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2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Brian Keating, UConn, senior, long snapper,...The Wuerffel Trophy, known as "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service," is presented annually at the All Sports Association's Awards Banquet in Fort Walton Beach. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is awarded to the FBS player that best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. Keating has played in 47 of 48 games in his UConn career at long snapper. - UConn Football

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LS Brian Keating, Connecticut
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07/23/20 - Kevin Mensah, Sr/2022, Connecticut, 5-09, 206 (DS#67 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Kevin Mensah (Sr.), Connecticut,...Mensah rushed for over 1,000-yards for the second-straight season in 2019, marking only the second time that a Husky (Jordan Todman in 2009 and 2010) eclipsed 1,000-yards rushing in consecutive years. Mensah's five rushing TD's against UMass on October 26 marked the highest single-game total in the nation this year and he was honored as the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against the Minutemen, which included 164-yards on the ground. The senior has accumulated 2619 rushing yards in 35 career games for the Huskies. - UConn Football

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RB Kevin Mensah, Connecticut
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05/12/20 - Jonathan Pace, rSr/2023, Connecticut, 6-5, 294 (DS#999 OT) + More +

UConn's new TV deal for football, combined with the robust schedules assembled for the next five years, will provide the selling points coach Randy Edsall needs to kick-start recruiting. "This is a really good day for us," Edsall said in a conference call with reporters Monday, as the four-year agreement with CBS Sports was announced, "and it came at the right time because we're right in the middle of recruiting kids from the 2021 cycle." The deal assures the Huskies, who have left the American Athletic Conference and will play as an independent in football, will have exposure, with most of the games to be played between 12:30 and 3 p.m. on Saturdays, something Edsall wanted. As he makes the recruiting rounds, albeit virtually during the coronavirus shutdowns, Edsall said he has been feeling the positive vibes in recent weeks.

"There's no question," he said. "Myself and our coaching staff, we really sat down and talked a lot about what is going to be our message and how are we going to market what we're doing. By telling them, 'Hey, we felt good about the television package' and by telling them about the schedule we were playing, and how we're going to play more Power Five [conference] teams now than what we would have staying where we were previously, that made a big impact with the kids we were talking to. So that helped us tremendously, and we've seen tremendous interest...Do we have a challenge ahead of us? Yes, we do. But we have an ability to go out and sell things to get the kind of kids we need to win." - Hartford Courant

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OT Jonathan Pace, Connecticut
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05/11/20 - Kevin Mensah, Sr/2022, Connecticut, 5-09, 206 (DS#67 RB) + More +

UConn has agreed to a multi-year television deal that will put most of its home football games on CBS Sports Network, the school announced Monday. The university did not disclose the financial details of the deal between CBS and Learfield IMG College, which holds UConn’s athletics multimedia rights, but said it is worth seven figures over four years. Under the contract, the network plans to televise four UConn home games in 2020 (Indiana, Liberty, Middle Tennessee and Army) and all home games from 2021-2023. This will be the Huskies' first season as a football independent after leaving the American Athletic Conference. Most of UConn's sports teams will be playing in the Big East, which signed a 12-year, $500 million media deal with Fox in 2013. - AP College Football

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RB Kevin Mensah, Connecticut
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05/09/20 - Ian Swenson, rSr/2023, Connecticut, 6-1, 217 (DS#50 OLB) + More +

The continuing coronavirus shutdowns have put the 2020 college football season in question, and could compel UConn to reimagine its current independent schedule. "We're planning for all contingencies," Athletic Director David Benedict told The Courant on Friday. "The most important thing is, we don't even know if we're going to have a season yet. We're certainly planning like we're going to have a season, but that has to be determined first. That's going to determine how we move forward." There has been speculation that college football could start late and play a shortened season with travel limited, in which conference opponents eliminate nonconference games or play only within their region. That could lead to independents playing more games against one another, which could mean Notre Dame or Brigham Young appearing on UConn's schedule. There have been such discussions, Benedict said.

UConn, having left the American Athletic Conference to join the Big East in most other sports, is competing as an independent in FBS football, and has scheduled games with a number of high-profile programs, including five from Power Five conferences. Illinois and Indiana (Big Ten), Virginia and North Carolina (ACC) and Mississippi (SEC) are on the 2020 schedule. "I have not received a single call from anyone on our schedule telling me, 'Hey, you need to prepare for us not playing our game,' or 'We need out of our game,'" Benedict said. "If that is where we land, there's going to be effort and conversation within the independents to coalesce and play each other, but that's not where we are right now." - Hartford Courant

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OLB Ian Swenson, Connecticut
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04/25/20 - Matt Peart, rSr/2020, Connecticut, 6-6, 318 (DS#8 OT) + More +

The Giants, looking to fix their offensive line, took UConn tackle Matt Peart with the No. 99 overall pick in the NFL Draft. Peart, 6 feet 7 and 318 pounds, joined Andrew Thomas, an offensive tackle the Giants chose in the first round, in what could become an impressive pair of bookends. The Giants were in the market for a center, but couldn't pass on Peart. "It's about value," Giants GM Dave Gettleman told reporters on a conference call late Friday night. "[Peart] was too good of a value to pass by. We had him rated well above the rest of the other centers on our board. He is long, he's big. He's a 315-pound kid that's skinny. We interviewed him a number of times, he's a great kid. He's athletic and he's long and we think he has a lot of upside for a young kid. He's a guy that the coaching staff really wanted to work with."

