UCONN FOOTBALL STAR JASPER HOWARD GOT STABBED DURING A FIGHT & DIES!

A Hartford man is being held in the stabbing death of star University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard, police said Monday.
Johnny Hood, 21, is being held on $100,000 bond in connection with the early Sunday morning stabbing outside a school dance at the Storrs campus.

Cops said Hood was charged with interfering with an officer and breach of peace, but he has not been charged in the stabbing.

Witnesses identified him as being involved in the fight, and he gave police a fake name, cops said.

Hood was arraigned this morning in Rockville Superior Court. It's unclear if he is a student at the school.

Howard, 21, of Miami, and another male student who cops have not identified were stabbed on the street after a fire alarm at the dance forced the evacuation of about 300 partygoers.

Howard, who was expecting a baby with his girlfriend, was airlifted to a nearby hospital where he later died.

His coach, Randy Edsall, said two teammates were with him during the fight and tried to save his life.

Edsall didn't identify the players but said they may not be able to play next Saturday against West Virginia.

An autopsy showed that Howard died of a single stab wound to his abdomen, according to the state medical examiner's office.