SEASON OUTLOOK QUARTERBACKS
OFFENSIVE CAPSULE
RUNNING BACKS/FULLBACKS
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 20/17 Redshirts Returning: 4 Newcomers: 21
Starter Returning: Sean Schroeder Starter Lost: None Letterman Returning: Jeremy Higgins Redshirts: Taylor Graham, Ikaika Woolsey Newcomers: None
Starters Returning (7) OL Ben Clarke (6-3, 285, So)
RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Passing Sean Schroeder Jeremy Higgins
Started all 12 games at C
WR Scott Harding (5-11, 200, Jr) 20 rec., 321 yds., 2 TDs
RB Joey Iosefa (6-0, 245, Jr) 125 rush., 463 yds., 1 TD, 3.7 avg.
OL Dave Lefotu (6-3, 305, Jr) Started 11 games at LG
OL Mike Milovale (6-3, 310, Sr) Started 9 games at RT, 2 at LG
QB Sean Schroeder (6-3, 200, Sr) 175-of-344, 1,878 yds., 11 TDs
WR Billy Ray Stutzmann (6-0, 185, Sr) Led team with 35 rec., 447 yds.
Starters Lost (4) TE Ryan Hall Led TE’s with 20 rec., 168 yds., 1 TD
WR Trevor Davis 17 rec., 235 yds., 2 TDs
OL Blake Muir Started all 12 games at LT
OL Chauncy Winchester-Makainai Started 5 games at both guard spots
Other Key Returnees/Newcomers QB Taylor Graham (6-5, 235, Jr) Transfer from Ohio State
WR Chris Gant (6-0, 185, Sr) 22 rec., 232 yds., 3 TDs
OL Sean Shigematsu (6-5, 290, Jr) Started 5 games at RT
TE Jordan Pu‘u-Robinson (6-4, 255, Sr) Converted defensive lineman
TE Clark Evans (6-4, 220, Sr) 9 rec., 137 yds., 1 TD, 15.2 avg.
2012 Offensive Rankings TEAM Scoring Offense (21.2) Passing Offense (188.8) Passing Efficiency (103.0) Rushing Offense (108.6) Total Offense (297.4) Sacks Allowed (3.33) Turnover Margin (-1.17) Offense Returning Category Rush Att. Rush Yds. Rush TDs Pass Att. Pass Comp. Pass Yds. Pass TDs Receptions Rec. Yds. Rec. TDs Total Offense Total TDs 8
Stat 439 1,303 12 398 206 2,266 12 206 2,266 12 3,569 31
MW T9 7 10 10 10 10 10
Return 192 288 3 395 205 2,263 12 76 1,327 7 2,551 14
NCAA T100 98 118 111 118 T112 T110
Pct. 43.7 22.1 25.0 99.2 99.5 99.9 100.0 36.9 58.6 58.3 71.5 45.2
G/S 12/11 6/1
Att-Comp 344-175 48-29
Yd TD/Int 1878 11/12 335 1/1
UH quarterbacks should be much improved in 2013 with one year of experience running Norm Chow’s proset offense. Starter Sean Schroeder returns as well as top backup Jeremy Higgins. Add to the mix Ohio State-transfer Taylor Graham, TAYLOR GRAHAM who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, and redshirt Ikaika Woolsey and the Rainbow Warriors have a solid group to lead the offense this season. Perhaps the biggest addition to the team was in the coaching ranks, where offensive coordinator Aaron Price will take over some of the play-calling and graduate assistant and former Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn will help coach the quarterbacks. Schroeder, a senior who spent two years at Duke, where they ran a similar offense, earned the starting job last spring and started 11 of 12 games, throwing for 1,878 yards and 11 touchdowns. However, he completed just over 50 percent of his throws and was picked off 12 times. The Laguna Niguel, Calif., native missed spring ball due to off-season back surgery which paved the way for Graham, a junior from Wheaton, Ill., who spent two years at Ohio State. Graham, whose father Kent was a former NFL quarterback, has the prototypical size (6-5) for Chow’s system and demonstrated his ability during the team’s annual spring game, throwing for 157 yards and three touchdowns in leading his team to victory. Ranked as the No. 14 quarterback in the country coming out of Wheaton High School, Graham redshirted his first year in Columbus and served as a back-up in 2011. Higgins, a senior from Honolulu, started one game last season and finished the year completing 60.4 percent of his passes for 335 yards and one score. In the spring game, Higgins threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns. He enters fall camp penciled in as the No. 2 quarterback with Schroeder. Woolsey, a redshirt freshman from Rodeo, Calif., will likely compete for a back-up spot.
Starter Returning: Joey Iosefa Starter Lost: None Letterman Returning: Justin Vele (FB) Others Returning: Dustin Elisara (FB), Marcus Langkilde, Jason Muraoka Redshirts: Samson Anguay, Steven Lakalaka Newcomers: Diocemy Saint Juste, Aofaga Wily
RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS Rushing Joey Iosefa
G/S 8/7
Att 125
Yd 498
YPC TD 3.7 1
Back for his third year holding down the running back position is Joey Iosefa. The junior from Pago Pago, American Samoa, has started 18 of 21 career games with 1,011 yards rushing and eight touchdowns. Last season, he split the load in UH’s two-back set and finished with 463 yards on the ground and 153 yards receiving. At 6-feet, 240 pounds, Iosefa also played fullback last season, which gave the Rainbow Warriors another threat in the backfield while teamed up along with a quicker and speedier back. Converted linebacker Justin Vele spent his first year at fullback last season. The sophomore from Honolulu was thrust into action after Dustin Elisara suffered a season-ending knee injury in the spring. Elisara, a junior from Kapolei, O‘ahu, returns to the lineup after a year of rehab. Redshirts Steven Lakalaka and Samson Anguay will push for playing time at running back. Lakalaka, a freshman from Honolulu, had an impressive spring and rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown in the “Warrior Bowl” intrasquad scrimmage. Anguay returns after suffering yet another knee injury which cost him his first two years with the Rainbow Warriors. Walk-ons Marcus Langkilde and Jason Muraoka both sat out last season after transferring from small colleges and were impressive enough to secure spots on the fall roster. Langkilde, a senior from Oxnard, Calif., transferred from Whittier College while Muraoka, a sophomore from Honolulu, came to UH by way of Franklin College in Indiana. Freshmen Diocemy Saint Juste and Aofaga Wily were gems of the 2013 recruiting class. Saint Juste, of Boynton Beach, Fla., rushed for 1,243 yards and 16 touchdowns at Santaluces High School. Wily was JOEY IOSEFA rated one of the state’s top recruits out of Kahuku High School and was a three-time all-state pick.
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