Two-way Gateway football standout Tui Brown commits to UConn

By:
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 | 1:07 PM


Gateway senior Tui Brown, a two-way standout for the WPIAL champion, committed Sunday to UConn.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound linebacker and tight end caught a team-best 45 passes for 587 yards and nine touchdowns. He also had 45 tackles, three sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery for a Gateway team that won the WPIAL Class 5A title.

Brown had more than a dozen Division I offers. His list included Air Force, Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Delaware, Duquesne, Navy, Ohio, Robert Morris, Toledo, UMass, Western Michigan and William & Mary.

UConn went 2-10 overall last season, 0-8 in the AAC under coach Randy Edsall. The Huskies are leaving the AAC for independent status before next season.

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

Tags:

More Football

Kiski Area football coach Sam Albert hangs up head coach’s whistle after 3 decades
WPIAL Class 3A championship preview: Avonworth, Central Valley set for rematch
WPIAL Class 2A championship preview: After long wait, Seton LaSalle, South Park return to title game
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Nov. 19, 2024
Trib HSSN football team of the week for Nov. 18, 2024