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>> 2011 UConn football (ISIAH) MOORE HITTING HIS STRIDE UConn senior wide receiver Isiah Moore (Cambridge, Mass) had a career-night vs. Iowa State as he had eight catches for 143 yards for two career highs. He also had a 41-yard reception, which topped his career high. His previous single-game career highs were four receptions in four different games, 76 receiving yards at Baylor in 2009 and a 28-yard long reception in that same game. He backed that game up with another good game vs. Buffalo as he was UConn’s leading receiver with four receptions for 49 yards and a long of 16. He had two catches for 18 yards vs. Western Michigan and four catches for 41 yards at West Virginia. He was UConn’s leading receiver vs. USF with five receptions for 48 yards. Moore is UConn’s leading receiver with 27 catches for 353 yards this season.
the country in kickoff returns last year and was a First Team All-BIG EAST pick in that spot. UConn head coach Paul Pasqualoni has been using Williams more in a receiver role this year, but entering the Sept. 24 game vs. Buffalo, Williams still only had two career receptions -- both of them in 2009. Williams broke out of that with a pair of catches vs. the Bulls for 113 yards, including his first career receiving TD. Williams first reception of the night was a 64-yarder from McEntee late in the first half that set up a UConn TD with 15 seconds to go to give the Huskies a 10-3 halftime lead. He then had his first career TD reception on a 49-yard catch from McEntee with 4:52 left in the game to seal the UConn win. Williams had one catch for 26 yards vs. Western Michigan and two catches for 21 yards vs. West Virginia.
(KASHIF) MOORE HITTING HIS STRIDE UConn senior wide receiver Kashif Moore (Burlington, N.J.) had a career day for himself vs. Western Michigan on October 1. He set career highs with eight receptions for 112 yards vs. the Broncos. He also had a career-high two receiving TDs in the game. He is the second leading receiver on the team with 21 receptions and leads the team with three receving TDs. WILLIAMS BACK ON RECEIVING END UConn junior Nick Williams (East Windsor, N.J.) had been making headlines over his career mostly in the kickoff return department. Although he was always part of the WR group, Williams led
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DEFENSE NOTES LOTS OF STARTS, STARTERS BACK Connecticut returns one of the most experienced defenses in the country and in the BIG EAST Conference this season. On the defensive line, UConn returns players that started 45 games in 2010 and 93 for their career. The linebackers have just nine career and nine starts from ‘10 returning. The secondary is also very experienced with 45 starts back from last year and 71 for their careers. For totals, the UConn defense has 100 starts returning from last season and a total of 173 career starts.
2011 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS CONNECTICUT OFFENSE Game WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB TB Fordham K. Moore I. Moore Ryan Bardzak Petrus Masters Friend Delahunt McEntee Hinkley McCombs at Vanderbilt K. Moore I. Moore Ryan Bardzak Petrus Masters S. Brown Delahunt McEntee Hinkley McCombs Iowa State K. Moore I. Moore Bennett Friend Petrus Masters Ryan Delahunt McEntee Hinkley Shoemate at Buffalo K. Moore I. Moore Bennett Friend Petrus Masters Ryan Manning McEntee G. Davis (WR) McCombs Western Michigan K. Moore I. Moore Ryan Greene Petrus Masters Friend Griffin McEntee Hinkley McCombs at West Virginia K. Moore Manning (TE) Ryan Greene Petrus Masters Friend Griffin McEntee Delahunt (TE) McCombs USF K. Moore I. Moore Ryan Greene Petrus Masters Friend Griffin McEntee Hinkley McCombs at Pittsburgh Syracuse Louisville Rutgers Cincinnati CONNECTICUT DEFENSE Game DE DT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB S S CB Fordham T. Williams Martin Reyes Jennings S. Moore Smallwood Johnson Wreh-Wilson Junior Agbor Gratz at Vanderbilt T. Williams B. Jones (S) Reyes Jennings S. Moore Smallwood Johnson Wreh Wilson Junior Agbor Gratz Iowa State T. Williams Martin Reyes Jennings S. Moore Smallwood Johnson Wreh-Wilson Junior Agbor Gratz at Buffalo T. Williams Martin Reyes Jennings S. Moore Smallwood Johnson Wreh-Wilson Jones Agbor Gratz Western Michigan T. Williams Martin Reyes Jennings S. Moore Smallwood Johnson Wilburn Junior Agbor Gratz at West Virginia T. Williams Martin Reyes Joseph S. Moore Smallwood Johnson B. Jones (S) Junior T. Brown Gratz USF T. Williams Martin Reyes Joseph S. Moore Smallwood Johnson B. Jones Junior T. Brown Gratz at Pittsburgh Syracuse Louisville Rutgers Cincinnati
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