Tennessee Quarterbacks Show Promising Performance in Routes on Air During Early Fall Camp

Tennessee's football team resumed practice sessions at the Haslam Field on Tuesday morning, marking the start of their second week of fall camp following a day off on Monday. To date, the Volunteers have conducted four practice sessions, with media members observing limited segments of each session. Throughout these observations, data on route-on-air drills have been collected, including completion statistics for quarterbacks Joey Aguilar and Jake Merklinger across all four days, and George MacIntyre's stats over three days. Before analyzing the numbers, it's important to understand the practice setup. Sessions commence indoors, then transition outdoors. Media personnel wait until the entire team arrives on the outdoor field before entering, which often results in missing the initial portion of routes-on-air drills, especially in the third and fourth practices. In the first two practices, media was present when drills started, but some reps were still missed due to multiple quarterbacks throwing simultaneously. During this period, Jake Merklinger completed 41 of 49 pass attempts, Joey Aguilar completed 38 of 51, and George MacIntyre finished 29 of 31. MacIntyre's data is somewhat...