Arizona opened spring practice on Wednesday, the first of 15 workouts over the next six weeks. It was the first chance for the coaching staff to see, in one place, the roster it has massively overhauled.
And it was hard not to notice the difference.
“I would say this, not just the freshmen and the transfers, but our (whole) team looks a lot bigger to me,” coach Jedd Fisch said, crediting strength and conditioning coordinator Tyler Owens. “And they are bigger, another year with TO. TO does an unbelievable job with the strength program.