For more than a year, dating back to before the 2017 football season kicked off, one recurring theme coming from the Virginia Cavaliers has been size—and the need to get more of it.
Height and weight are two metrics of paramount importance to this coaching staff. (Even incurring their first NCAA infraction in pursuit of more information about recruits’ size.) After their first season going through an ACC schedule, the coaches realized just how far behind its peer programs UVA was in terms of size and strength. And the 2017 strength program showed plenty of big gains across the roster.