Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Jarrett Guarantano (2) throws the ball upfield during the Vols’ 30-10 loss to LSU Nov. 18 in Knoxville.
Joy KimbroughKNOXVILLE — Tennessee’s football program has a new coaching staff but many of the same problems entering spring practice.
The Vols were seemingly never healthy during the spring under Butch Jones, and first-year coach Jeremy Pruitt has the same problem when practice opens today. And the offense is depleted as ever.
Inexperience at key positions and a banged up front will make Pruitt’s first spring practice as coach an interesting one.
Tennessee has only 11 scholarship offensive linemen to begin with — Pruitt would ideally like that number around 15 or 16 — and only around seven of them come in at or close to 100 percent.