T anner Koziol pops out on the University of Houston practice fields. Even if you’re not looking for him, you cannot help but notice him. For one thing, he’s bigger than almost everyone else, certainly bigger than the other pass catchers. Six-foot-7 and 240 pounds, built enough that he wouldn’t look out of place trying to post up J’Wan Roberts in Kelvin Sampson’s universe. For another, he always seems to be catching passers from Conner Weigman, the Texas A&M transfer who will be UH’s starting quarterback this season. And then there’s the harder to define reason — sheer presence.

Eyes just go to UH’s new No. 9.

“That dude, he’s a monster,” running back Dean Connors, another transfer expected to breathe life into Houston’s offense, says of Koziol. “He’s huge. I think anytime you can bring

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