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Josh Heupel said Monday that Tennessee offensive lineman Donovan Haslam was nicked up during training camp and is now playing himself into better shape. He praised Haslam's physicality and Kennesaw State performance; the update describes improving conditioning, not a new starting assignment or a guaranteed full workload against Texas.

Heupel said Jesse Perry has settled in at tackle and played well over the last couple of weeks after working at both guard and tackle during his Tennessee career. He still emphasized needing the full offensive-line group during SEC play, rather than announcing that rotations are finished.

Heupel credited Tennessee's pass-rush production to technique and coordinated pressure and twist games. Ahead of Texas, he called its front seven the offense's biggest test so far and emphasized pad level, hand use, identification and combination blocks; he did not announce a new protection system.