Garett Tujague on the battle for UVA's starting center

UVA offensive line coach Garett Tujague talks candidates for the center position before fall camp.

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00:00 >> Okay. >> Can you picture it back in the center

00:02 equation, I know you had Johnson and Furnish in the spring.

00:05 >> I mean, you know anybody?

00:08 [LAUGH] So we have some plans and

00:12 I think there's gonna be probably the most competition at that spot.

00:19 And so I think front runners for that would absolutely be Justice and

00:24 Ty and John Paul.

00:26 So those would probably be some front runners for that as well.

00:29 >> What did you kind of, I know you haven't really gotten in the field with

00:32 them, but what does kind of John Paul bring to this offense?

00:35 >> Maturity, experience.

00:37 Again, I think there's a difference.

00:42 You have to acknowledge the difference in the levels.

00:44 But I think you can't ever, I just remember being a young coach going,

00:49 man, I can coach circles around that guy.

00:51 Well, he's been doing it for 25 years.

00:53 And so that knowledge that you gain through that experience, you can't replace it.

00:58 You can come out here, you can practice, you can go on Scott Stadium for

01:01 a spring game, and you can simulate those things.

01:03 But quarterback's still not getting hit.

01:06 There's all those, and so again, for me, it's that experience.

01:10 And he's got great leadership qualities.

01:13 And I think when he comes out here in the beginning of fall camp and

01:16 he shows these guys, hey, look, this is what I'm capable of doing.

01:20 Then I think he'll have the lead on the leadership in the line room.