Tennessee was forced to scrap a football scrimmage Saturday because the Volunteers had 44 players out due to COVID-19.
Here are more details from ESPN:
Tennessee scrapped a scheduled scrimmage Saturday after head coach Jeremy Pruitt said 44 players were unable to go, the bulk of which were due to contact tracing and positive COVID-19 tests.
Pruitt said his team was short 31 offensive players and held a practice session instead. The Volunteers, who are scheduled to kick off Sept. 26 vs. South Carolina, are unlikely to be able to use their full allotment of practices in the run-up to the season, Pruitt said.
“It’s the safety of the kids, and when you start reducing the numbers, you start getting the workload — these guys are not professionals. They need to work on fundamentals and details and learn how to play,” Pruitt said about having enough players to practice or play. “There are guys who’ve been in the program for four years and guys who just got here, and when you start lining them up after practice and a guy goes the wrong way, that’s how you get guys hurt.”
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