Josh Heupel recaps Tennessee's first fall camp football practice
Following the Vols' first practice, fifth-year head coach Josh Heupel recapped Tennessee's performance.
"Good first day, a bunch of individual and some group work focus," Heupel said. "The key to this whole thing is not making the same mistake twice and continuing to get better."
Heupel discussed evaluating players and when they are ready or need more time for development.
"I think it's not who they are today," he said. "There is a journey that everyone is going through individually, and collectively as a team, we're going through during the course of training camp. How quickly they continue to grow from practice to practice is part of the projection of where they're going to be in and how they handle getting team periods, good play, bad play, whatever it might be.
"It is their ability to reset and go play the next play. It is the players' responsibility to prove he is going to play at a championship level. Once he proves that, it is our responsibility to find a role and ask him to do the things he can do at a really high level."
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