AP source: UConn starting cornerback dead after on-campus stabbing

AP source: UConn football player fatally stabbed

STORRS, Conn. — A University of Connecticut football player has died following an on-campus stabbing, hours after the team’s victory over Louisville.

Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, was stabbed during a fight early Sunday. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by an administration official who requested anonymity because of the police investigation.

A message with UConn police was not immediately returned.

A message posted on the university’s Web site said the fight and stabbing happened near Hillside Road, which is near the center of the Storrs campus. The university said the perpetrator was still at large.

Howard led the Big East in punt returns last season and recovered a fumble in UConn 38-25 victory Saturday over Louisville.