Any questions about Lou Allen’s long-term status with the UConn football team were answered Tuesday when coach Randy Edsall announced that Allen, of Salem, would not be returning to the team next season.
The end of Allen’s Huskies career is two fold: The tailback is on course to graduate this academic year and is suffering from lingering affects of stingers, an injury common in contact sports. According to the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, it is a “pain that spreads from the shoulders to the hand” and can feel like an “electric shock or a lightning bolt.”
“[Allen] came to me during the open week, just sat down and said, ‘Coach, this is going to be it for me,’” Edsall said. “I kind of looked at him and said, ‘Why?’ He said, ‘I’m going to be able to graduate. I’ve had these problems with these stingers.’”
Allen, who established a new state record for rushing yards at East Lyme High School, was indefinitely suspended from the team last week. Edsall said that Allen will not participate in Saturday’s festivities honoring the team’s 10 seniors. Allen’s status for the regular season finale at West Virginia next week and the team’s subsequent bowl game, is up in the air.
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