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WEEK 13 MISSOURI VALLEY NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: KR/WR Ky "Flash" Wilson, Youngstown State, 5-9, 180, Jr., Farrell, Pa.,...Wilson finished with 112 all-purpose yards in the 35-32 win over UNI. He accounted for 75 yards on eight receptions and had a kickoff return for 41 yards. His kickoff return on the first kickoff of the contest set the school record for single-season kickoff return yards in a season. - Missouri Valley Football

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WR Ky Wilson, Connecticut
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11/22/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano threw three touchdown passes and Cam Edwards scored two rushing touchdowns, including a game-winning score in the final minute to lead UConn to a 48-45 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. Edwards had 101 yards on the ground, and scored twice from a yard out in the second half. His final score came with 26 seconds left, retaking the lead for UConn in a game that had five lead changes. Caden Veltkamp found Jayshon Platt for 27 yards and Easton Messer for 29 yards in the span of 15 seconds to set up a 36-yard field goal to tie it, but Garrison Smith missed the field goal wide left.

The Huskies (9-3) went up 24-3 in the first quarter after Fagnano threw touchdown passes on three consecutive drives. Fagnano was 33-of-46 passing for 446 yards. He entered the game fourth in the country in yards passing, finishing the regular season with 3,448 yards. The win marks the first time UConn has netted consecutive nine-win seasons, both under coach Jim Mora. Veltkamp accounted for four touchdowns and a program record of 494 yards passing for the Owls (4-7). He was 42 of 55 with two touchdowns - including a 90-yard connection - and an interception. He entered sixth in the country in passing yards, and ended with 3,458 passing yards with one game remaining. Veltkamp kept it for an 11-yard touchdown with 2:11 remaining to give the Owls a lead after finding Messer for a 33-yard score five minutes earlier. Messer entered the day with the second-most receptions in the country, and an 11-catch, 119-yard day improved that tally to 94 on the season. - UConn/AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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11/19/25 - Ky Wilson, Jr/2027, Connecticut, 5-09, 180 (DS#81 WR) + More +

WEEK 9 MISSOURI VALLEY NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: KR/WR Ky "Flash" Wilson, Youngstown State, 5-9, 180, Jr., Farrell, Pa. (Farrell/Slippery Rock),...Wilson returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown in the Penguins' dominate 51-17 win over Murray State on Saturday. In the fourth quarter, he returned the kickoff for a score which was the longest kickoff return of a touchdown in school history. He had three returns for 126 yards against the Racers. - Missouri Valley Football

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WR Ky Wilson, Connecticut
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11/18/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

UConn's Joe Fagnano was the last full-season starting quarterback to not have thrown an interception. Fagnano had 346 pass attempts this season before Air Force's Max Mustell picked off his deep ball in the first quarter of the Huskies' 26-16 win. - AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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11/08/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

The hard lessons from earlier in the 2025 season set the stage for the most memorable win for the UConn football team. Three losses by a total of 13 points stood between the Huskies and an undefeated record heading into Saturday's clash with ACC title-contending Duke at Rentschler Field. A touchdown in the final two minutes and a game-clinching fumble recovery lifted UConn to a 37-34 win over Duke in front of the Huskies' largest home crowd since 2013. "It is the culmination of the lessons we learned this year from the close games that we have had. I think it is a testament to the will of our young men, the trust that they have in each other," UConn coach Jim Mora said. "They could easily have played that game and said enough is enough, especially late in the fourth quarter. I think if we hadn't had the failures we had in the two-minute drives earlier in the year, maybe we would have had the success we had tonight." UConn quarterback Joe Fagnano was 6 for 7 on the drive that ended with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Skyler Bell with 1:58 left. After a review, Fagnano's two-point conversion run was good to put the Huskies up 37-34.

Duke was driving to try to force overtime, but UConn's Bryun Parham stripped Duke quarterback Darian Mensah of the ball and Trent Jones recovered to secure UConn's second win over an ACC team this season. "I just knew I had to make it and just do my job," Parham said. "I had to make the play. It was surreal. I've always wanted to make a play like that." Duke scored on its first two drives in the second half. Nate Sheppard had a 3-yard scoring run. The Blue Devils took the lead as Mensah rolled out and found Landen King in the corner of the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 1. UConn converted on a fake punt to set up a 3-yard scoring run by Cam Edwards with 10:48 remaining to put UConn ahead 29-28. Fagnano threw for 311 yards and three touchdowns for UConn (7-3). Bell finished with 11 catches for 87 yards and two scores, and Reymello Murphy added 110 yards receiving. Bell's biggest celebration came when the defense made its biggest play of the 2025 season. "I was jumping for joy, I almost had a cramp," said Bell, who went over 1,000 yards receiving early in the game and set the program record for touchdown catches in a season. "I was jumping (like) crazy. The defense came up big." - UConn/AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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10/20/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

