HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut quarterback Cody Endres will not play again for the Huskies, coach Randy Edsall said Thursday.
Endres was suspended Wednesday for the rest of the academic year for an unspecified violation of university policies.
The junior is on track to get his degree, Edsall said, but will not be allowed back on the team next season. He said when he informed Endres, the quarterback told him he wasn’t planning to come back.
“I think a lot of times you are better off,” Edsall said. “You get addition by subtraction. It’s just unfortunate that people who were given another opportunity didn’t take advantage of that opportunity.”
The school would not confirm several published reports that Endres failed a third drug test. He had already served a month-long suspension in August and September for a violation of school rules.
The school’s student code of conduct mandates a 30- to 60-day suspension for a second positive drug test. After a third positive test, the policy states that a student-athlete is “barred from practice and competition for the remainder of the academic year in which the third positive test result was obtained.”
Days after returning from his initial suspension, Endres replaced senior Zach Frazer midway through the Huskies’ game with Buffalo on Sept. 25 with the score tied at 14 and led UConn to a 45-21 win. Endres threw for 471 yards and five touchdowns with two interceptions in three games.
Sooners lose Miller for season
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma receiver Dejuan Miller needs surgery on his injured right knee and will miss the rest of the season.
The school said Miller tore his meniscus during practice on Tuesday and will need about five months to recover from surgery.
He has played in all six games this year and made his first start of the season in Oklahoma’s 52-0 shutout against Iowa State on Saturday night.
The 6-foot-4 junior has 15 catches and ranks third on the team with 199 yards receiving.
Irish hopeful Floyd can play
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Michael Floyd showed better movement in limited practice and he’s hopeful the Irish’s leading receiver will be able to play Saturday against Navy.
Floyd, who caught three TD passes against Western Michigan last week, has been nursing a sore hamstring. Notre Dame already will be without slot receiver Theo Riddick (ankle) and tight end Kyle Rudolph (season-ending hamstring surgery).
Kentucky’s Locke sits Saturday
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky running back Derrick Locke will miss Saturday’s game against Georgia with a shoulder injury.
Coach Joker Phillips said Locke is still dealing with pain from a pair of shoulder stingers suffered earlier in the season. Phillips is optimistic Locke will be available when the Wildcats travel to Mississippi State on Oct. 30.
Locke leads the Wildcats with 574 yards and seven TDs this season.
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