Brown transfers

QB Dennis Brown is headed out of town and I don't think that is a surprise. He was never going to play here, and was a pretty good soldier for this team. Transferring to Norfolk State according to The Day.

It's a good spot for him. He needs to play, and it won't be at UConn.

It does make the red-shirting of him in 2006 all the more baffling though. If you had to go out and get a JUCO and then Endres (this was before Zach Frazer), then why sit him for a year? The team struggled with DJ and Bones at QB and why not try Brown?

At the time, you figured it was because he needed another year and he was the future. I also think with Billy Cundiff transferring they were worried about depth in future years. Cundiff should have stayed,he would have played in 2006 and there may have never been a Tyler Lorenzen (scary thought). But, that year wasted a season for Brown and the Huskies. The QB play was so bad in 2006 maybe Brown could have caught fire. Looking back, the Huskies got nothing for red-shirting Brown.

He was shaky in the spring game, and he never really was heard from again. Kid has a good arm, that's about all we saw.

Brown transferring jogs my memory a bit.

I talked to Terry Caulley sometime around the season's midpoint in 2006 about Brown. The story never ran (Randy Edsall wasn't letting Brown speak to reporters because he was a redshirt -- that applies to all redshirts) and Caulley thought that DeNo was going to be the real deal. Caulley talked at the time about how hard it was for him as a senior knowing there was guy with that ability sitting on the sidelines, but he understood the reasons ie... for the future.

Caulley was absolutely sure Brown was going to be a player. Big arm, good athlete, and can throw the ball downfield. I got the feeling that Caulley felt it wasn't even close between DJ, Bones and Brown

While pundits like myself clamored for a JUCO --which the Huskies got -- Caulley seemed to be comfortable with DeNo at quarterback for the Huskies. It was an absolute ringing endorsement. It was genuine too. Caulley volunteered info about Brown and what he thought. Caulley wasn't talking up the others QBs on the roster.

Of course at the time Edsall didn't know how the QB situation was going to turn out. They had a commitment from Cody Endres, had lost Billy Cundiff, and Zach Frazer was redshirting at Notre Dame and Lorenzen putting up big numbers at Palomar. When you look at it like that, there isn't a whole lot at QB for the Huskies.

At the time, it was probably prudent. But, with the influx of Lorenzen and Frazer, Brown was/is the odd man out.

Still, the way Caulley and others talked about Brown that offseason, and considering the struggles at QB in 2006, you wonder what might have been if he had a shot. I can assure you, the team and players would have rallied around Brown.

Seems like a career wasted up here. It just never worked out and that's a shame, but the Huskies have better options now.

Timing is indeed everything.

Also Derek Rich is also transferring. That's two scholarships available... expect more transfers and scholarships to open up.