While we are on the subject of smart UConn Huskies student-athletes, 9 members of the UConn football team were named to the Big East All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for the team, the student-athlete must have been a letterwinner during the 2008 season, have a cumulative 3.0 GPA and completed two semesters of full-time academic work.
Here’s the 9 UConn football players named to the team:
| Name | Year | POS | Hometown | Major |
| Marcus Easley | SR | WR | Stratford, CT | Sports & Leisure |
| Robbie Frey | SO | RB | Leighton, PA | Pre-Teaching |
| Donald Goudreau | SR | LB | Brookfield, WI | Biological Science |
| D.J. Hernandez | GR | WR | Bristol, CT | Educational Psychology |
| Brad Kanuch | JR | WR | Johnstown, PA | Sports & Leisure |
| Tyler Lorenzen | SR | QB | Fremont, IA | Management |
| Scott Lutrus | JR | LB | Brookfield, CT | Economics |
| Alex Polito | JR | DL | Reading, PA | Exploratory |
| Dave Teggart | SO | K | Northborough,MA | Exploratory |
