In Memory of Jazz | A Connecticut Huskies Dynasty

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Jasper Howard Murder Stuns UConn Community

Star University of Connecticut (UConn) cornerback Jasper T. (Jazz) Howard was murdered early Sunday morning following a stellar performance on the gridiron against the Louisville Cardinals hours earlier. Howard, who was in attendance at a student dance late Saturday night, was stabbed to death on the Storrs campus. Details of the event are murky while the assailant still remains at large.

Howard, 20, was from Miami, Florida having played for Miami Edison High School. A junior, Howard was considered to be one of the best cornerbacks in the Big East Conference. Indeed, on Saturday night he had one of the best games of his career with eleven tackles.

Details surrounding the murder are sketchy although we do know that there were some three hundred people at the dance. Early Sunday morning a fire alarm was pulled in the Student Union where the dance was being held, forcing everyone out onto the UConn campus. A fight broke out, two people were stabbed, with Howard dying soon after being airlifted to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford. The unnamed second stabbing victim was treated and released.

In a press conference on Sunday, UConn Director of Athletics Jeff Hathaway offered tribute to Howard. “The UConn family is a special one and we will all get through this together. Jasper was a great young man and he will be missed by all of his fellow student-athletes in each of our athletic programs. Our thoughts in the Division of Athletics go out to the Howard family.”
Police Investigation

UConn Police and the Connecticut State Police Major Crime Unit are actively investigating Howard’s death and are asking anyone with information pertaining to the incident to contact UConn Police at 860-486-4800.

News of Howard’s murder quickly spread across campus and around the world of college football. “All of us are saddened with the loss of our brother and teammate Jasper,” says UConn head football coach Randy Edsall. “Jazz was a tremendous young man who had grown so much in his short time with us at UConn. He was starting to come into his own as both a player and a person. He will be sorely missed but we will have him in our memories. We will show support to Jasper’s family and go on with our season full-steam ahead as that is what Jasper would want us to do.”

A Facebook group “Help Find Jasper Howard’s Murderer” was established to bring the UConn community together in a concerted effort to help find Howard’s killer. Jazz is survived by his mother, Angila, extended family, and an unnamed girlfriend who is pregnant with their child.

Funeral and burial plans are expected to be announced today with an on-campus memorial being put together. The Huskies’ next home game is on Saturday, October 31 against Rutgers with a tribute to Jazz expected.

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Game:  NCAA Football 13
Difficulty:  All-American
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Rosters:  pastapadre (with changes to UConn as needed)
Quarter Length:  8 minutes
Recruiting Rules:  I will only target recruits with Top 10 interest in UConn for pre-season recruiting.
Players Leaving:  I will allow players to transfer no matter what.  As for going pro, anyone greater than 92 overall will be allowed.

I will change the sliders, quarter length every four games, as needed, using UConn football stat comparisons from previous years

School Records:

UConn Passing Records:
Touchdowns (Career): Dan Orlovsky (2001 - 2004) - 84 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Game): Dan Orlovsky (2004) - 5 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Season): Dan Orlovsky (2003) - 33 touchdowns
Yards (Career): Dan Orlovsky (2001-2004) - 10,706 yards
Yards (Game): Dan Orlovsky (2004) - 445 yards
Yards (Season): Dan Orlovsky (2003) - 3,485 yards

UConn Rushing Records:
Touchdowns (Career): 1992-1995 HB - 34 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Game): Donald Brown (2008) - 4 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Season): 1945 HB - 22 touchdowns
Yards (Career): Donald Brown (2006-2008) - 3,800 yards
Yards (Game): 1976 HB - 277 yards
Yards (Season): Donald Brown (2008) - 2,083 yards

UConn Receiving Records:
Touchdowns (Career): 1989-1992 WR - 24 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Game): 1980 WR - 4 touchdowns
Touchdowns (Season): 1998 WR - 11 touchdowns
Yards (Career): 1988-1991 WR - 3,535 yards
Yards (Game): 1981 WR - 236 yards
Yards (Season): 1991 WR - 1,354 yards
Receptions (Career): 1988-1991 WR - 239 receptions
Receptions (Game): 1981 WR - 14 receptions
Receptions (Season): 1991 WR - 88 receptions

UConn Defensive Records:
Interceptions (Career): 1982-1984 DB - 18 interceptions
Interceptions (Game): Blidi Wreh-Wilson (2012) - 4 interceptions
Interceptions (Season): 1955 DB - 10 interceptions
Sacks (Career): 1982-1985 DE - 27.0 sacks
Sacks (Game): 2009 DE - 4.0 sacks
Sacks (Season): Trevardo Williams (2012) - 15.0 sacks

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2012-2013: Oklahoma (12-1), defeated Auburn (12-2) 38-28

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2012-2013: Jameill Showers, QB, Texas A&M

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2012-2013
Week 1: Trevardo Williams (Sr, LE) named Big East Defensive POTW
Week 4: Taylor Mack (Jr, CB) named Big East Defensive POTW
Week 6: Blidi Wreh-Wilson, (RS Sr, CB) named Big East Defensive POTW
Week 6: Blidi Wreh-Wilson, (RS Sr, CB) named NCAA Defensive POTW

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Connecticut:
2012-2013: Gilbert St. Louis (SS), 1st-Team All-American; Blidi Wreh-Wilson (RET), 2nd-Team All-American

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Connecticut vs. UMass
Record: 1-0
2012: (W) Connecticut 52, UMass 14

Connecticut vs. Rutgers
Record: 1-0
2012: (W) Connecticut 42, Rutgers 7

Connecticut vs. Syracuse
Record: 0-1
2012: (L) Syracuse 27, Connecticut 24

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2012-2013: (L) Beef O'Brady's Bowl - SMU Mustangs 55, Connecticut Huskies 39

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