If you want to play football, you’ve got to be tough. If you want to play football in Canada, you might have to be even tougher.
“In Edmonton, Alberta, it gets really cold,” freshman defensive lineman Lwal Uguak said. “We played our city championship game in negative 20 degree celsius (negative four degrees Fahrenheit) weather. You have to be really tough, especially with D-line and O-line with your hand in the ice and snow.”
That toughness is part of why Edsall brought Uguak to Storrs. So far, the 6-foot-5, 270-pound freshman is adjusting to college ball and working his way into a more consistent role on the defensive line.