Spring football practice gets underway Tuesday

MURFREESBORO – The 17th spring practice for Head Coach Rick Stockstill may be his most unique as injuries, transfer portal losses and graduation have left him with around 66 players to compete with in spring practice. The first of 15 practices get underway Tuesday and the numbers will be more like an NFL camp rather than a college spring season.

"We lost around 20 players to graduation, 11 to the portal and have 16 sitting out while recuperating from offseason surgery so our numbers are the lowest I have seen in my career for spring practice," said Stockstill. "We only have eight offensive lineman so we will have to be smart on how we work but on the positive side it's a great opportunity…