Yancy McKnight is back at it again.

The Texas strength and conditioning coach will spend this day like he spends most others—transforming any and every football player that enters the Longhorns’ program.

Ever since coming over to Austin from the University of Houston, McKnight has been getting his players’ bodies in their ideal condition at a rapid pace.

Just the numbers from McKnight’s first offseason last summer are worth marveling over. In total, the Longhorns shed 525 pounds of body fat and gained 385 pounds of lean muscle mass. This summer, the process is no different.

Take his latest victim from this offseason, Byron Hobbs, as an example.

Hobbs, a linebacker out of Fort Worth, signed with Texas last December when he only weighed 209 pounds. 

Today, the 6-5 Hobbs is hammering down windmill dunks at 233 pounds—and he’s only been working out with McKnight for just over a month.

He’s already past halfway to Tom Herman’s goal of having him between 245-255 pounds by the time the season gets started.

Hobbs isn’t the only one getting results from McKnight’s program. Some returning players have improved this offseason by leaps and bounds.

Senior defensive end Breckyn Hager can now power clean 360 pounds, all while improving his vertical to 38 inches, and adding 150 pounds to his back squat. He’s not the only defensive end that can get up. Charles Omenihu’s vertical is 37.5 inches, which is a foot more than what he could do when he arrived at Texas.

The improvements aren’t just being seen internally. FOX Sports football analyst Joel Klatt visited Austin during spring ball and he was shocked to see how different the Longhorns looked.

“This team looks drastically different. From size, speed potential, athleticism, it looks drastically different than it did a year ago at this time,” Klatt said. “I could see them competing for the Big 12 Championship this year.”

Obviously, games can’t be won during the offseason, but they can sure as heck be prepared for. And McKnight is doing everything in his power to make this Texas team as fit as it can possibly be. 

It looks like Texas fans finally have a strength and conditioning coach they can believe in again.