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03/02/23 - Tylan Hines, rJr/2026, Hawaii + More +

It appears football's run-and-shoot offense was designed with Tylan Hines in mind. This spring training, Hawaii's Hines has been practicing as both a running back and slot receiver."It's been fun trying to learn both sides to the best of my knowledge," said Texas-reared Hines, who will be a sophomore this coming season. In 2022, Hines had 97 touches - 83 rushes, nine catches, five returns - and a pancake block. "Honestly, running back comes more naturally to me, but I can be a receiver, as well," Hines said. "They're both fun."

Hines has been cross-training for a multi-purpose role since he was old enough to carry the groceries into his family home. "You can't drop the bread," he said, smiling, of the high-and-tight grip he still uses. "I tried not to drop anything. I liked to make one trip and carry (all the groceries)." At 5 feet 7 and 170 pounds, Hines is a mouthpiece-loosening blocker and stubborn runner. Last season, he averaged 3.87 post-contact rushing yards. His best running lanes were up the gut, where he averaged 9.7 yards. When targeted on crossing routes, he caught 71.5% of the passes for an average of 15 yards per reception. - Honolulu Advertiser

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RB Tylan Hines, Hawaii
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02/25/23 - Kona Moore, rSo/2027, Hawaii + More +

On Thursday, UH safety Kona Moore and another defensive back collided during a 7-on-7 drill. Moore, who had limited motion for several minutes, was taken by ambulance to The Queen's Medical Center. It appears Moore suffered from a "stinger." He was released from the hospital on Friday morning. "It looks to be OK right now," Chang said after Friday's practice. "He wants to get back on the field already. He wants to be with his guys. He's a tough kid. Love him. The boys love him. It's positive news for us he's better." - Honolulu Advertiser

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SS Kona Moore, Hawaii
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02/10/23 - Steven McBride, rSr/2025, Hawaii + More +

In an effort to overhaul its roster following the mass exodus of the Todd Graham era, 53 newcomers joined the University of Hawaii football team in 2022, while an additional 30 players signed in advance of the 2023 season. Among the players who joined the Rainbow Warriors seeking a fresh start is former Kansas receiver Steven McBride, who caught 20 passes for 128 yards and no touchdowns over his three seasons. He'll have two seasons of eligibility remaining at UH. "It's crazy to come out here in paradise, to have a fresh start," McBride told KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello. "You know, just come and feel what is way, way different than the mainland so that's what I really like about here. Just getting around exploring the island and just Hawaii period is crazy."

McBride joins an inexperienced wide receivers room at Hawaii but one that figures to have its yardage total go up across the board as the program returns to the run and shoot offense. "I mean, my focus is making a big impact on the team, playing my position, playing my position total to the max and using my talent to impact the team. I'm looking to be one of the receivers to make a big impact on it, be a part of it," McBride said of the run and shoot. "It's a different type of offense that I've been through and I've been through a lot of offenses, but this one is is unique for the game." - Khon2.com

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WR Steven McBride, Hawaii
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02/07/23 - Tylan Hines, rJr/2026, Hawaii + More +

Spring ball is underway for the University of Hawaii football team. The Rainbow Warriors began spring practice at the UH-Manoa campus on Monday morning. The unusually start to spring practice, which takes place from to Feb. 6 to March 3, is due to a construction project that will take place at UHM's grass practice field and the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, the two main practice sites for the 'Bows. - KHon2.com

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RB Tylan Hines, Hawaii
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12/19/22 - Micah Vanterpool, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: OL - Micah Vanterpool, Sr., Hawaii,...Three-year starter who started all 13 games at right guard...Started 28 of 46 career games...Only offensive lineman in the conference and one of 14 in FBS to not allow a sack this season in at least 500 pass blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus...One of two offensive linemen nationally without a penalty in at least 900 snaps played according to PFF. - Hawaii Football

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OG Micah Vanterpool, Hawaii
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12/19/22 - Ilm Manning, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: OL - Ilm Manning, Sr., Hawaii,...Five-year starter who started all 13 games at left tackle in 2022...Started 60 of 62 career games...Had 100 knockdown blocks on the year and a season grade of 90 percent...Anchored offensive line unit that surrendered only 10 sacks in Mountain West play...A three-time academic all-MW honoree. - Hawaii Football

