Kijuan Dabney News

UConn running back Coach Terry Richardson's mother lost her battle with cancer and passed away on Monday.

The UConn football team has lost three games this season by a combined nine points.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett A crowd of about 1,700 friends, family and teammates attended a nearly three-hour tribute to slain UConn cornerback Jasper Howard Monday.

As the UConn football team stepped off four buses outside New Birth Baptist Church on Monday, they lined up single-file, holding white roses with numbers engraved on blue ribbons.

Here is the poem UConn's Kijuan Dabney read to the congregation today.... Thanks KD! "UC6NNS AN6EL" AS WE GOT ON THE PLANE AND ROSE IN THE SKY TEARS FILLED OUR EYES AND WE ALL KNOW WHY WE LOSS A BROTHER, A FRIEND, A BLESSING IN DISGUISE BUT WE BEGAN TO SMILE AS WE FELT YOU'RE VIBE "305" TUNES N MY HEADPHONES NOW WE FEEL ALRIGHT STAYED FOCUSED 24/7 ...

Jameel Moore, 23, older brother of UConn wide receiver Kashif Moore, was not on the program to speak at Jasper Howard's funeral that drew 1,700 people to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Monday.

It will be a different atmosphere at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown Saturday when West Virginia hosts Connecticut.

They are still babies, and they still need guidance. Especially now. The UConn Huskies have to play football Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., the first game since their teammate and brother, Jasper Howard, died Sunday of a stab wound sustained in an altercation after a dance on campus.

Jasper Howard had the names of his teenage sisters Keyondra and Jasmine tattooed across his chest.

Andre Dixon finds his emotions difficult to control when talking about the death of teammate Jasper Howard.

Junior safety Kijuan Dabney shared his first memory with Jasper Howard. "Jazz was my first roommate when I got here.

Since his star cornerback Jasper Howard was killed early Sunday morning, many people have been leaning on UConn football coach Randy Edsall for support.

The emotional roller coaster continues. The proof? Look no further than Kijuan Dabney and Andre Dixon, UConn football teammates and close friends of Jasper Howard, who was stabbed to death Sunday morning just outside the student union.

Kijuan Dabney talked a lot about Jasper Howard today but when he was asked if he could remember Howard learning that he was about to become a father he began to smile - quite a bit.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Good news for UConn and linebacker Scott Lutrus.

Randy Edsall is emphatic about two things. First, sophomore Cody Endres will start the Huskies' Big East opener Saturday against Pittsburgh.

The UConn Huskies have made it through the first four games of their schedule in a solid position.A With a record of three wins and one loss, this team is poised to compete for a Big East title if they can get healthy.

It's not yet five weeks into the UConn football season and the injury bug has bitten Storrs.

Here's a little news and a few Sunday thoughts from UConn Coach Randy Edsall, the day after the Huskies beat the University of Rhode Island, 52-10 at Renthschler Field.

When starting quarterback Zach Frazer went down with a leg injury in the third quarter Saturday backup Cody Endres saw his first snaps since last November.