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2010 S PRING F OOTBALL 2010 UConn Spring Football QUICK FACTS SPRING PRACTICE SCHEDULE GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION: ...................................... Storrs, Conn. SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT. FOUNDED: .................................................... 1881 ENROLLMENT: ... 29,517 (17,008 Storrs undergrad) Mar. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PRESIDENT: ........................ Dr. Michael J. Hogan Practice Practice Practice ATHLETICS DIR.: ................. Jeffrey A. Hathaway #1 #2 #3 NICKNAMES: ............................. Huskies, UConn COLORS: ......................... Nat’l Flag Blue & White 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 10:15 a.m. CONFERENCE: ................................... BIG EAST 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 WEBSITE: .............................. UConnHuskies.com STADIUM: ..................................... Rentschler Field Practice Practice Practice CAPACITY: .................................................. 40,000 #4 #5 #6 SURFACE: ......................................... Natural Grass 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 12:50 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION 28 29 30 31 April 1 23 HEAD COACH: ................................ Randy Edsall Practice Practice Practice ALMA MATER: ............................... Syracuse, 1980 #7 #8 #9 RECORD AT UCONN: ............... 66-65 (11 Yrs.) 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 10:15 a.m. CAREER RECORD: ...................................... Same OFFENSIVE SYSTEM: ............................ Multiple 45678910 DEFENSIVE SYSTEM: ..................................... 4-3 2009 RECORD: ................................... 8-5, 3-4 BE Practice Practice Practice STARTERS RET./LOST: ................................. 17/7 #10 #11 #12 LETTERMEN RET./LOST: ......................... 39/17 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 10:15 a.m. FB OFFICE PHONE: ................... (860) 486-2718 FB OFFICE FAX: .......................... (860) 486-2197 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Practice Practice Prac. #15 ASSISTANT COACHES #13 #14 Spring Game JOE MOORHEAD – Offensive 3:10 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Coordinator/Quarterbacks HANK HUGHES – Asst. Head Coach for Defense, Defensive Line TODD ORLANDO – Defensive Coordinator, SPRING MEDIA POLICIES Inside Linebackers All 15 of UConn’s spring practices will be open to the media. Requested student-athletes and head MATT CERSOSIMO – Recruiting Coord., Wide coach Randy Edsall will be available for interviews following Tuesday and Saturday practices. Receivers All practices will be held at the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center with the exception of the MIKE FOLEY – Offensive Line Blue-White Spring Game on April 17, which will be at Rentschler Field. LYNDON JOHNSON – Special Teams Coordinator, Outside Linebackers TABLE OF CONTENTS TERRY RICHARDSON – Running Backs Quick Facts/Media Information ................................................................... 1 DARRELL PERKINS – Defensive Backs Spring Outlook .......................................................................................... 2-3 JONATHAN WHOLLEY – Tight Ends Head Coach Randy Edsall ......................................................................... 4-5 ANDREW BREINER, SHANE FOGARTY – Graduate Assistants Assistant Coaches ....................................................................................... 6-8 TIM PENDERGAST – Director of Football Operations 2010 Schedule ............................................................................................... 9 The 2010 University of Connecticut Spring Football Prospectus is a publication of the UConn Personnel Chart ........................................................................................... 10 Division of Athletics and the Athletic Communications Office. Interior design by Maggie Rosters .................................................................................................... 11-13 Oren, MB Design. Covers designed by Phil Dwire, Athletic Marketing Assistant. Editorial Returning Letterwinners ........................................................................ 14-23 assistance by Luanne Dunstan and Sean Soltys. Photography by Steve Slade and Bob Stowell. Incoming Student-Athletes .................................................................... 24-25 Additional photography by Romeo Guzman and Brian Kanoff. Printed by Wolf ColorPrint, 2009 Year In Review .............................................................................. 26-35 Newington, Conn. 2009 Game Recaps ................................................................................ 36-48 2009 Statistics ........................................................................................ 