Nobody thinks of cornerbacks as the strongest weightlifters on a football team.
But at TCU, Ranthony Texada, Julius Lewis, Jeff Gladney and Tony James turned heads with their effort in the weight room this summer.
“All of them bench over 330,” coach Gary Patterson said. “A couple of them, 350, 360 range. That doesn’t make them a great corner, but it does show what kind of work ethic they have. Really, we haven’t had that since Kevin White and Jason Verrett.”
White had six interceptions in a four-year career that included 40 starts from 2011 to 2014.