UConn Football Fall Camp 2025

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Players:
DB Malachi McLean
DB Cam Chadwick
RB Mel Brown
RB Cam Edwards

 

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-> In two-minute drills toward the end of Tuesday’s practice, UConn’s new defensive front made it nearly impossible for the offense to move the ball. But, for as many passes that were batted down at the line of scrimmage, Sammis wasn’t sounding his alarms.

“I get concerned about everything, but it’s something that we can fix now. And if we can’t fix it, we’ll find other ways to do it. Run the ball outside, more screens, roll the pocket more. There’s things we can do if we can’t get it fixed, but there’s no alarm bells currently,” Sammis said. “It’s dealing with how our defense rushes as well, too. We like to get the ball out quick when we can so there’s an understanding (on defense) where if you can’t get home now, get your hands up (and bat the ball).” <-

 

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-> “People say go take them out to dinner, take them to a pool party or paintball or whatever. Well I think the biggest way you bond is doing really hard things with them,” Brock said, covered in sweat after Tuesday’s practice on a hot day in Storrs. “Push them through adversity, because that’s one thing that’s guaranteed in football. That’s what we try to do.” <-

-> “We’ve pushed them harder schematically from a learning capacity standpoint than I did last year with last year’s group. Right, wrong or indifferent, time will tell, but that’s what we’ve done. And they’ve done a nice job of buying into that,” Brock said. “Some of that is, I think back and you’ve got to evaluate yourself too. You go into some of those games and I look back and I think, well, did we have everything we needed? Did I give them every bullet in the chamber to be successful? You never want to overload them, but you want to expose them to enough that you can adapt and be versatile enough to give offenses different looks. So that’s the plan we’ve taken.” <-

 

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-> “People say go take them out to dinner, take them to a pool party or paintball or whatever. Well I think the biggest way you bond is doing really hard things with them,” Brock said, covered in sweat after Tuesday’s practice on a hot day in Storrs. “Push them through adversity, because that’s one thing that’s guaranteed in football. That’s what we try to do.” <-

-> “We’ve pushed them harder schematically from a learning capacity standpoint than I did last year with last year’s group. Right, wrong or indifferent, time will tell, but that’s what we’ve done. And they’ve done a nice job of buying into that,” Brock said. “Some of that is, I think back and you’ve got to evaluate yourself too. You go into some of those games and I look back and I think, well, did we have everything we needed? Did I give them every bullet in the chamber to be successful? You never want to overload them, but you want to expose them to enough that you can adapt and be versatile enough to give offenses different looks. So that’s the plan we’ve taken.” <-

I'm lovin this DC... this group will make or break our season I think (way more bodies to replace on that side of the ball from last year)... Here's hoping all the experience coming translates, keeping us as competitive as last season... or surprisingly much better...

 

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-> In two-minute drills toward the end of Tuesday’s practice, UConn’s new defensive front made it nearly impossible for the offense to move the ball. But, for as many passes that were batted down at the line of scrimmage, Sammis wasn’t sounding his alarms.

“I get concerned about everything, but it’s something that we can fix now. And if we can’t fix it, we’ll find other ways to do it. Run the ball outside, more screens, roll the pocket more. There’s things we can do if we can’t get it fixed, but there’s no alarm bells currently,” Sammis said. “It’s dealing with how our defense rushes as well, too. We like to get the ball out quick when we can so there’s an understanding (on defense) where if you can’t get home now, get your hands up (and bat the ball).” <-

Sounds like the o-line is struggling to get on the same page, which is a little worrisome.
Fagnano has had a couple of season ending injuries in his seven years and we need to keep him upright and healthy to realize the potential of this team.

 

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Sounds like the o-line is struggling to get on the same page, which is a little worrisome.
Fagnano has had a couple of season ending injuries in his seven years and we need to keep him upright and healthy to realize the potential of this team.

I think the o-line is the last thing to worry about.

 

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I think the o-line is the last thing to worry about.

I trust Sammis and think we have good depth, but it may not be as strong of a line as we had last year. Think the O-Line and a lot of the defense may take a few weeks to gel given that there’s so many new faces

 

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Sounds like the o-line is struggling to get on the same page, which is a little worrisome.
Fagnano has had a couple of season ending injuries in his seven years and we need to keep him upright and healthy to realize the potential of this team.

Agree, concerning since the front 7 defensively are mostly guys brought in to shore up the D

 

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But bro vs bro is always a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. If the OL was opening up big holes in practice we’d be talking about the DL problems.

I could see a season where the OL is much better by mid year with real game reps leading to real improvement. I also think we might have a bit more depth than usual so that we can really make some moves if some of the guys aren’t clicking by week 4.

Nice to have our FCS game week 1.

 

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The defense usually progresses faster than the offense. However, if the coaches wanted the offense to win a scrimmage or camp battle, they have the power to make that happen.

 

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The defense usually progresses faster than the offense. However, if the coaches wanted the offense to win a scrimmage or camp battle, they have the power to make that happen.

Yeah even if you have a ridiculously talented offense, the repetitive situational reps, lack of rhythm, etc. will favor the defense. If offense looks too good you have a problem

 

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I think the o-line is the last thing to worry about.

I think the OL is always the top thing you worry about.