Born in the Bronx, Peart has been a Giants fan all his life, and they were among the teams that paid a lot of attention to him in the predraft process. They've had success in drafting Randy Edsall-coached, UConn linemen in the past, with Will Beatty in 2009. Peart started 48 games in a row for UConn, every game the last four seasons, and got better each year. He was a late-comer to football, switching from basketball during his time in prep school. But he has exceptional athletic ability for such a big man, running the 40-yard dash in 5.01 seconds at the Combine and navigating the agility drills impressively. - Hartford Courant

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OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
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04/13/20 - Matt Peart, rSr/2020, Connecticut, 6-6, 318 (DS#8 OT) + More +

Former teammate Foley Fatukasi, drafted by the Jets in 2018, told Peart the pre-draft process wouldn't be easy, and he needed to treat every part of it like he would only get that one shot. Little did either know how true that would be in this year of the coronavirus. Peart followed up his Senior Bowl performance in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 25 with a strong showing in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis at the end of February. At 6 feet 7 and 318 pounds, Peart ran the 40-yard dash in 5.06 seconds, made a vertical leap of 30 inches, a broad jump of 113 inches. Then they measured his arms - 36 5/8 inches, longer than any other tackle. That set the scouts and analysts abuzz.

"I knew I had long arms," Peart says, with a belly laugh, "but when they came up and said I had the longest, I was like, 'Oh. … Really?' I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I thought I'd be middle of the pack, but to have the longest? That's pretty good." Then the process was swept into this uncharted territory. There was not to be a Pro Day at UConn, no visits or workouts for individual teams, few chances to work out at conventional facilities. Instead, Peart has spent the last month lifting weights in his basement, marking off his quiet street to run sprints and "gassers," uphill, to the wonderment of neighbors out walking their dogs. Distance runs, up to 3 miles, not his favorite thing, are keeping him in shape, and he has had virtual interviews with numerous teams assessing his football IQ and upbeat disposition. - Hartford Courant

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OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
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03/20/20 - David Pindell, Sr/2019, Connecticut, 6-0, 202 (DS#169 WR) + More +

David Pindell is joyfully proactive in the way he continues to chase a football dream. Pindell figures if he keeps working out, keeps throwing the football, keeps recording these actions on the fields of Columbia, Md., and keeps sharing videos with the world on social media, he's eventually going to catch the right eye and opportunity. "Keep posting stuff, keep posting stuff, keep posting stuff," Pindell said. These are the repetitions of his everyday life, as much as five-step drops, out routes and crossing patterns. Keep throwing, keep filming, keep believing, keep in touch with a growing football community cultivated through these actions and keep doing what you love until you just can't any longer.

Pindell, who played two years at UConn and started every game as a senior in 2018, is still at it. If you're among his 78,000 followers on Instagram or 16,000 followers on Twitter, you know this, and he has again ramped up efforts. Pindell remains optimistic about a playing career past the point where many players are met by the frustrating reality that the game just won't have them. He remains committed to creating and exhausting every single avenue before either reaching his goal or moving on without a sliver of regret. - Hartford Courant

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WR David Pindell, Connecticut
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02/22/20 - Matt Peart, rSr/2020, Connecticut, 6-6, 318 (DS#8 OT) + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Matt Peart, OT, Connecticut,...The Kingston, Jamaica native anchored the Huskies offensive line for four seasons, starting all 48 games. A team captain in 2019 and member of the leadership council in 2018, he helped produce back-to-back 1000-yard rushing seasons for Kevin Mensah. It is only the second time in program history that the Huskies have had the same running back put together back-to-back 1000 yard campaigns (Jordan Todman). - Connecticut Football

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OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
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12/29/19 - Jake Guidone, rSr/2023, Connecticut, 6-3, 299 (DS#30 C) + More +

2019 ALL-IVY LEAGUE HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Jake Guidone, Dartmouth (Jr., TE - East Walpole, Mass.),...Three Big Green players also earned honorable mention: senior wide receiver Hunter Hagdorn who caught 38 passes for 492 yards and five touchdowns, plus finished his career as the sixth Dartmouth player with 2,000 receiving yards in a career (2,015); junior tight end Jake Guidone, recognized as one of the league's best blockers at the position; and hard-hitting strong safety Niko Mermigas, a junior who was fourth on the team with 47 tackles, one for a loss, with five pass breakups, one interception and a forced fumble to his credit. - Dartmouth Football

