Josh Heupel recaps Tennessee's first 2026 spring football scrimmage
Josh Heupel recaps Tennessee's first spring football scrimmage at Neyland Stadium on Thursday.
After six practices during spring football , Tennessee held its first scrimmage at Neyland Stadium on Thursday. Following Thursday’s scrimmage, sixth-year head coach Josh Heupel recapped Tennessee’s performance. “Today, scrimmage day, seven days in, a lot of really good work,” Heupel said.
“I thought defensively, played extremely well, created a couple turnovers, but played assignment sound, fit the run game pretty well and didn't give up a lot of big plays, so good day. “Through the first seven days, those guys have really continued to grow and build, and master what we're doing on that side of the football, and offensively there's some real positives too. Couple penalties that we got to play smarter in as we continue to learn how to play smart football, but all in all a really good day of work and got some special teams work in as well.
” Tennessee will conclude spring practices with its Orange & White Game at Neyland Stadium on April 11. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p. m.
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