Spring Break
Football Welcomes Signees
Zac Boyer
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: Sports
Edsall said it was Lorenzen's accuracy as a quarterback, his knowledge of the game and his toughness that led to the offer to join the Huskies.
"The quarterback position is so important, and I think you see that regardless of whatever level you're at," Edsall said. "There's more than just the physical attributes of playing the position - it's the other things that separate those average quarterbacks and the great quarterbacks is the intangibles involved."
Miller, who currently stands at 270 pounds, joins the Huskies after a semester at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy. He was named a Parade All-American in 2005 after an outstanding senior year at Highland Springs High School in Virginia and participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in 2006, where he was named the East team's most valuable player.
The linebacker said he has been running often in order to move closer to the 250-pound threshold the coaching staff would like him to be at. Despite his size, Edsall has no plans to move Miller to defensive end and added that he can stay at 270 pounds if he's able to do what is asked of him on and off the field.
"With his size and things, he's physical - he plays physical and he likes to play the game, and those are the things that we like out of him," Edsall said.
Miller's interest in the Huskies originally began when UConn defensive coordinator Todd Orlando and defensive line coach Hank Hughes were sitting in the athletic offices at Fork Union waiting to meet with another player.
"I really didn't know anything about UConn at all besides the basketball team," Miller said. "I've seen them on TV and things like that. It was just like, I walked in the office to talk to coach Burton, one of the coaches at Fork Union, and they were just sitting over there. But as soon as I walked in, they started talking to me, and I started talking to them, and then they started talking to me about official visits and everything and I got real interested."
"The quarterback position is so important, and I think you see that regardless of whatever level you're at," Edsall said. "There's more than just the physical attributes of playing the position - it's the other things that separate those average quarterbacks and the great quarterbacks is the intangibles involved."
Miller, who currently stands at 270 pounds, joins the Huskies after a semester at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy. He was named a Parade All-American in 2005 after an outstanding senior year at Highland Springs High School in Virginia and participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in 2006, where he was named the East team's most valuable player.
The linebacker said he has been running often in order to move closer to the 250-pound threshold the coaching staff would like him to be at. Despite his size, Edsall has no plans to move Miller to defensive end and added that he can stay at 270 pounds if he's able to do what is asked of him on and off the field.
"With his size and things, he's physical - he plays physical and he likes to play the game, and those are the things that we like out of him," Edsall said.
Miller's interest in the Huskies originally began when UConn defensive coordinator Todd Orlando and defensive line coach Hank Hughes were sitting in the athletic offices at Fork Union waiting to meet with another player.
"I really didn't know anything about UConn at all besides the basketball team," Miller said. "I've seen them on TV and things like that. It was just like, I walked in the office to talk to coach Burton, one of the coaches at Fork Union, and they were just sitting over there. But as soon as I walked in, they started talking to me, and I started talking to them, and then they started talking to me about official visits and everything and I got real interested."
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