One of the latest “shifts” in personnel at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has a college football connection.
According to the Wall Street Journal, John McEntee, the personal assistant to President Donald Trump, was escorted out of the White House Monday. The Journal writes that "[t]he cause of the firing was an unspecified security issue.”
The 27-year-old McEntee, who joined then-candidate Trump’s campaign in August of 2015 as a volunteer, played quarterback at UConn from 2008-12, starting all 12 games under center for the Huskies in 2011. McEntee’s most noteworthy claim to fame, however, came in the form of a trick-shot video recorded and released in February of 2011.
During his time with the Huskies, McEntee passed for 2,209 yards, 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Most of that production -- 2,110 yards, 12 touchdowns, eight picks -- came during the 2011 season.