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Hilltoppers returning to offensive roots in spring football

Related Topics: Tyson Helton, Roots, Tennessee, Ty Storey

The first two weeks of spring practice have come and gone for WKU football, leaving only eight more practices before the Red vs. White spring football game on April 13.

Former Tennessee offensive coordinator Tyson Helton was chosen to lead the downtrodden Hilltoppers into a new era, but Helton will not really have to reinvent the wheel to find success during his first year as a head coach.

When Helton was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at WKU during 2014 and 2015, the Hilltoppers averaged 372 passing yards per game, 155 rushing yards per game and ranked fifth in the nation in total offense in each of those two seasons.