One of the main storylines that we were interested in following this spring was the transition of Tyler Byrd and Carlin Fils-Aime to the defensive side of the ball. With four contributors leaving at cornerback, Tennessee had an obvious void to fill there. Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt announced that Byrd and Fils-Aime would be starting there to open spring ball.
Today, he gave us an update on their progress after seeing three practices.
“Tyler and Carlin are learning what’s going on,” Pruitt told the media. “Neither one of them played a whole lot of defense in high school.