The Huskies continue to load up on both sides of the ball.
The 2026 high school football recruiting season is here, and with that, UConn has already secured its first nine commitments through two weekends of official visits.
Recruitment staff hosted 11 prospects the weekend of Saturday, May 31, and gained three commitments the following week. Running back Jayden Fox was the first of the three to announce, doing so Sunday, June 1. The next day, offensive lineman Luke Hatfield let the world know he was going to be a Husky. At 6-foot-6, 285 pounds, Hatfield fits the mold for quarterback protection and run game kickstarter, two things the Huskies will need come opening day.
UConn gained its final commitment of the weekend that same day, bringing in quarterback Carter Emanuel. Emanuel joins three other slingers in the Husky quarterback room — Nick Evers, redshirt sophomore Tucker McDonald, and fellow freshman K’Saan Farrar.
Then last weekend, UConn welcomed 13 more prospects to campus, this time with a much more defense-centric mindset. The focus seemed to work, as four of the six recruits to announce their commitment to Storrs.
Two defensive ends — Delano Brown and Jayden Jones — announced their intent to UConn one day apart. Brown, of Maryland, and Jones, of New Jersey, were each three-star recruits. Linebacker Westen Ard found his home at UConn, signing on before other scheduled visits with the likes of Liberty and Western Kentucky. The final defensive recruit so far, defensive back Cason Dash, was a three-star recruit out of Lakeland, Florida.
On the other side of the ball, UConn loaded up at two different skill positions. It found its second running back of the 2026 recruiting class in Malichi Greaves, a three-star back out of Middle Village, New York, then picked up a tight end in three-star Liam Fuller.
The 2025 high school recruiting class comprised 12 commits. This time around, Jim Mora and his staff are already 3⁄4 of the way to reaching that number through just two weekends of visits.