Three Things to Know Heading Into Troy Football Camp

TROY, Ala. – Players report Thursday, and the football starts Friday for third-year Troy head coach Chip Lindsey and his Trojans. It will be an abbreviated camp schedule for the program with just five days of preseason camp before a more traditional in-season schedule takes over after classes begin on campus Aug. 11.

Here are three things to know about the Trojans heading into training camp.

1. Competition

Troy will head into Friday afternoon's first practice session with 117 players dressed out in helmets and shorts – 83 scholarship players and 34 walk-ons. As one could imagine, with that quantity of players, combined with 19 starters returning, a top signing class in the Sun Belt and more…