According to a report on ESPN’s ticker, UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown will be returning for his senior season in Storrs.
During Randy Edsall’s weekly session with the media, he made the following statement:
I’ve already told him I don’t want him to go,” Edsall said with a smile. The coach knows the reality, however, and won’t stop Brown if everything looks too good. “It might be too good to pass up,” Edsall said
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Apparently a short time after, Brown made the decision to stay at UConn. He had previously said his goal was to get to a BCS Bowl game while at UConn and now he will have one last chance to do so next year.
“If I need my parents’ help or advice, they’ll give it to me,” Brown said today. “Right now it’s my decision and I don’t see anything changing with where I am on it.”
“Well, then, hopefully the opportunity will be there next year, too,” Brown said. “I want to go to the Orange Bowl. And I think we can get it done next year. I really do.”
While the Huskies will suffer some key losses, having Brown back will be huge for their prospects of actually getting to a bowl game. And if the quarterback situation improves next year (nothing against Tyler Lorenzen by the way), it could make his job easier.
Brown finished up his junior season as the nation’s leading rusher with 1,822 yards. Next up for Brown and the Huskies is a date with the Buffalo Bulls on January 3, 2009 in the International Bowl in Toronto.
