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QB Jarrett Guarantano was a full participant during the open portion of today’s practice.
-David UbbenWR Marquez Callaway was a full participant in today’s practice after leaving Saturday’s game early with a chest injury.
The inside linebacker group today included JJ Peterson and Jeremy Banks.
Kingston Harris was working with the defensive line. Looked like he was getting reps at nose tackle. The freshman had been with the offensive line since September.
- Patrick BrownJa'Quain Blakely was with the tight ends having worked at the defensive line the past few weeks (and he played there in mop-up duty on Saturday).
First and foremost, Jarrett Guarantano and Marquez Callaway were full participants in Tuesday's work. JG was throwing taking his normal reps as was Callaway. Both looked fine. JG threw the ball well and Callaway showed no limitations.
Jeremy Banks in individual drills was working at linebacker. Kingston Harris appeared to be getting some individual work on the defensive line.
- Brent HubbsTennessee did bring a walk on offensive lineman into the linebacker tackling drill making the linebackers get off the lineman block and make a tackle. Something they struggled to do on Saturday against Missouri. For the defensive line it was about gap responsibility. Obviously stopping the run is key on Saturday.
Callaway is dealing with a chest injury and Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt on Monday said the junior might practice this week in a non-contact jersey. Guarantano did not suffer a concussion on Saturday, so he is not dealing with having to go through the protocol this week. The quarterback has been dealing with a neck injury in addition to the knee injury he's played through since the Florida game.
The offensive line did not do any full-line drills during the open two periods, so it's hard to know if any changes are coming. And it's possible they could come this week after freshman Jerome Carvin played the final quarter-plus against Missouri at right guard in place of Nathan Niehaus. There doesn't appear to be any injury involved as Niehaus was practicing normally on Tuesday.
- Patrick BrownKevin Sherrer had Tennessee's inside linebackers focusing heavily on tearing off blocks, an area in which the Vols struggled against Missouri. Sherrer borrowed freshman walk-on offensive lineman Jarious Abercrombie, who is a load at 6-foot-4 and 322 pounds, and had him go up against the linebackers one by one. Abercrombie wasn't letting his teammates off easy as both Daniel Bituli and Darrin Kirkland Jr. had some trouble shedding the big man and then got some one-on-one coaching from Sherrer after their reps.