{"id":408743,"date":"2026-01-12T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408743\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:07:08","slug":"uconn-football-transfers-keep-rolling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/408743\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn football transfers keep rolling in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The UConn Huskies are getting transfer recruits, and while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theuconnblog.com\/uconn-huskies-football\/54768\/uconn-football-landing-transfer-recruits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first wave of transfer commitments<\/a> included a heavy Toledo flavor, the newest guys come to Storrs from schools like Texas, Duke, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, NC State, and Penn, with lots of potential starters in this mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">DL Melvin Hills &#8211; Coming to UConn from Texas, where he played sparingly as a redshirt freshman last year, Hills is a big pickup for the Huskies who should slot into a starting role. He was a three-star recruit from Louisiana in the Class of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">DL Desmond Aladuge &#8211; Formerly a backup DL at Duke, Aladuge played in four games last season and seven games in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">WR Cam Abshire &#8211; Comes to UConn from Oklahoma State, where he transferred from DII Emory &amp; Henry the year before after posting a 1,000-yard season. He caught just 10 passes in a rough 2025 for OSU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">WR Ky Wilson &#8211; Comes from Youngstown State after also starting his career at the DII level at Slippery Rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">RB Cyncir Bowers &#8211; A juco transfer into West Virginia, Bowers ran for 249 yards and two TDs for the Mountaineers last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">RB Trey Cornist &#8211; Started his career at Tulane before transferring to Central Michigan, where he posted 470 rushing yards on 105 carries in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">LB Terris Dudley &#8211; Was originally a Toledo commit before flipping to NC State out of the Class of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">LB Rickey Williams &#8211; Started his career at West Virginia before transferring to Toledo, playing in all 13 games in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">LB John Lista &#8211; A productive linebacker at Penn, Lista is a graduate transfer originally from New Jersey who racked up 14.5 TFL in three seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">OL Dominic Rivera &#8211; Started his career at Rutgers before transferring to Toledo and has yet to see the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">OL Nathan Pahanich &#8211; A Class of 2025 prospect from The Hun School in New Jersey, Pahanich is originally from Canada and was a first-team All-New Jersey Prep selection before starting his college career at Wake Forest over other p4 offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UConn Huskies are getting transfer recruits, and while the first wave of transfer commitments included a heavy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85,216501],"class_list":{"0":"post-408743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uconn-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}