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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4134701, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1470011853594107907[/MEDIA] -> It wasn’t anything Donovan Branch necessarily heard that sold him again on UConn. Rather, it’s what he felt. Branch, a three-star edge rusher from Winter Garden, Florida, recommitted after meeting new Huskies coach Jim Mora during his second trip to Storrs Dec. 3-5. “Even though the place didn’t change, the facility is the same, it just felt different,” Branch said. “You can feel his energy.” <- -> Thus, like Branch, Voorhis re-upped his pledge. The Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, native, who had decommitted from UConn in wake of Randy Edsall’s departure, said it was a dinner with his father and Mora the same weekend that helped him settle on a decision. Mora not only pitched him his vision of the program and how he hopes to mirror what he built at UCLA, but also connected with him on a personal level. Voorhis still didn’t know much about Mora to that point, save for a Google search and a brief phone conversation a few weeks prior. So sitting down with him and some of his assistants face-to-face was essential in putting Voorhis’ mind at ease. <- -> Rosa, a three-star prospect and the Gatorade Player of the Year in Connecticut, first met Mora at a UConn men’s basketball game, just days after he was hired. Rosa took an official visit to campus earlier this month and came away impressed. Members of the Husky staff — tight ends coach John Marinelli and running backs coach E.J. Barthel — also paid Rosa an in-home visit last week, ensuring him he was making the right decision by staying put. The 5-foot-11, 193-pound Rosa had several other FBS offers, including Air Force, Army, Boston College, UMass, and Navy. He planned to wait until the February signing date to make anything official, but instead will finalize his commitment Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., the first day of the NCAA’s early signing period. He’ll join the program as a running back but may also be used as a slot receiver. “After meeting the coaching staff and hearing the plans they have for me, and the direction this program’s going in, they’re definitely building a monster,” Rosa said. “I loved it, so I locked in.”<- [/QUOTE]

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