STUD E N T-A THLE TE PR O FI L ES
#46 RS Freshman Linebacker 6-0, 224 Cincinnati, Ohio Fairfield Senior
Marquise Vann Redshirt freshman who will look to compete for playing time at the middle linebacker spot. 2011: Redshirted … Was named the Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Week for the Syracuse game (Nov. 5). High School: Had 75 tackles and an interception as a senior … Was a team captain … Earned first team All-Greater Miami Conference … Also picked up all-county honors and second team all-region. Personal Profile: Marquise Jourdain Vann … Born November 23, 1992 … Born An exploratory major.
#86 RS Junior Punter 6-1, 211 York, Pa. York Suburban
Cole Wagner Enters the 2012 season first in UConn history in punting average (min. 80 punts) and is ninth in career number of punts and seventh in career yardage. 2011: Served as the punter in all 12 games … Was a second team All-BIG EAST pick … Had a season-long punt of 63 yards vs. West Virginia (Oct. 8) and also had a 62-yarder vs. Buffalo (Sept. 24) … 21 of his 80 punting attempts last year were inside the 20-yard line and 29 were for fair catches. 2010: Was an effective punter in his first year of collegiate action … His 41.3 yards per punt average was third in school single-season history … Earned Special Teams Game Ball for West Virginia (Oct. 29), Syracuse (Nov. 20) and USF (Dec. 4) games … Has 79 punts this season and has placed 26 of them inside the 20 yard line … Had a career-long 66 yard punt in season-opener at Michigan. 2009: Redshirted … Named the Special Teams Scout Player of the Week before the Rhode Island game (Sept. 26). High School: Earned three letters in football as both a punter and wide receiver … 4AIAA star selection as both positions in 2008 and ’09 … Team captain and MVP … Also
played basketball and volleyball … Honor Roll student. Personal Profile: Cole Michael Wagner … Born on October 20, 1990 … An economics major. YEAR
G
P
YDS
LONG
AVG
2010 2011
13 12
79 80
3260 3288
66 63
41.3 41.1
TOTAL
25
159
6548
66
41.2
COLE WAGNER’S CAREER HIGHS Most Punts, game: 11, at Rutgers, 10/8/10 Longest Punt: 66, at Michigan, 9/4/10 Longest Punt Average, game: 53.2, at USF, 12/4/10 Most Punts in 20, game: 4, vs. Louisville, 11/19/11
#10 RS Sophomore Quarterback 6-1, 191 Newnan, Ga. Downers Grove (Ill.) South
Chandler Whitmer Enrolled at Connecticut for the spring 2012 semester and participated in spring practice … Has three years of eligibility at Connecticut … Will be among the quarterbacks competing for the starting role during preseason camp … Threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns in BlueWhite Spring Game … Was 18 of 27 in the air. 2011: Spent the 2011 fall semester at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas … Was 180 for 316 in the air for 3,022 yards this past season with 25 TDs and 14 interceptions … Was named All-Kansas Junior College Conference first team honors … Named National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honorable mention … Butler was the second-ranked junior college team nationally. 2010: Originally enrolled at Illinois in the fall of 2010 and was a redshirt. High School: Named to The Champaign News-Gazette’s All-State team following his senior year of high school at Downers Grove (Ill.) South … earned all state and all-area honors Personal: Chandler William Whitmer … Born August 16, 1991 … A prekinesiology major.
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