Tennessee practiced for the second time during fall training camp Tuesday at Haslam Field.
The Vols will open its season against Ball State at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the season-opening matchup.
Watch: Tennessee’s quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle discusses fall camp following second practice
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Following Tuesday’s practice, second-year quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle met with media.
Halzle discussed Tennessee’s quarterback unit, consisting of redshirt senior Hendon Hooker, redshirt senior Joe Milton III and freshman Tayven Jackson.
Below is a transcript provided by the University of Tennessee of Halzle’s media availability following the Vols’ second fall training camp practice.
On what improvements he has seen from Joe Milton III since last year
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“We’ve worked all offseason on touch throws across the middle and pressing our vertical run game. He has done a great job doing that. He is touching up balls all over the field. We all know he has the absolute howitzer of an arm, so we have worked on having him touch up the ball, work windows and working that aspect of his game. We know he has the other shot in his bag already.”
On his first impression of Hendon Hooker once he arrived in Knoxville
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“When we first got here, I watched every clip that every quarterback that was on campus had from game film. Hendon was clearly very talented. I was excited for the opportunity to work with him. With what everybody said about him, he was a great guy. Starting to work with him when we first got here in February, March and then into spring ball, Hendon was a guy who was way too far in the business model, meaning that nothing was fun. Everything was serious. That wasn’t his best way to play. For some guys it is….
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