback Malik Foreman, sophomore safety Stephen Griffin and sophomore linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. all wore green, non-contact jerseys despite recently having returned to the lineup. Foreman and Griffin both played Saturday against Kentucky after missing multiple games.

Tennessee again worked on special teams during the first periods of Tuesday’s practice, and the Vols’ group of punt returners consisted of freshman wide receiver Marquez Callaway, senior cornerback Cameron Sutton, junior cornerback Emmanuel Moseley and redshirt junior wide receiver Josh Smith.
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Safety Todd Kelly, Jr. and Dylan Weisman are both battling ankles sprains and both are day to day at this point. Jack Jones, Coleman Thomas and Jashon Robertson got the early practice work along the offensive interior.
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With Josh Dobbs and Cam Sutton leading stretch, head coach Butch Jones was looking to get some early juice going on the practice field asking for some “energy” music. The selection of one song drew some groans from the players during stretch. But the juices got going when Jones put the team in the Circle of Life Drill and Austin Sanders had a clear win over Jonathan Kongbo. Charles Moseley also appeared to get a win as well as a defensive tackle.

One other note, Alexis Johnson who hasn't played in weeks was running on the side as the plan appears for him to redshirt.
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Hubbs

* Several notable veterans were not at practice Tuesday. The media is not allowed to report who was not there, though.
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Jesse Simonton

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Orange Studs said:
Yea those 5* what cha going to do with them. lol
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It's obvious that something's wrong with Kongbo.

Staff? Player? Both? Who knows?

But if Kongbo doesn't see the field by the start of next season, his UT days are likely over.

I'd recruit over him, just to be safe.

Go Vols.
 
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Happy for Austin. Good kid that dreamed of being a Vol. (And made it farther than 99.99999% of the people on this board who want to bad mouth him.)

I am not afraid to admit it. I love Flo Rida. :)
 
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vollygirl said:
Happy for Austin. Good kid that dreamed of being a Vol. (And made it farther than 99.99999% of the people on this board who want to bad mouth him.)

I am not afraid to admit it. I love Flo Rida. :)
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Cause your a woman. The men were groaning cause its a woman song. lol (having fun with ya)
 
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As are most of the 5 star players we get...because as much as nobody wants to admit it, we basically get only the 5 stars that nobody else wants, the guys with character issues, or guys who have great measurables but are "developmental"....real question is why do we recruit them? Just to keep star gazing fans happy, or hoping for a shot in the dark bc that's how far we've fallen. We are basically the Nebraska of the SEC and 9-3 is pretty much our ceiling....we are a 3 star team that needs an elite coach to be great, while Alabama and LSU will always get more 4 and 5 star recruits nowadays, and they could win and remain at least a somewhat elite program with a 3 star coach...Sorry the truth hurts but that's it. And I'm not a star gazer...it's simply just a quality difference on field, and the recruiting services are at least somewhat right, stars or not. And honestly that is why most of the 5 stars leave this program...either because they get here and realize all of this, or they were exactly one of the crap character guys I was talking about and leave.
 
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What fundamental(s) of football is the circle of life drill intended to improve?
 
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csheaton said:
As are most of the 5 star players we get...because as much as nobody wants to admit it, we basically get only the 5 stars that nobody else wants, the guys with character issues, or guys who have great measurables but are "developmental"....real question is why do we recruit them? Just to keep star gazing fans happy, or hoping for a shot in the dark bc that's how far we've fallen. We are basically the Nebraska of the SEC and 9-3 is pretty much our ceiling....we are a 3 star team that needs an elite coach to be great, while Alabama and LSU will always get more 4 and 5 star recruits nowadays, and they could win and remain at least a somewhat elite program with a 3 star coach...Sorry the truth hurts but that's it
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hahaha nobody wants the 5 star guys that we get? I have officially heard it all. way to never let me down VN!
 
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