The man who killed University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard during an on-campus fight in 2009 was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.
John Lomax III, of Bloomfield, stabbed the 20-year-old defensive back in the abdomen during a fight between a group of football players and a group that included Lomax, authorities said.
Investigators believe the fight started over a comment a player made about a woman.
The 22-year-old Lomax had been charged with murder, but pleaded no contest to first-degree manslaughter in January.