UConn's Joe Fagnano has not thrown an interception in 226 attempts, the best start for a quarterback with at least as many attempts since Oregon's Marcus Mariota went 285 without getting picked off in 2013. - AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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10/21/25 - Bryun Parham, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 5-11, 223 (DS#22 OLB) + More +

WEEK 8 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BRYUN PARHAM, CONNECTICUT, RS Senior, Linebacker, Long Beach, CA,...Bryun Parham had a game-high 14 tackles (9 solo) and two quarterback sacks as Connecticut (5-2) defeated Boston College, 38-23. Parham led a Husky defensive unit that recorded seven sacks on the day. It was UConn's first win over a Power Four opponent on the road since 2012. Notes: It is the second time a Connecticut player has earned Walter Camp National Player of Week honors since 2004. Parham joins former Husky linebacker Sio Moore (October 31, 2010) as a player of Week honoree. - Walter Camp Football Foundation

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OLB Bryun Parham, Connecticut
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10/18/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano threw for a career-high 362 yards and four touchdowns, including 50-, 43-and 38-yard scores, and Connecticut beat Boston College 38-23 on Saturday to send the Eagles to their sixth straight loss. Juice Vereen caught four passes for 82 yards and two touchdowns for the Huskies (5-2), who beat Boston College for the second time in three tries and won in Chestnut Hill for the first time ever. Fagnano completed 23 of 31 passes and also ran for a 2-yard score. Skyler Bell caught 10 passes for 125 yards and a 38-yard TD midway through the fourth quarter clinched it.

BC (1-6) led 20-17 thanks to a 39-yard TD pass from newly promoted starting quarterback Grayson James to Reed Harris just before the half. But Fagnano hit John Neider for a 43-yard score to start the third quarter, then connected with Vereen from 14-yards out to make it 31-20. BC drove to the Huskies 7 but settled for a field goal to make it a one-score game. But Fagnano found Bell at the BC 36 before he scampered to the left sideline and into the end zone to make it 38-23. James replaced Thomas Castellanos as the starter last season, but he was bumped to No. 2 on the depth chart this season in favor of former Alabama backup Dylan Lonergan. Lonergan threw a game-sealing interception in a four-point loss to California on Sept. 27, then struggled in blowout losses to Pittsburgh and Clemson. In his first start of the season, James completed 16 of 28 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns; he was sacked seven times. Jordan McDonald ran for 123 yards on 24 carries for the Eagles. - UConn/AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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09/27/25 - Joe Fagnano, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 6-3, 223 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Joe Fagnano led UConn down the field on a last-minute drive, setting up Chris Freeman for a 44-yard field goal with 11 seconds remaining and the Huskies beat Buffalo 20-17 on Saturday. Gunnar Gray threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Al-Jay Henderson with just over a minute to go to tie the game for the Bulls (2-3). Fagnano then completed five passes and took the Huskies 49 yards on 10 plays in 53 seconds.

Cam Edwards scored on an 8-yard run for UConn (3-2) to break a 7-7 halftime tie then the teams exchanged field goals to leave the Huskies ahead 17-10 entering the fourth quarter. Fagnano threw a 25-yard TD to Skyler Bell for the game's first points before Buffalo tied it on Lamar Sperling's 63-yard run. Fagnano was 19-of-31 passing for 155 yards and he rushed for 64 more. Gray was 17 of 29 for 125 yards. Sperling made nine catches for 106 yards. Al-Jay Henderson had 24 carries but for just 63 yards. - UConn/AP College Football

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QB Joe Fagnano, Connecticut
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08/30/25 - Skyler Bell, rSr/2026, Connecticut, 5-11, 187 (DS#22 WR) + More +

Skyler Bell caught two touchdowns - including an 80-yarder - and Joe Fagnano accounted for four scores as UConn beat Central Connecticut 59-13 on Saturday afternoon in a season opener for both teams. UConn moved to 5-0 all-time against Central Connecticut, and 22-2 against FCS opponents since moving to the FBS in 2002. Fagnano finished the afternoon 18 of 25 with 260 yards and four total touchdowns on a 72% completion percentage - leading UConn to 35 first-half points.

The Blue Devils struck first after a snap went over punter Connor Stutz's head and Central Connecticut recovered the ball near the goal line. Elijah Howard converted a 2-yard touchdown run to take a 7-0 lead over the Huskies. Cam Edwards had a 73-yard touchdown run and finished with 115 yards on the ground in just six attempts for UConn. Brady Olson went 8 of 19 for 118 yards for the Blue Devils and Howard added 59 rushing yards and a score. UConn backup quarterback Nick Evers took over in relief of Fagnano with 1:56 remaining in the third quarter and threw a touchdown. - UConn/AP College Football

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WR Skyler Bell, Connecticut
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08/30/25 - Trey Cornist, rSo/2028, Connecticut, 6-0, 215 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Cade Graham kicked the go-ahead field goal with 4:13 left and Central Michigan tipped aside San Jose's field goal attempt with just under three minutes left to earn a 16-14 win in the season opener for both teams Friday night. The victory made first-year coach Matt Drinkall a winner in his debut as Central Michigan's head coach. The former Army assistant was hired to replace the retired Jim McElwain in December. The loss snaps San Jose State's run of five straight wins in season openers at home.

