Coach Andreu Swasey making difference for CU Buffs in weight room

Colorado tackle Jordan Seaton is stronger and leaner Defensive tackle Anquin Barnes has a new chiseled body that s helping him dominate Running back Micah Welch is leaner and learned more about his body this offseason than he knew as a freshman in Even kicker Alejandro Mata feels different physically Related Articles Keeler Deion Sanders CU Buffs are bigger than ever But are they better Georgia Tech will tell us plenty After almost walking away TE Jaxxon Warren eyes breakout season with CSU Rams CU Buffs No cornerback spot up for grabs as opener approaches Renck Marshall Faulk s beautiful mind gives CU Buffs running backs edge they desperately need Omarion Miller hoping to land starring role in CU Buffs offense It s just coach Swasey to be honest Mata declared CU has yet to play a challenge in but already has a leading candidate for the newcomer of the year award Perhaps nobody has been praised more this offseason than first-year head strength and conditioning coach Andreu Swasey In January CU head coach Deion Sanders hired Swasey to From - Swasey was the head strength and conditioning coach at Miami Fla Columbus High School His career goes back nearly three decades and includes a long run at the University of Miami Swasey was the head of strength and conditioning for the Hurricanes from - He was the co-head of strength and conditioning in and also worked at Miami in an assistant role from - He also spent five years - at Florida International Colorado Buffaloes head strength and conditioning coach Andreu Swasey during football practice on July in Boulder Colo CU Athletics In a short time with the Buffs Swasey has made a considerable difference for numerous players particular of which needed to lose weight others that needed to gain weight increase speed etc I m seeing it in the weight room also with coach Swasey cornerback DJ McKinney mentioned He s transformed a lot of guys bodies and a lot of guys speed and just built confidence into them So it s just amazing seeing everybody fly around and get the job done Safety Carter Stoutmire has been in great shape and making plays for the Buffs the past two years but announced he bonded with Swasey instantly and has seen a difference in himself and the group There was one night allegedly within the first month he was here I remember I was in his office maybe till about eight nine o clock at night just asking questions because I know where he s been all of Miami players and all that Stoutmire disclosed I just try to grab nuggets as much as I can So we got tight really quick Welch struggled with hamstring issues during his freshman season but declared he feels much better coming into this year I learned more about my body this year from coach Swasey he declared So I fixed it There are a multitude of players who look quite different physically bulk notably Seaton and Barnes who will be depended on heavily in the trenches this season All of the Buffs have gone through what Stoutmire calls very old school workouts and it s worked wonders Those are the kind of workouts I grew up on Stoutmire declared I did a whole lot of old school garage workouts growing up so this kind of reminds me of just home doing workouts in the garage I really like how we did the off-season this year So did Sanders Diagnosed with bladder cancer in the spring Sanders had the cancer removed through surgery and then spent the summer at his home in Texas recovering During that time he had to rely on his staff and in the summer months that s mainly the strength and conditioning coaches The staff did a good job Sanders explained of his time away Especially strength and conditioning with Swasey and his organization They did a phenomenal job