Pryce Yates withdrew from the transfer portal on Dec. 21. A week later, the veteran defensive lineman was named defensive MVP of the Fenway Bowl.
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-> “It was a hard process, but I was talking to the coaches a lot, keeping them in the loop and just kind of weighing everything,” he said after making six tackles, three for a loss, and a sack in the 27-14 win over North Carolina, the program’s most significant victory in this portal era.
“I think it said a lot about the fact that he didn’t want to leave these guys that he’s grown so close to, and that money wasn’t enough to lure him away. It was the experience that he was able to have here,” coach Jim Mora said. <-
-> “Obviously his talent speaks for itself, but I don’t think that was the genesis of what makes me happy,” Mora said. “In this day and age when money is what’s driving decisions in college athletics, to have a guy like Pryce who had much bigger offers say, hey, I want to come back to UConn because I want to be part of this team again… It just tells me that we’re on the right track, that we’re doing things the right way.” <-