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Seahawks at Falcons, 1 p.m. Sept. 13 more confidence.”

Then McKinley could do more sports-specific activities with his shoulder.

“At that point we were able to have a lot more fun the last four weeks when he was pretty close to 100 percent,” Camargo said.

Over time, the progress was stunning.

“With all of the work he put in, he lost about 22, 23 pounds,” Camargo said. “(He went down to) about 10 percent body fat ... once he was training with me, it was two or three hours and our sessions weren’t easy.

“He stayed strong. There were definitely days where he had to really dig deep. So, I think just in terms of his mental capacity he’s going to surprise a lot of people because he really persevered through a lot.”

McKinley, who played at UCLA, stayed committed to the program over his time at ProSport.

“Even holding up a push-up was pretty difficult for him,” Camargo said. “Then just doing about 10 reps. It wasn’t just in terms of strength, but the strength and endurance. Once he could comfortable with that, we started loading that up.

“Explosive stuff with the bar bell overhead. Just trying to replicate the type of push-off he would do for his position on the field with these large guys coming at him at high speeds and then him going at high speed as well.”

Physically and mentally, Camargo believes McKinley is ready to turn in a monster season.

“I think he’s hungry because he was upset about his contract,” Camargo said. “I respect him a lot. I can’t wait to see it.”

McKinley has some fans in California who’ll be watching the Falcons this season.

“I’m proud of him,” Scott said. “He put in the work. He’s strong, and he looks good. Everything else, he’ll do it on the field to show everyone that he did a good job.”