This is the story of a placekicker who could have punted on his dream school, but didn’t.
Noe Ruelas kicked his way from Hall High in West Hartford to UConn with a series of long field goals in 2019, including a CIAC-record 56-yarder. A few months after he committed, Ruelas learned Joe McFadden, a five-star kicking recruit from Texas, was also joining the Huskies.
“You really can’t be disappointed,” Ruelas said. “You have to understand at the end of the day, college football is a business, so you have to home in on your craft and do the best you can. I’m committed to stay here.”
