For the majority of fall camp, the talk about the Tennessee Volunteer cornerback position has been focused on Cameron Sutton and Emmanuel Mosley.

Following Saturday’s open practice inside Neyland Stadium, however, that talk shifted to two individuals who have slowly eased themselves into more playing time: Rashaan Gaulden and Michael Williams.

Williams, who is dual-sport athlete competing on UT’s track team as well, was banged up last year with injuries that forced him to miss all of 2013.

Now that the 5-foot-11, 177 pound cornerback is healthy, his play has caught the eye of the coaches as he saw reps with the first team defense throughout Saturday’s practice.

“He (Williams) was an individual who wasn’t out here much in the spring,” head coach Butch Jones said. “He’s a duel-sport athlete, which we take tremendous pride in here with track and football working hand in hand together, and we know the great tradition that we have here with that.

“He has come in and he has worked exceptionally hard each and every day and he has been very resilient.”

But resiliency is not all that Williams has used to propel himself up the depth chart.

He has also used that track speed of his.

“He has great speed out there, and that’s something that we need in the secondary, of course,” junior safety Brian Randolph said. “He can also get physical at times with the receivers, so he’s got a good toolbox to use, and he’s been doing well in practice.”

As for Gaulden, the true freshman had a good performance in front of 40,000 of the Volunteer faithful, but the highlight of his day came when he intercepted a Justin Worley pass intended for Adrian Gamble in a one-on-one drill.

“Rashaan is an individual who in the last three to four practices has really picked it up,” Jones said. “The game is finally starting to slow down for him.

“He has great instincts, he is very competitive and very tough and so we see him starting to make more and more plays, not just on defense, but on special teams as well.”

Saulsberry goes down

During Saturday’s practice junior defensive lineman Trevarris Saulsberry went down with an apparent left leg injury.

Saulsberry, who missed eight games last year after injuring his left knee during UT’s 59-14 loss to Oregon, went down during an 11-on-11 drill and had to be helped off the field.

The 6-foot-4, 296 pounder used crutches to make his way from the sideline to midfield after practice.

“He’s been through a lot,” Jones said. “He’s been nicked and banged up a little bit all of camp. He’s an individual who has been extremely resilient.

“He has persevered this entire offseason, so we will figure out a little bit more about where he is at tonight and into tomorrow.”