Trailing 16-14, the Spartans drove to the Chippewas' 11-yard line, but the drive stalled and Denis Lynch's 33-yard field goal attempt was tipped at the line of scrimmage and sailed wide. San Jose State had one last drive and Lynch attempted a career-long field goal from 56-yards out, but it also sailed wide as time ran out. Central Michigan built a 13-0 lead after Trey Cornist capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a 29-yard run in the first quarter and Graham kicked field goals fro0m 34- and 28-yards out. Walker Eget answered with an 11-yard touchdown to Leland Smith in the second quarter to make it 13-7 at the half, then hit Danny Scudero for a 45-yard score early in the third quarter to take a 14-13 lead. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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RB Trey Cornist, Connecticut
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03/04/23 - Jackson Mitchell, Sr/2024, Connecticut, 6-1, 225 (DS#18 ILB) + More +

UConn football has announced its spring practice schedule, with the annual Spring Showcase set for April 22 at Joseph J. Marrone Stadium in Storrs. That event will be open to the public and will kick off at 1:30 p.m. The Huskies will have 15 practices this spring, including the showcase event. The scheduled practice dates currently look like this: March 28th and 30th and April 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th and 22nd. UConn will kick off the regular season on Sept. 2 as they host NC State. The Huskies will also welcome Florida International (Sept. 16), Duke (Sept. 23), Utah State (Sept. 30), USF (Oct. 21) and Sacred Heart (Nov. 18) to Rentschler Field in the fall. - Hartford Courant

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ILB Jackson Mitchell, Connecticut
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01/30/23 - Eriq Gilyard, rSr/2024, Connecticut, 5-10, 229 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

When UConn lost at Michigan 59-0 last season, it was noted that the Wolverines dressed 140 players, and it seemed like they used all of them in that game. One of those lost in the sea of maze and blue at The Big House was tight end Louis Hansen, a four-star prospect from Massachusetts who couldn't rise on coach Jim Harbaugh's depth chart. He got in for seven offensive plays against the Huskies, the only game action for him in 2022.

As the season ended, Hansen entered the transfer portal and UConn coaches were on him, pursuing him aggressively even as they were preparing for the Myrtle Beach Bowl. The day after Christmas, they got their tight end, and Hansen is one of seven transfers headed to play for Jim Mora in 2023. Quarterback Joe Fagnano from Maine, linebacker Eriq Gilyard from Kansas, defensive lineman Ray Eldridge from Richmond, and defensive backs Zakhari Spears from Washington, Mumu Bin-Wahad from West Virginia and Noah Plack-Tallerico from Delaware are all on their way as part of what the program is billing as its "reload." - Hartford Courant

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ILB Eriq Gilyard, Connecticut
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01/16/23 - Kobi Albert, rSo/2028, Connecticut, 5-10, 180 (DS#999 FS) + More +

A transfer portal class filled with defensive backs got richer for Mississippi State football and first-year coach Zach Arnett on Saturday. Kobi Albert, a transfer safety from Kentucky, announced his commitment to MSU via social media. Of the five players the Bulldogs have landed from the portal, Albert is the fourth defensive back.

He joins Khamauri Rogers (Miami), Christopher Keys (Indiana) and Ray'Darious Jones (LSU). The other transfer addition is former UCLA kicker Nicholas Barr-Mira. Albert spent one season at Kentucky. He appeared in 10 games, recorded three tackles and one tackle for loss. Albert is a native of Fairfield, Alabama, where he attended Fairfield Preparatory School. He was listed as an athlete out of high school and a four-star prospect, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He was the No. 17 prospect in Alabama and the No. 20 athlete in the nation. - The Clarion Ledger

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FS Kobi Albert, Connecticut
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01/16/23 - Jevon Banks, rSr/2025, Connecticut, 6-2, 260 (DS#158 DE) + More +

With super-senior nose guards Huggins and Robert Hentz exhausting their eligibility, K-State went shopping for veteran interior line help in the transfer portal. The Wildcats got it Saturday with a commitment from former Mississippi State redshirt sophomore Jevon Banks. Banks appeared in 10 games for the Bulldogs in 2022, recording 17 tackles. In 20 career games, he has 26 tackles, four for loss, with one-half sack. Starters Huggins and Hentz saw most of the action in the middle of K-State's defense during the past season, combining for 41 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. The Wildcats do return Uso Seumalu, who had five tackles, including two for loss, and redshirt freshman Damian Ilalio, who appeared in four games with two stops. - Topeka Capital Journal

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DE Jevon Banks, Connecticut
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