49-56 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Communications ................................................ Mike Enright* Assistant AD/Communications .................................................... Kyle Muncy Assistant Director - Athletic Communications ............................. Randy Press Communications Assistant ........................................................ Betsy Devine Communications Assistant ................................................... Elizabeth Mayer Communications Assistant ......................................................... Kristen Altieri Communications Secretary .................................................... Luanne Dunstan * Football contact Mailing Address: 2095 Hillside Road U-1173 • Storrs, CT 06269-1173 Office Phone: (860) 486-3531 Office FAX: (860) 486-5085 UCONNHUSKIES.COM 1 2010 S PRING P REVIEW 2010 UConn Spring Football Redshirt junior Robbie Frey has played in 21 career games and is also The 2010 University of Connecticut football team enters spring practice a strong kickoff returner for the Huskies. A knee injury cut his 2009 season with three-straight bowl appearances to their credit, including two wins in short in the eighth game of the season. a row and a victory over South Carolina in the 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl. Redshirt junior Jonathan Jean-Louis moves from defense to tailback The Huskies won their final four games of the 2009 season – a streak which this spring while redshirt junior Kelmetrus Wylie and redshirt freshman started with an emotional double overtime win at Notre Dame. Martin Hyppolite are also in the mix. The Huskies also return a strong nucleus this year from the 2009 sea - The fullback position is also experienced with seniors Anthony son. Eight starters return on each side of the ball along with one of two spe - Sherman , who has made 21 career starts, and Bret Mannning . cialists. UConn is stocked with young talent that started to blossom in ’09. Redshirt sophomore Ryan Griffin started 10 games at tight end in his UConn enters 2010 with optimism, but head coach Randy Edsall first college season in 2009 and established himself as a dependable receiv - knows that there is only one way to make this season another successful one er with 23 receptions for 272 yards – including six receptions combined in – hard work and playing as a team. the final two regular season games. “After the bowl game, I told our team in the locker room to enjoy the Redshirt sophomore John Delahunt also saw valuable playing time last win, but when they start the spring semester the work starts all over again year while senior Alex Kaiser and redshirt sophomore Corey Manning pro - and 2009 does not mean a thing,” says Edsall, who enters his 12th season vide depth. in charge of the Husky program and is now the most tenured coach in the BIG EAST Conference. UConn losses two top receivers from last year in Marcus Easley and Brad Kanuch , but there is experience returning with a number of young “I am very happy with how our off-season conditioning program has players waiting to emerge. Redshirt junior Kashif Moore has 22 receptions been going. Our players have shown a commitment that they want to even last season for three touchdowns, including one in overtime vs. Notre Dame be better in 2010.” and another in the Papajohns.com Bowl. Redshirt junior Isiah Moore had The Husky offense is led by a pair of quarterbacks who both have 24 receptions for one touchdown while junior Michael Smith had 15 recep - started games over the past two seasons. Redshirt senior Zach Frazer started tions. seven games last season – the first two and the final five, including the bowl Other returnees at the receiver spot are: redshirt sophomore Gerrard win, with a knee injury in between. Frazer developed as the season pro - Sheppard and sophomores Dwayne Difton , Mike Lang and Nick Williams gressed and threw eight TD passes in the final five games of the year and – in addition to redshirt freshmen Malik Generett , Cole Wagner (who will had just two interceptions in the final four games. Redshirt junior Cody also work at punter) and Eric Sawicki . Joshua Massey moves to the wide Endres started six games last year when Frazer was hurt and has eight career receiver position this spring. starts under his belt. He also became increasingly effective the more he played last year and threw for more than 250 yards in three of his starts. The offensive line has four starters back from last year, but takes a hit with the departure of Mike Hicks, who started 48 games in his Husky Also at the quarterback spot for the Huskies this spring are redshirt career. sophomore Johnny McEntee, redshirt freshman Michael Box and freshman Leon Kinnard . Redshirt junior Moe Petrus returns at center after being moved to that position in 2009 and has made a total of 25 starts over the past two seasons. Junior Jordan Todman leads the returning running backs as he rushed At the guard spot, redshirt senior Zach