Jasper Howard of the University of Connecticut football team was stabbed to death hours after helping the team to a homecoming victory. Howard, the starting cornerback of UConn and a soon-to-be fatherm, was stabbed to death at the UConn Student Union.

The 20-year-old Jasper Howard and another student were stabbed during a fight at the UConn Student Union after a fire alarm was pulled right around 12:30 AM.

There are no suspects yet in the Howard UConn stabbing. Connecticut coach Randy Edsall revealed that his team was devastated over the loss of Howard. Jasper Howard reportedly came to the school to get away from the violence on the streets. He was the first person in his family to go to college. UConn coach Edsall added:

“I know this. He loved UConn; he loved his teammates; he loved everything about this.”

Edsall added further that the Howard UConn stabbing was tragic because he was about to become a father with his girlfriend.

Joanglia Howard, Jasper’s mother, described him as a ‘good kid’ who never got into trouble. She stated:

“All I wanted him to do was go to school and get an education, and he was doing what I asked him to do.”

Desi Cullen, UConn punter and team captain, stated about the death of his teammate in the Howard UConn stabbing:

“As Jazz looks down on us, I can promise him and his family, that son or daughter will have 105 uncles. And we will do what it takes to not get through this, but to grow from it.”

UConn Police Major Ronald Blicher said that Howard was stabbed to death after a fight that broke out between two groups, which occurred after a fire alarm went off in the student center. Around 300 people had to evacuate as a result, leaving police to interview with utmost scrutiny the remaining witnesses in the Howard UConn stabbing.