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OG Ilm Manning, Hawaii
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12/19/22 - Caleb Phillips, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: TE - Caleb Phillips, Sr., Hawaii,...Ranked second on the team with 31 receptions...Led all Mountain West tight ends in both receptions and receiving yards (317)...Had three receiving touchdowns...His 138 yards receiving against New Mexico State were the third-most by a tight end in FBS this season and the most by a UH tight end in more than 50 years...Caught at least one pass in 9 of 13 games this season. - Hawaii Football

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TE Caleb Phillips, Hawaii
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10/27/22 - Ilm Manning, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

University of Hawaii offensive lineman Ilm Manning's college football career will go into overtime. Manning said he has been asked to play in the 98th East West Shrine Bowl in Las Vegas. The invitation-only all-star game is set for Feb. 2, 2023, in Allegiant Stadium. "Its an honor and privilege to showcase my skills and represent Hawaii at the same time," said Manning, a fifth-year senior from Glendale, Ariz. "All the NFL scouts will be there. Win or lose, it's going to be fun." Manning has played left tackle in 57 UH games, starting 55 of them, of a possible 59 games. He has not allowed a sack in the past 151 pass plays. Manning, who is 6 feet 4 and 295 pounds, projects to compete at guard or center at the next level. During Tuesday's two-hour practice, Manning took some reps at center. "It was fun," Manning said. "It's different from playing on the outside all the time to the middle." - Honolulu Advertiser

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OG Ilm Manning, Hawaii
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10/16/22 - Dedrick Parson, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

Brayden Schager threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Zion Bowens, Dedrick Parson added three short scoring runs and Hawaii cruised to a 31-16 victory over Nevada on Saturday night. Parson scored from a yard out on the opening possession to give Hawaii (2-5, 1-1 Mountain West Conference) a 7-0 lead. Nevada (2-5, 0-3) answered with a 16-play, 75-yard drive capped by Devonte Lee's 1-yard plunge to knot the score. Schager gave the Rainbow Warriors the lead for good when he hooked up with Bowens for a 48-yard touchdown with 2:21 left in the first quarter. Parson sandwiched a 9-yard scoring run around two field goals by the Wolf Pack's Matthew Killam and Hawaii led 21-13 at halftime.

Killam's 20-yard field goal in the third quarter cut Nevada's deficit to 21-16, but the Rainbow Warriors wrapped up the victory with a 16-play, 65-yard drive in the fourth quarter that took 8:06 off the clock and ended with Parson's 2-yard run. Schager completed 13 of 25 passes for 173 yards with one interception for Hawaii. Parson carried 24 times for 136 yards. Bowens had four receptions for 79 yards. Nate Cox passed for 188 yards, completing 22 of 37 attempts for the Wolf Pack. - Hawaii/AP College Football

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RB Dedrick Parson, Hawaii
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09/18/22 - Dedrick Parson, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

Dedrick Parson ran for two first-half touchdowns, Penei Pavihi returned and interception 50 yards for a touchdown and Hawaii beat Duquesne 24-14 Saturday night. Parson finished with 11 carries for 52 yards. Duquesne (1-2) took nearly-8 minutes off the clock with a 14-play, 56-yard drive in the first quarter before settling for a 26-yard field goal by Brian Bruzdewicz that made it 3-0 but Parson answered with a 5-yard touchdown run less than 2 minutes later and scored on a run from 17 yards out to give Hawaii a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter. Bruzdewicz added a 30-yard field goal as time expired in the first half but after Pavihi's pick-6 early in the fourth quarter before Matthew Shipley made a 29-yard field goal with 6:33 to play that made it 24-6. Malik Hausman intercepted two passes for Hawaii (1-3). - Hawaii/AP College Football

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RB Dedrick Parson, Hawaii
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08/29/22 - Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, rSr/2024, Hawaii + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, Hawaii, Sr., DL,...A fifth-year senior from Kailua, Oahu, Kahahawai-Welch has appeared in 12 career games as a back-up defensive lineman and special teams player. He joined the Rainbow Warriors after a standout career at Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama. Former UH long snapper Noah Borden was a semifinalist for the 2018 award. The award is named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel from the University of Florida. The Wuerffel Trophy honors college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society, and inspire greater service in the world. - Hawaii Football

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OLB Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, Hawaii
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08/11/22 - Tariq Jones, rJr/2026, Hawaii + More +

Tariq Jones got his bearings playing for the University of Hawaii football team in 2021, appearing in the team's first two games while preserving his redshirt. Heading into 2022, the redshirt freshman figures to enter the defensive line rotation, vying for playing time along with other edge rushers such as Arkansas transfer Mataio Soli and Jonah Kahahawai-Welch. Jones is one of the faces of a revamped defensive line, a unit many within the program consider one of the team's most improved. "It's just really and truly a blessing," said Jones, a native of New Orleans. "I know everybody back home really just wishes to be out here and I never really thought that I would be out here but I just see this as God's blessing."

