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Spring football kicked off for UT this morning and after the first practice of the year, head coach Chief Sarkesian told us there is an open competition at each and every position, including quarterback. Where returning starter Quinn Ewers will battle true freshman Arch Manning. Now Sark did immediately point out that Quinn has a clear leg up in experience. Then he used a metaphor straight out of aisle three from Home Depot to tell us about Quinn's growth since last season. Spring football kicked off for UT this morning and after the first practice of the year, head coach Chief Sarkesian told us there is an open competition at each and every position, including quarterback. Where returning starter Quinn Ewers will battle true freshman Arch Manning. Now Sark did immediately point out that Quinn has a clear leg up in experience.

Then he used a metaphor straight out of aisle three from Home Depot to tell us about Quinn's growth since last season. It's like when the gears are moving but there's no WD-40 in there. Those gears were grinding and it felt that way for him pretty much all year long. This winter it just feels natural. He's throwing the ball well. I think he's emerging as a leader. He's serving for Arch of, hey this is what it looks like and this is how to go about your business.

Coach Sark told us today that the team's number one wide receiver Xavier Worthy actually It's like when the gears are moving but there's no WD-40 in there. Those gears were grinding and it felt that way for him pretty much all year long. This winter it just feels natural. He's throwing the ball well. I think he's emerging as a leader. He's serving for Arch of, hey this is what it looks like and this is how to go about your business. Coach Sark told us today that the team's number one wide receiver Xavier Worthy actually played several weeks last season with a broken hand.

Worthy did see his numbers dip in basically every category from his freshman year to a sophomore season but he never missed a game. He came to work. He fought through it. There were days in practice where we purposely didn't throw him balls just to take some of the pressure off of it. But I think we're going to see a version of Xavier Worthy that's going to be dramatically different now that he's healthy. played several weeks last season with a broken hand. Worthy did see his numbers dip in basically every category from his freshman year to a sophomore season but he never missed a game.

He came to work. He fought through it. There were days in practice where we purposely didn't throw him balls just to take some of the pressure off of it. But I think we're going to see a version of Xavier Worthy that's going to be dramatically different now that he's healthy.

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