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Tennessee football: What will make a QB successful in Josh Heupel’s offense?

Jan 30, 2021; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head football coach Josh Heupel speaks during the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Kansas Jayhawks at Thompson-Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

It’s no secret that Tennessee football‘s new head coach Josh Heupel has a touch for developing young quarterbacks into NFL prospects. His quarterback-driven offensive mind is one of the many reasons Danny White selected him as the new honcho on Rocky Top.

As a quarterback himself at the University of Oklahoma in 2000, Heupel was the Heisman runner-up and won the BCS National Championship with the Sooners.