So I find this interesting, in that this is our 3rd or 4th (depending on whether the transfer from Delaware was brought in to replace Swenson or as a Safety) DB transfer, added to a unit that had improved light years from the year before and returns 3 starters, the starting nickelback and a guy who started at corner to begin the season before getting hurt.
There is no other position where we brought in so many transfers to a position room that already looked settled. Either this is just how the numbers fell, Mora was happy enough with the returning starters but had no faith at all in the depth, or he was very dissatisfied with the play notwithstanding that we all saw tremendous strides forward.
Here's the math.
UConn lost 3 scholarship DBs: Wortham (graduated), McLean (portal), and Edwards (moved to RB) and 1 experienced WO Rosario.
UConn is bringing in 5 scholarship DBs: Bin-Wahad (transfer from WVU), Spears (transfer from Washington), Renwick (JUCO), Chadwick (HS recruit) and Hudson (HS recruit)
Noah Plack-Tallerico, the transfer from Delaware, is listed as a LB on the UConn roster.
Some other things to consider: Kaleb Anthony was injured in 2022 and Myles Bell had a very bad knee injury in 2021 and only played in 4 games in 2022. Last year, only 7 DBs played in more than 7 games and one has graduated. And, in the Marshall game, the 2 deep DB roster only included 6 players.
I think UConn was a little thin at DB last year and Mora is adding some additional depth and competition. Plus, you can use DBs on special teams.
