2026 UConn Football Spring Ball

[huskymedic]

 

[Husky25]

Interesting that #1 has not been issued per UConn Spring Roster.

Assuming that the highly demanded numbers have to be earned in the Spring or may be given out weekly based on practice/game performance. Or maybe we expect 2 high profile transfers.

#6 has been issued - I hope issued with great, heavy, thought to Jasper Howard's memory.

Not that it matters, and it might just be that I'm getting crotchety as I approach 1/2 a 100, but I will renew my disdain for #0 and #1 (Numbers only, not the players wearing them). I'm also on record for preferring not to double up on numbers. 85 players. UConn has not retired any numbers. That's 99 from which to choose.

OTOH, I do like when players choose non-traditional numbers for their position. A defensive lineman wearing #8, or a linebacker wearing #33 is perfectly acceptable. Marcus Easley wearing #29? Have at it. I've also been a long time fan of the Matt Rhule custom of assigning single digits to Non-OL captains and/or upperclassman as a reward for toughness, performance, and leadership, as voted upon by the players. I'm pretty sure other coaches do it too. I just associate it with Rhule from his Temple days.

#6 should always go to a player in the defensive secondary, IMO, but it's been nearly a generation and six coaches (Pasqualoni, Weist, Diaco, Edsall, Mora, and now Castle) removed since Howard passed away. It is what it is. With the monument under the scoreboard, it's just not that meaningful to current day players. Particularly for short term transfers.

 

[Jetskies]

Not that it matters, and it might just be that I'm getting crotchety as I approach 1/2 a 100, but I will renew my disdain for #0 and #1 (Numbers only, not the players wearing them). I'm also on record for preferring not to double up on numbers. 85 players. UConn has not retired any numbers. That's 99 from which to choose.

OTOH, I do like when players choose non-traditional numbers for their position. A defensive lineman wearing #8, or a linebacker wearing #33 is perfectly acceptable. Marcus Easley wearing #29? Have at it. I've also been a long time fan of the Matt Rhule custom of assigning single digits to Non-OL captains and/or upperclassman as a reward for toughness, performance, and leadership, as voted upon by the players. I'm pretty sure other coaches do it too. I just associate it with Rhule from his Temple days.

#6 should always go to a player in the defensive secondary, IMO, but it's been nearly a generation and six coaches (Pasqualoni, Weist, Diaco, Edsall, Mora, and now Castle) removed since Howard passed away. It is what it is. With the monument under the scoreboard, it's just not that meaningful to current day players. Particularly for short term transfers.

once, just once, i'd love to see a receiver wear #75. sigh...

on the matter of #6 being meaningful, it would lose meaning over time regardless of NIL/transfer portal. it's up to the school to instill that as a value for the future generations of players. i have no opinion on the matter since i joined as a fan more than a decade after that. if uconn wants to keep it special, i think DON'T retire the number but endow the position, kind of like a professorship. also, number 6 must wear a special JH patch on his jersey. that'd be pretty cool, no?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

once, just once, i'd love to see a receiver wear #75. sigh...

I can't happen. Numbers 50-79 are ineligible for a non-lineman on offense. A player wearing one of those numbers can check in, allowing the referee to inform the defense of his eligibility, but it can't be a number for a player who will have multiple snaps from any of the six eligible offensive positions.