Tennessee QB George MacIntyre spills the beans on how Derek Owings will help his offseason transformation
The Vols’ slender signal caller will have one of the best in the business working with him.
Tennessee quarterback George MacIntyre needs to get bigger. That’s the worst kept secret that anyone who’s laid an eye on him knows.
The 6-6, 195-pound freshman signal caller hasn’t exactly filled out his slender frame yet, but that’s one of the things he’ll be working on this offseason. And he’ll have the perfect person to help him along in new strength and conditioning coach Derek Owings. Owings played a crucial role in developing Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and the rest of the Indiana Hoosiers’ national championship roster.
So, where to begin with MacIntyre? He joined VolQuest’s Austin Price on Sunday and discussed his offseason plans. While he talked about his dietary restrictions and the need to eat a lot, which has been well documented during his time in Knoxville, he also discussed his offseason training with Owings and the S&C staff. He explained that, as a quarterback, it all starts with the foundation — his legs and core.
Tennessee QB George MacIntyre explains how Vols’ S&C coach Derek Owings will help his strength and physical development
“I think, with the quarterback, lower body strength is kind of where the arm strength is going to come from. Having a tight core will help a lot with accuracy and velocity and speed and stuff like that. Our first list is with them tomorrow, and I’m sure they have a great play.
“Obviously, everyone has seen Mendoza’s development from being at Cal to being at Indiana and how they helped him and even just their proven track record with other quarterbacks has been really impressive. So, I’m super excited to get to work with them and get their input on what they want to see from me.”
MacIntyre is right in that that the leg drive and internal stability to be able to carry the power from the ground up through his body is crucial. MacIntyre will also need to be able to step through would be tacklers and get more physically able to avoid sacks, and that obviously starts and finishes with leg drive and power.
The Vols’ quarterback situation is still unsettled with Joey Aguilar’s lawsuit pending, but it goes without saying that getting MacIntyre as physically as ready to play as possible will be an important offseason task for Owings and his staff.
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