A few days before FIU opens its 15th football season against Indiana, FIU football strength and conditioning coach Chad Smith makes his annual visit to the blog to tell us about the Panthers offseason training.
FIU tight end Jonnu Smith is stronger than ever coming back from his knee injury last season. Smith, who has NFL scouts coming out in droves to see him at FIU practice, gained four inches in his vertical jump after his injury going from 36 inches to 40 inches. Smith has increased his squat from 540 pounds last summer to 625 pounds this summer.