Brown entered his redshirt freshman season in 2006 as a kickoff returner and second string running back behind senior captain and incumbent starter , Terry Caulley . Brown showed flashes of his running ability in the first game of the year , when he rushed for 118 yards on only 9 carries , including a 53-yard touchdown run , against Rhode Island . He would play primarily on special teams for the first half of the year . However , when Caulley went down with an injury before Connecticut 's game against Rutgers on October 29 , Brown was asked to make his first career start at running back . He made the most of this opportunity , as he rushed for 199 yards on 28 carries and 2 touchdowns . This performance proved to be too good to ignore , as he was awarded the starting job for the rest of the season . Brown had his best outing of his freshman campaign in the next game when he rushed for 205 yards on 43 carries with 3 touchdowns ( 1 receiving ) in Connecticut 's 46 – 45 double overtime win over Pittsburgh . Brown would average 134 yards per game in the five Big East games that he started . He finished the year with 896 yards and 9 touchdowns ( 2 receiving ) , which was good enough to award him with a 2nd team All Big East nomination
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Donald Brown (running back)