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 2024. Even kicker Alejandro Mata feels different physically.

“It’s just coach Swasey, to be honest,” Mata said.

CU has yet to play a game in 2025, 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 ç. From 2022-24, Swasey was the head strength and conditioning coach at Miami (Fla.) Columbus High School. His career goes back nearly three decades

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