KNOXVILLE — It’s fairly easy to spot Jack Jones at Tennessee’s football practices.
Just look for the hair flowing out of the back and sides of the freshman offensive lineman’s helmet.
For most of the last week, until Jones sat out practices Saturday and Monday nights, you could find the 6-foot-4, 307-pounder at right guard with Tennessee’s’ first-team offensive line, and though the Volunteers have been missing a few players up front throughout training camp, Jones appears to be very much in the mix for a starting spot.
“He plays with a mean streak,” Vols guard Jashon Robertson said last week. “Wild man’s got the hair flowing through the helmet and all that, so that’s good stuff. There’s a lot of swag behind that.
“I like the way Jack plays. He’s going to be a guy that’s going to be technically sound in his technique, especially by the end of all this. He’ll be a for-sure technician.