Howard became the first person in his family to go to college when he enrolled at the University of Connecticut . In his freshman season he played in seven games as a reserve defensive back and on special teams but had no starts . During the offseason he worked hard on the field and it started to pay off . He started all thirteen games in his sophomore season as cornerback and led the Big East Conference in punt returns . During his junior season Howard seemed to be getting better every game . In his last game with the Huskies on October 17 , 2009 , he had 7 solo tackles and 4 assisted giving him a total of 11 tackles in the game , a career-high . He also had a fumble recovery
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Jasper Howard