JOSH HEUPEL SHARES HOW THE PRESENCE OF LANDRY JONES, SETH LITTRELL HELPS TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK BATTLE

Tennessee‘s quarterback job surprisingly opened up following the shocking departure of Nico Iamaleava in the spring. Iamaleava, who led the Volunteers to the College Football Playoff last season, darted for UCLA after just one season as the starter in Knoxville.

This has led to a quarterback battle between Appalachian State/UCLA transfer Joey Aguilar, Jake Merklinger and freshman George MacIntyre. Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel has been receiving help from fellow former Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones and former North Texas head coach Seth Littrell, who are both offensive analysts on the Tennessee staff.

Heupel discussed the impact those two coaches bring to the quarterback battle on Wednesday.

“Guys that have been head coaches (referring to Littrell) are certainly a help to me,” Heupel said. “I say that because they’ve got a different perspective. As you bring them in, they get a chance to hear something for the first time. Maybe it’s a tweak to how you’re doing things or if you’re communicating something and it has a chance to inch-by-inch get you a little bit better…

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