No. 18 Tennessee held its first football scrimmage during fall training camp at Neyland Stadium on Saturday.
Sixth-year head coach Josh Heupel recapped the Vols' performance.
“Good work today inside the stadium,” Heupel said. “Scrimmage, a lot of situational football, from special teams to different field zones, offense and defense. A lot of really good work. Some things that, obviously, we got to continue to clean up. Some young guys that did some really good things, but some young guys that got to continue to grow and be ready to play championship level football here as you get ready to play this season.
“A lot of positives, but we got to continue to grow here. A lot of work left here in the next three weeks to get ready to go play."
Heupel also
discussed Tennessee's starting quarterback competition between sophomore George MacIntyre and freshman Faizon Brandon.
“Today, couple communication, just handling some things early in the scrimmage that I think we can improve upon," Heupel said. "I thought as the scrimmage went on, both played at a really high level. Made some plays down the field. Worked through their progressions, you know, we worked four minute today. Some things we can learn in that.
"All in all, a positive day. Both of those guys have had good training camps. In general, they've taken really good care of the football. They've continued to grow and mastering what we're doing, and the control and command that you have to have at the quarterback position, but for both of them, just like our football team, there's a lot of growth to be ready to go play Week 1.”
Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Josh Heupel recaps first fall camp scrimmage, quarterback competition