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C Jake Guidone, Connecticut
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12/09/19 - Matt Peart, rSr/2020, Connecticut, 6-6, 318 (DS#8 OT) + More +

2019 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OT Matt Peart, UConn, Sr.,...The Kingston, Jamaica native anchored the Huskies offensive line for four seasons, starting all 48 games. A team captain in 2019 and member of the leadership council in 2018, he helped produce back-to-back 1000-yard rushing seasons for Kevin Mensah. It is only the second time in program history that the Huskies have had the same running back put together back-to-back 1000 yard campaigns (Jordan Todman). The 6-7, 303 pound lineman is projected to be one of the top tackle prospects in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft and he will participate in the prestigious Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama on January, 25, 2020. - Connecticut Football

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OT Matt Peart, Connecticut
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11/16/19 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 226 (DS#20 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano's 11-yard touchdown pass to Earnest Edward's with 34 seconds left capped Maine's fourth-quarter comeback and the Black Bears beat Rhode Island 34-30 on Saturday. Fagnano led Maine (6-5, 4-3 Colonial Athletic Association) on a five-play, 81-yard drive in 73 seconds with a 44-yard completion to Devin Young on the initial play of the drive. Rhode Island (2-9, 0-7) ended the game when Vito Priore completed a 32-yard pass to Ahmere Dorsey at Maine's 18-yard line.

Rhode Island started the fourth with a 24-13 lead and extended it a to a two-score margin with C.J. Carrick's 38-yard field goal with 9:52 left. Emmanuel Reed's 12-yard TD run reduced the margin on Maine's ensuing drive. Carrick missed a 44-yard attempt on the Rams' next drive, which Maine took advantage of when Joe Fitzaptrick knotted the score with a 3-yard TD run. Carrick made a 29-yarder for the Rams last lead of the game. Fagnano was 20-of-29 passing for 216 yards and two scores. Naim Jones led Rhode Island with 167 yards rushing on 31 carries and two TDs. - AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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11/11/19 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 226 (DS#20 QB) + More +

NOV 11 CAA FOOTBALL CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Joe Fagnano, Fr., QB, Maine (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport),...Fagnano completed 20-of-29 passes for 320 yards and two touchdowns as Maine picked up a 31-17 win at Elon. The freshman connected on TD throws of 60 and 88 yards in the first quarter as the Black Bears sprinted out to a commanding 28-0 advantage. Fagnano has thrown for at least 249 yards and 2 TD's in all four of his career starts and has the three longest TD passes in school history. - Colonial Athletic Association Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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11/09/19 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 226 (DS#20 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns, Earnest Edwards caught five passes for 153 yards and a score, and Maine beat Elon 31-17 on Saturday for its third straight victory. Maine scored a touchdown on its first four possessions of the game, including Devin Young's 60-yarder on the fourth offensive play. Edwards had an 88-yard catch-and-run for the third score and he completed a 2-yard pass to Jaquan Blair to cap the scoring run with 4:42 left in the first quarter. Emmanuel Reed had a game-high 55 yards rushing and Joe Fitzpatrick ran for a score for Maine (5-5, 3-3 Colonia Athletic Association). The Black Bears' defense registered six sacks, recovered two fumbles and held Elon to 276 total yards. Edwards went over 100 receiving yards for the fifth time this season and passed for his fifth career touchdown. Davis Cheek was 18-of-37 passing for 203 yards and a TD for Elon (4-6, 3-4). - AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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11/02/19 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 226 (DS#20 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano threw four touchdown passes and Maine rode a 23-point fourth quarter to a 47-31 victory over Albany on Saturday. Leading 24-21 at halftime, Maine (4-5, 2/3 Colonial Athletic Association) poured it on in the third quarter. The Black Bears scored on a field goal, a pick-6 by Ori Jean-Charles and two of Fagnano's touchdown passes to take a 47-24 lead heading to the fourth quarter. In the fourth, Jeff Undercuffler threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game for the Great Danes (5-4, 3-2), a 5-yard connection with Thomas Greaney.

Undercuffler, a redshirt freshman, completed 25 of 49 passes for 387 yards but was sacked five times. He had two 100-yard receivers -- Juwan Green with four catches for 111 yards and Jerah Reeves with seven for 109. The Great Danes were held to 67 yards rushing. Fagnano completed 12 of 18 passes for 257 yards. The biggest strike of his four TDs was a 90-yard hookup with Andre Miller for the Black Bears' first touchdown. Earnest Edwards caught six passes for 134 yards and a touchdown and Joe Fitzpatrick was Maine's leading rusher with 77 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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