University of Connecticut Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Joe Fagnano
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Williamsport, PA
- High School:
- Williamsport HS
- Prev School:
- Maine
A 2025 Heisman Award Candidate
Named 2025 New England Football Writers Association Season Gold Helmet Winner
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston 2025 Bulger Lowe Award Winner
2025 (Grad Season):ย Named a 2025 Heisman Trophy candidateโฆ Semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien Awardโฆ Awarded the New England Football Writers Association 2025 Season Gold Helmetโฆ Received the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston's Bulger Lowe Awardโฆ Selected as an All-New England playerโฆ Twice named the New England Gold Helmet winner during the seasonโฆ Recognized as a three-time Manning Award Weekly All-Star.Started all 12 games, becoming the first UConn QB to start every game in a season since 2017โฆ Led the team with 285 pass completions on 413 attemptsโฆ Accumulated a team-high 3,448 passing yardsโฆ Threw for 28 touchdowns, leading the teamโฆ Recorded a season-long pass of 80 yards against Central Connecticutโฆ Suffered 15 sacks for a total loss of 81 yardsโฆ Rushed for 131 yards on 47 attempts, scoring three touchdownsโฆ Notable performance against Boston College with 362 passing yards and four touchdownsโฆ Passed for 446 yards and three touchdowns in a high-scoring game against Florida Atlantic.
2024 (R-Senior Season): Played in 10 games during the 2024ย season...Completed a team-leading 120 of 206 pass attempts for 1,631 yards...Threw a team-high 20 touchdown passes with a long of 70 yards...Rushed 30 times for 60 yards and one touchdown...Recorded a season-high five passing touchdowns and 328 yards against Merrimack (Sept 7)...Threw for 272 yards and one touchdown on 24 completions against Temple (Oct. 5)...Registered three passing touchdowns and 181 yards versus Massachusetts (Nov. 30)...Connected on 27 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns at Syracuse (Nov. 23)...Hadย a two-touchdown, 151-yard performance against North Carolina in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Dec. 28)...In the preseason, was named to 2024 College Sports Communicators Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List
2023 (R-Junior Season): Transfers to UConn from the University of Maine...Will have two years of eligibility...Won the starting quarterback job out of summer camp...Started the first two games of the season before an injury cost him the season...Completed 18-of-35 passes for 173 yards and a interception before being suffering an injury at Georgia State...In the season opener against NC State (Aug 31), completed 14-of-26 for 113 yards and an interception and ran it seven times for 18 yards...At Georgia State (Sep 9) was 4-of-9 for 60 yards while running nine times for 14 yards before suffering a shoulder injury before halftime.
At Maine:ย Played three seasons under UConn offensive coordinate Nick CharltonโฆIn 2022 he posted career high passing totals, completing 208 passes for 2,231 yards and 15 touchdowns against just six interceptionsโฆHe averaged 202.8 yards per gameโฆFagnano also had career-best rushing numbers last fall, running for 296 yards on 93 carries for three scoresโฆHad 794 yards passing and six touchdowns in four games in the fall of 2021โฆIn the spring 2021 COVID-19 season, he earned All-CAA Second Team honors after finishing the short season with 795 yards and eight touchdowns while running for two moreโฆWon the teamโs Offensive Rookie of the Year award in 2019 after passing for 1,835 yards and 17 touchdowns in eight games.
High School:ย All-State ... Wyoming Area Offensive Player of the Year ... East-West All-Star Game participant.
