Gallery: Photos From Practice No.17 of Vols Fall Camp

Tennessee returned to the practice field yet again on Tuesday morning, although the practice was closed to the media, as are the remaining practices this week. However, the UTAD communications department provided photos from today's practice courtesy of Andrew Ferguson. We have compiled them into to a gallery below.

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Wide receiver Velus Jones Jr. #1 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Running back Jabari Small #2 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Running back Jaylen Wright #23 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Wide receiver Grant Frerking #0 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Defensive lineman Da'Jon Terry #95 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Defensive lineman Ja'Quain Blakely #48 and Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach Alex Golesh of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Wide receiver Cedric Tillman #4 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Punter Paxton Brooks #37 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Defensive back Theo Jackson #26 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Offensive lineman Cooper Mays #63 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - The Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Offensive lineman Darnell Wright #58 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Wide receiver Jalin Hyatt #11 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Defensive lineman Matthew Butler #94 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Wide receiver Walker Merrill #19 and Defensive back Doneiko Slaughter #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

KNOXVILLE, TN - August 24, 2021 - Defensive back Warren Burrell #4 and Wide receiver JaVonta Payton #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers during 2021 Fall Camp practice on Haslam Field in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics

Tennessee is now just nine days away from its season-opener against Bowling Green, and Josh Heupel discussed the state of his program yesterday.

"As a coach, you're never where you want to be," Heupel said. "As a coach, you always see the things that you've got to continue to improve on. I love this team's effort and energy. The way that they've learned how to approach walking up the stairs and going to meetings and being consistent in those competitive behaviors that you've got to have. During the course of training camp, throughout the summer, throughout spring ball, we've gotten better. I think about the first day of full pads in spring ball and where we are today, we've continued to grow. We are unfinished, and you're always continuing to push forward, but I like this group of guys. They care about themselves and their teammates. They care about representing the state of Tennessee the right way."

There will still be plenty of more questions to answer over the next few days, including publicly announcing a starting quarterback.

"No decisions have been made," Heupel said. "Those guys have been great, continue to compete. We'll see where we are here at the end of this week."

Regardless, these questions will sort themselves out over the next week.