Isaiah Mack followed up his first year of spring football practices at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a solid summer that propelled the defensive lineman to Southern Conference all-freshman honors last season.
UTC coach Russ Huesman hopes similar results are in store for other young players.
The time to get better is now for the Mocs. With this year’s spring practices complete and the Blue-White game in the rearview mirror, players will focus on the classroom this week, taking final exams while their coaches hit the recruiting trail.
After that, it’s bonding time for the Mocs – and how much the team improves from the end of school to the beginning of preseason camp is up to the individuals.
“These are the most important months of any part of the season,” Huesman said after Saturday’s spring game. “This is the part that keeps me up late at night thinking about it. These three months are huge – not only in development and speed, but the biggest thing is that it brings the team together because they’re asked to do things on their own. It’s not the coaches, we’re not involved, we’re asking these guys to do it. That’s where you get the team together, you see some leadership come about.