With a starter firmly in place for the upcoming season, Tim Boyle has decided to take his leave of UConn.
The New Haven Register reported this weekend that Boyle has received a release from his scholarship and will transfer out of the Huskies football program. Boyle’s high school coach, Sean Marinan, told the Register that the quarterback will likely take a visit to Eastern Kentucky of the FCS in short order.
“Every kid wants to play, and he wants to play pretty bad,” Marinan said told the paper. “He has a lot of ability so maybe he should have made this move a year or two ago, but I hope it works out for him.”
Barring injury, Boyle would’ve started the 2016 season as the backup to sophomore Bryant Shirreffs.
Boyle started games each of the past three seasons for the Huskies -- four in 2013, three in 2014, one in 2015. Most notably, he replaced a concussed Shirreffs early in the game against Houston and helped lead the Huskies to an upset win, the Cougars’ first and only loss of the season. He started the regular-season finale the following week because of the starter’s concussion.
For his career, Boyle completed 48.4 percent of his 275 passes, throwing just one touchdown vs. 13 interceptions. His career pass efficiency rating is 77.9; the lowest 2015 efficiency rating of the 114 quarterbacks listed on the NCAA’s website is 85.4 (Maryland’s Caleb Rowe).
