“I think you’ll see the big jump from a physical development once Yancy [McKnight] gets his hands on him for nine months.”
The comment from Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman about running Keaontay Ingram back in October is already coming to fruition with the sophomore adding 12 to 14 pounds of muscle since the Sugar Bowl victory.
“Good weight is padding for your body, right? It’s protection, it’s armor, especially for your joints,” Herman said.
Last season, Ingram got banged up early in the season that the staff became extra cautious with his workload, especially after serving as the feature back for Carthage teams that went so deep into the playoffs that he added the equivalent of two extra high school football seasons to his prep career.