Jones' standout career at McDonogh 35 High School in Louisiana included 12 sacks in eight games as a senior, earning Louisiana Top 25 recruit status. "Props to my teammates, it was hard," Jones said of the move to the islands. "I was just 17 years old coming out here, separated from Mom but I think everybody like Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, Penei Pavihi, and really the rest of the team just taking me in and just watching them, it really helped me become who I am right now." Jones, who goes by the nickname "Showtime," hopes to do just that for years to come in Manoa. - Khon2.com

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DE Tariq Jones, Hawaii
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08/09/22 - Jalen Perdue, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

If you sleep on Jalen Perdue, the University of Hawaii cornerback might run it back on you as he did after intercepting a pass in Wednesday's spring practice. "It comes down to the focus for him. He's one of, if not the fastest guy on the team," UH cornerbacks coach Abe Elimimian said about the senior. Perdue had one of the two long pick-6s in Wednesday's practice - the other being defensive lineman John Tuitupou's off a tipped pass - and was the second interception the former junior college transfer recorded in consecutive days. "Coach emphasizes us keeping our eyes on our man," Perdue said. "We take everything to the grass and work on it before practice starts, during practice, and after practice. That was just kind of a big play that we work on."

"One thing we've been honing on is being more focused. Being more focused on his alignment, on his assignment, and then his technique," Elimimian said. "What started happening is he's doing those things and now he's making plays on the ball. It's not been easy for him climbing a mountain and he's finally starting to understand how to play the position." Perdue is in his third season at UH after transferring from Antelope Valley College in his hometown of Lancaster, Calif. A wrist injury sidelined him for much of 2020 and in 2021, he played mostly as a backup cornerback before breaking out as a kick returner in the final two games of the season, totaling 148 yards over seven returns. "I've always wanted to showcase my speed and that I could hold the ball and be an offensive player too," Perdue said about fielding kicks in fall camp. "I'm honestly excited to show that side too." - Honolulu Advertiser

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CB Jalen Perdue, Hawaii
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08/03/22 - Jordan Murray, rSr/2023, Hawaii + More +

Astonishingly, the 2022 Hawaii football team features 53 newcomers, the same amount of players allowed on an NFL regular season roster. The amount of new faces in Manoa is larely due to the mass exodus of players following the 2021 season under former coach Todd Graham, where 17 starters departed either due to graduation or the NCAA transfer portal. Despite losing names such as Chevan Cordeiro, Darius Muasau, Khoury Bethley and Nick Mardner to the NCAA transfer portal, new head coach Timmy Chang and his staff did some transfer portal digging of their own, pulling in a total of 18 FBS and FCS transfers. Additionally, the 'Bows signed seven junior college transfers and one player each from the NCAA Division II (former Colorado School of Mines kicker Scott Marshall) and Division III (former Minnesota Morris defensive back Billy Mitchell III) levels. - Khon2.com

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TE Jordan Murray, Hawaii
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08/02/22 - Mataio Soli, Sr/2023, Hawaii + More +

On Thursday, Mataio Soli explained what he and some of the approximate 25 newcomers on defense could bring to the University of Hawaii football team as it looks to replace nine defensive starters from 2021 before its Week 0 game against Vanderbilt on Aug. 27. "All of us bring our own different uniqueness to the team," Soli said. "As long as we stay together like we have been all summer and right now, fall camp as you can see, I think we're going to have some good results this fall." Soli, a 6-foot-4 defensive lineman from Douglasville, Ga., and a transfer from Arkansas, is one of 18 players on the team's fall camp roster who transferred from FBS schools.

UH linebacker Penei Pavihi - a former teammate of Soli's from youth league football in American Samoa - was Soli's host on his recruiting visit. The program's Island Day spring game also contributed to his decision to commit to Hawaii. "It was a great experience for me, I seen how (it) brought in everybody," Soli said. "I seen how close the team was. It really brought everything together." "I love this defense. I feel like our defense is going to surprise a lot of people," Soli said. "I like how we're seen as the underdog because a lot of people probably don't expect a lot out of us, but they're going to see this fall." - Honolulu Advertiser

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