VOLS SCHEDULE SATELLITE CAMP IN JACKSON
Head coach Butch Jones announced Wednesday afternoon on Twitter that Tennessee will host another satellite camp next month, and the Vols are being strategic with this one. Tennessee will conduct a camp for high school offensive and defensive lineman June 8 at the University School of Jackson in west Tennessee. The significance in having the camp there is that one of the students at USJ, which includes pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, is Trey Smith, a highly touted offensive tackle and one of Tennessee’s top 2017 recruiting targets. Tennessee already scheduled camps at Tennessee State in Nashville (June 5) and Georgia State in Atlanta (June 13), and the Vols also plan to send assistant coaches to other camps across the country, including one in Texas hosted by Oklahoma State.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Tennessee figures to have a handful of players land on the numerous preseason watch lists for college football’s major awards between now and the start of the season in September.
The first of those selections for the Volunteers came Tuesday, when the spring watch list for the Rimington Award, handed out to the nation’s top center, included Coleman Thomas. The junior from Virginia had a bounce-back season in 2015 and is poised to anchor Tennessee’s offensive line this year.
Butch Jones believes the recognition is warranted by the improvement Thomas has made in his career.
“Coleman’s made great progress and taken tremendous strides,” Tennessee’s head coach said Tuesday night ahead of the Big Orange Caravan stop at Bristol Motor Speedway. “We expect a big summer out of him. He’s really committed himself in the strength and conditioning area in getting stronger.