A dozen recliners are lined up to let players relax while using recovery boots. An expanded nutrition center allows for quick bites.

Nap pods turn free time into catch-up-on-sleep time. And salt water float tanks promote relaxation.

The sensory deprivation float tanks helped sophomore tight end Jake Ferguson through sleeping problems last season.

“I was getting like two or three hours of sleep for weeks,” the former Madison Memorial standout said. “And then finally going in those for a couple days really relaxed me and helped a ton with sleeping. Whenever I have trouble sleeping, I just go back in one of those. It’s really beneficial.”

UW administrators have said their focus in outfitting the team’s locker room has been on giving players what will most benefit them and not what might make for the most-shared social media post.