UConn Football: QB Cody Endres Leaves the Huskies Forever

Cody Endres' days as quarterback at the University of Connecticut are done, over, finished for good. He was given a second chance and continued to prove his doubters right. 

Sometimes it isn't about how well a guy can throw a football and perform on the field. There are rules and regulations that all NCAA athletes have to abide by. Based on Endres' recent behavior, he seems not to realize that they apply to him as well.

Well, it is time for Mr. Endres to wake-up and smell the coffee. 

A player who once showed tremendous poise and talent at QB has effectively quit on his team and himself. When Cody Endres walked off the field after a loss to Rutgers two weeks ago, who would have thought that was his last game at UConn?

Endres took his scholarship and ripped it up. He screwed up time and time again, and it was time for him to move on. It's best for him and UConn football.

Nobody knows exactly what led to this suspension, but based on university policy, it is believed that he failed a drug test for a third time. After a third failed test a student athlete is prohibited from all athletic activities for the remainder of the school year.

Endres could see that it was time for him to move on.

Head coach Randy Edsall made a difficult decision to bench Zach Frazer in favor of Endres earlier in the season. Little did he know that his QB had not learned from his past mistakes.

The fact that Endres was suspended for a month at the beginning of the season and repeated the same mistakes says a lot about his character. 

Edsall has always emphasized integrity and following the rules to his team. Somewhere along the line, Cody Endres never quite got that message through his head.

Now he is no longer part of the UConn football program or the academic institution that he accepted a full scholarship to attend. There are bigger things in life than football, but Mr. Endres could not see any of it.

Now UConn will move on, with redshirt sophomore Mike Box looking to answer the call. He will be given the ball on Saturday afternoon at Louisville over senior Frazer. Good for him—he has deserved it, and hopefully he goes out there and gets a win.