Matt Dougherty names Liam Coen "Star in the Making"

Matt Dougherty in his recent Sports Network news column named UMass sophomore-to-be QB Liam Coen as a "Star in the making".

Coen had a stellar freshman season. Consider just a few of his stats:

• Three consecutive weeks named A10 Rookie-of-the-week
• achieved a pass efficiency rating of 137.48 (best ever by a UMass Freshman QB)

This blog is, of course, a homer but believes that a case can be made for Coen to have been chosen A10 Rookie-of-the-Year over Rhode Island's Joe Casey, who won the award.

Casey had an excellent season, but the featured back in a spread option offense, will ring up impressive numbers by reason of the system...