The Tennessee Volunteers’ defense enters fall camp, which begins on Wednesday, with a big hole in its defense with Jermod McCoy still recovering from a torn ACL from January.
One of the biggest questions entering the season is how quickly McCoy can get back on the field for the Big Orange. As Josh Heupel noted on Tuesday at his press conference, there’s not a defined timetable, but they’re gradually working him back and making sure he can hit particular physical marks before he can get back onto the field.
“No timetables on him. There’s benchmarks, things that he’s got to accomplish within our training room to move on to the next phase of it.