UConn RB #22 Arkeel Newsome looks up field after catching a screen pass on September 27, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT. Newsome would take it 74 yards for a touchdown.

When the season started for the UConn Huskies football team, Ansonia, CT native Arkeel Newsome wasn’t even on the two-deep depth chart. But as the season has gone on, he’s worked his way into the rotation not only at running back but also as the primary kick returner.

And as we go forward through the final seven games, we can expect to see more of Newsome as well as Ron Johnson according to UConn head coach Bob Diaco.

“You are going to see Arkeel and Ron Johnson a lot more,” Diaco said on Tuesday. “Arkeel and Ron still don’t know in great detail the protections and different things. There’s still some growing that needs to happen with those guys. We can help manage that a bit for them.”

In the loss against Temple, Newsome finally got a chance to show what he could do when he caught a screen pass from Chandler Whitmer and took it to the house for a 74 yard touchdown pass.

Watch and listen below as Diaco talks about the speed of Newsome.

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UConn QB #4 Deshon Foxx looks for running room in the 4th quarter against the Temple Owls on September 27, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco was quite clear on one thing earlier this week. If you’re an opponent of the Huskies and think WR Deshon Foxx is a “wildcat” quarterback, you’re mistaken.

Foxx, who hadn’t been under center in a game since his senior year of high school in Lynchburg, VA. And even then, he only played quarterback once in a while while spending most of the games at wide receiver, his normal position at UConn as well.

For his part, Foxx is at ease back there.

“I definitely feel comfortable,” said Foxx. “It’s tough learning everything. But the way the coaches are explaining to me and keeping it simple for me has been a great help.’

“I feel comfortable and confident. I feel like that’s the most important thing when stepping on to the field.”

So if you’re watching the Huskies take on Tulane tonight and see him at quarterback, remember one thing.

He’s not a wildcat quarterback.

Watch below as Diaco talks about what Foxx can do as the quarterback.

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UConn RB #22 Arkeel Newsome looks up field after catching a screen pass on September 27, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT. Newsome would take it 74 yards for a touchdown.

If you live in Connecticut, you know the name Arkeel Newsome and what he did in his high school career at Ansonia High School. If you don’t, I’ll acquaint you with the numbers.

The Parade All-American, the first ever to play for the UConn Huskies football team, finished with 10,685 yards rushing and 187 total touchdowns (172 rushing).

As a true freshman, he’s figured into Bob Diaco’s offense at running back and on special teams as the primary kick returner. You can see the talent he has as he’s been one or two blocks from breaking open a big kickoff return as well a run or two this season.

In the loss to Temple on Saturday afternoon, UConn Country finally got to see the abilities and speed of Newsome as he took a screen pass from Chandler Whitmer and took it 74 yards to house for his first collegiate touchdown.

The way I see it, that’s the first of many for Newsome over the next 3 1/2 years at UConn.

Watch below as Diaco and Whitmer talk about Newsome:

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UConn QB #4 Deshon Foxx looks for running room in the fourth quarter on September 27, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

Could the UConn Huskies be returning to the days where they have a wildcat quarterback at the helm during certain situations? The answer to that is that it is quite possible they could.

If you stayed until the end of the game, judging by the crowd left you most likely didn’t, you saw or would have seen UConn WR Deshon Foxx under center for the final drive of the game.

While he did hand off to Ron Johnson some, Foxx used his speed to gain 30 yards on three plays with a long of 26. He also completed his only pass to Noel Thomas for four yards.

Personally, I liked what I saw of it.

Foxx looked comfortable back there (he did play some quarterback in high school). If you paired him up with Arkeel Newsome, that duo could possibly do some damage in a read option situation.

It’ll be interesting to see how much UConn head coach Bob Diaco goes to this over the final seven games of the season.

Watch below as Diaco talks about Foxx as well as Foxx’s reaction to being under center.

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Here are the highlights from the Temple Owls 36-10 win over the UConn Huskies on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT in American Athletic Conference action.

Despite the fact that his team is now 1-4 and 0-2 in the American Athletic Conference after Saturday’s 36-10 loss to the Temple Owls, UConn Huskies football coach Bob Diaco took almost two minutes during his postgame press conference to thank the fans for coming to the game and to not give up on the team.

UConn QB #10 Chandler Whitmer scrambles for a 17 yard gain in the third quarter on September 6, 2014 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

We’re just under three hours until kickoff between the UConn Huskies and Temple Owls, so let’s take a look at what head coach Bob Diaco, QB Chandler Whitmer, CB Byron Jones and S Junior Lee expect from them this afternoon.