Tennessee's Josh Heupel Will Remember This Group For Running Straight Into The Fire Of Adversity

To say that this Tennessee football team has been through adversity over the last few years would be an understatement. From coaching changes to teammates leaving, through injuries and many setbacks, this group of players have been through the wringer, but have come out the other side with an attitude that shows folks how much they care about finishing their time with the program the right way. This was the focal point of Josh Heupel's meeting with the media this week.

There aren't many seniors in college football who can say they've been through as many coaches as have walked through the doors at Tennessee over the last number of years. But this group of Vols made the choice to continue battling with the new head coach they inherited. We all know the number of players who left this program after Jeremy Pruitt was fired. It was a lot. But the ones who stayed bought into what Josh Heupel and his staff were preaching, and some of them did so fairly quickly.

Ja'Quain Blakely is one of those guys who has seen numerous coaches and support staff funnel through the doors at the Anderson Training Facility over the past five years. But it didn't take him very long to buy into the Heupel process.

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