The rookie running back capped off a feisty night practice for the Tennessee Titans

The rookie running back capped off a feisty night practice for the Tennessee Titans with a short punch to the helmet of defensive end Eric Bakhtiari a few moments after having his helmet ripped off.

Blount had just returned to the Titans on Wednesday night after being excused since Sunday for personal reasons. He was carrying the ball in a drill near the goal line when his helmet came off, and he kept his feet moving toward the end zone.

The play ended with some pushing and shoving, then Blount threw a right into Bakhtiari's facemask.

Blount was suspended for most of last season with Oregon after he decked a Boise State player after a game.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This punch won't be so costly for LeGarrette Blount.

The rookie running back capped off a feisty night practice for the Tennessee Titans with a short punch to the helmet of defensive end Erik Bakhtiari a few moments after having his helmet ripped off.

Blount had just returned to the Titans on Wednesday night after being excused since Sunday for personal reasons. He was carrying the ball in a drill near the goal line when his helmet came off, and he kept his feet moving toward the end zone.

The play ended with some pushing and shoving, then Blount threw a right into Bakhtiari's facemask.

After being placed on the PUP or "Physically Unable to Perform" list to start the Tennessee Titans training camp last month, the second-year NFL pro was cleared to practice with the team last week, although he did not get a chance to play in the Titans preseason opener against Seattle Saturday.

Schommer made the Titans' practice squad last season. He came into training camp with an injured right hamstring and thus was put on the PUP list. It wasn't until last week that Schommer was able to join the team again.

"It definitely felt like a first practice for me which isn't good because I lost all that time," Schommer said in an interview with the Titans' radio network. "I just have to get the rust off faster than a guy that started practicing last weekend....[but] it felt a lot easier than a bunch of that rehab and all of the running they made me do."

The Titans currently have seven safeties on their roster and Schommer knows sticking with the club will take a lot of hard work from now until the start of the regular season Sept. 11 at home against Oakland.

"It's something you have to deal with," Schommer said. "At the same time, I'm not really too worried about that right now. I have to go out and do what I can do and at the end of the day we'll see what happens.

The Tennessee Titans waived rookie running back Stafon Johnson following his injury in Saturday's loss to the Seahawks. The RB suffered a dislocated ankle in the 20-18 loss.

Johnson is accustomed to adversity having suffered a weight room injury at USC that resulted in a crushed neck and larynx.

"Bouncing back from trials and tribulations, this is just a bump in the road," he said. "God has brought me back this far, and it felt good to be where I'd gotten to (sic). This is minimum compared to what I have been through, really."