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Virginia football opens spring practice with lots of changes

Spring football practice started today for UVa, and lots has changed from last year.

For one, there were guys in orange and blue—a change from the all-black practice gear look from 2016.

Coach Mendenhall also discussed players getting bigger and stronger as the main focus of off-season conditioning.

Players have changed positions on both sides of the ball. On offense:

Spring offensive position changes:
Fieler - OT u25b6ufe0f C
Jenkins – OT u25b6ufe0f G
Crutchfield – DE u25b6ufe0f OT
Cowley – WR u25b6ufe0f TE
Shifflett - DL u25b6ufe0f FB— Virginia Football (@UVa_Football) March 28, 2017

Those players, with their 2017 year and 2016 height/weight, are:

Especially with the offensive line, formal positions are pretty fluid.