A homegrown football player is coming back to haunt UMass.
DelawareOnline had a writeup on John Higginson, a Amherst Regional High School alumni that opted to go to Delaware instead of UMass to play football. Higginson is currently the starting defensive end for the Blue Hens.
The two-way high school football standout wanted to continue playing in college. But he preferred not to do so at familiar UMass, where both his parents, Joye Bowman and John Higginson, are history professors. The family had lived in Amherst since young John was 2.
Higginson has only started one game for Delaware this season but has two sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked kick – so he obviously has the ability to break through blocks.
Interesting part of the story: He will likely go against Ben Coblyn, a former high school teammate.
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The Concord Monitor had a CAA rundown and mentioned UMass – and of course its defense.
UMass may be giving up an ugly 41.5 points per game and 422.2 yards per game, but those numbers are a bit deceiving.
“The defensive numbers are unimpressive, but the defensive personnel is not unimpressive,” Delaware’s Keeler said.
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