I caught up with sixth-year senior running back Alex Fontenot on Thursday following the Buffs’ third practice of fall camp. We talked about his offseason, taking on a bigger leadership role and which new players have impressed him so far.
However, perhaps the most interesting part of our conversation was when I asked him about learning new offensive coordinator Mike Sanford’s system. Fontenot quickly reminded me that this is the fourth new playbook he has been given at Colorado. I’m not sure what the college record is, but that has to be up there.
“This is my fourth playbook, so there’s nothing new to me to learn new concepts and new plays,” Fontenot said. “It’s just a matter of getting it down and once I get it down, I got it.”
The Texas native has worked with (if I’m remembering correctly) five offensive coordinators: Brian Lindgren, Klayton Adams, Darrin Chiaverini, Jay Johnson and now Sanford. Not ideal, although we’ve been hearing good things about this 2022 system.
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