Rather than heading home to Serbia this past summer, Dusan Ristic opted to stay in Tucson to work on his craft.
He started boxing, running in sand, and even working out with Arizona football trainers. After spending two seasons as Kaleb Tarczewski’s backup, Ristic was finally in line to be Arizona’s starting center, and he needed to be in a tip-top shape to improve the weak points in his game, especially his lateral quickness and strength as a defender.
When the summer came to a close, he had done that. Ristic got his body fat under 10 percent for the first time.