TROY, Ala. – Players report Thursday, and the football starts Friday for third-year Troy head coach Chip Lindsey and his Trojans. It will be an abbreviated camp schedule for the program with just five days of preseason camp before a more traditional in-season schedule takes over after classes begin on campus Aug. 11.
Here are three things to know about the Trojans heading into training camp.
1. Competition
Troy will head into Friday afternoon's first practice session with 117 players dressed out in helmets and shorts – 83 scholarship players and 34 walk-ons.