To improve on last year's 7-5 finish, including a 6-2 record in conference, the Roadrunners must keep their top players healthy.
On that front, they welcomed back three starters to the first fall practice who had missed all of spring camp with injuries.
Starting center Nate Leonard (foot), defensive tackle Ashaad Mabry (hernia) and safety Brian King (shoulder) opened camp on the top line of the depth chart at their respective positions.
All are expected to take part in the grind of late-summer practices leading into the Aug. 29 season opener at Houston.
Never shy about expressing an opinion, Leonard said UTSA plans to win the conference and even suggested that the team could make a run into the Top 25.
“I think that we will finish first (in C-USA),” he said. “I'm a little surprised that we weren't picked last, like every other year. But I do believe we will win conference.”
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