2021 EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl Official Program

Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex December 24, 2021

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Welina mai me ke aloha Aloha!

Na ka Po‘e Hana o EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl, ko kākou Kōmike Ho‘okō, ko kākou Mea Kāko‘o ‘Ahahuina a me nā Mea Kāko‘o, ‘o ko‘u ‘olu‘olu kēia i kāu komo ‘ana mai i Ke Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex a me ka makahiki ‘umikūmāiwa o EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl.

He ho‘omaika‘i no nā kime pōpeku ‘elua, ‘oia ho‘i ka University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors a me ka Memphis Tigers. i kā lāua koho ‘ia ‘ana i pā‘ani i ke kau muli. Welina nō kākou iā lāua kulanui a me ko lākou mau kāko‘o i Hawai‘i nei. Mana‘o paha, ‘a‘ohe wahi keu a ka maika‘i ma mua o Honolulu i Kēkēmapa!

Ma o nā kōkua, nā kāko‘o, a me ke kaiaulu nei, ua lilo ‘o EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl i hana ma‘a mau i ka wā ho‘oilo no ka lehulehu o ESPN a ho‘oulu i ka ha‘aheo o MADE IN HAWAI‘I, PLAYED IN HAWAI‘I.

TAMARAH TABOR Director of Operations

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Mahalo nui nō i nā mea nānā a me nā kōkua i ka noho kahua pā‘ani. Na lākou e ‘ike i ka le‘ale‘a i ka nānā ‘ana i ka pā‘ani pōpeku kulanui ki‘eki‘e ma ke kahua pā‘ani aku.

Mahalo hou no kāu kāko‘o ‘ana mai i EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl a e nanea i kēia hanana ‘oli‘oli!

Aloha Kalikimaka!

Daryl Garvin Ke Po‘o Ho‘okō, EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl

Hawaiian translation by Kaipo Tam. Mahalo Kaipo for your invaluable assistance.

Welcome

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Aloha!

On behalf of the EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl Staff, our Executive Committee, our Corporate Sponsors and Volunteers, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex and the nineteenth annual EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl.

Congratulations to two outstanding teams, the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors and the Memphis Tigers on their selection to play in the postseason.

And, we welcome both schools and their supporters to Hawai‘i. We think you’ll find that there is no better December destination than Honolulu, Hawai’i!

Through the year-round efforts and support of our fans and the local community, the EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl has become a holiday tradition reaching millions of ESPN viewers across the country and embodying the MADE IN HAWAI‘I, PLAYED IN HAWAI‘I spirit.

The community has been so supportive of the EasyPost Hawai’i Bowl, and we are pleased to give something back to the community. Throughout the year, the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation has raised funds for charities. Since the bowl’s inception, we have had the privilege to grant more than a million dollars, primarily to Hawai‘i-based charities. This year, we are pleased to grant more than $38,000 to various organizations during our in-game ceremony.

I would especially like to thank our fans in the stands who recognize the thrill of watching the highest levels of college football in person.

Again, thank you for your support of the EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl, and enjoy this exciting event!

Aloha Kalikimaka!

Daryl Garvin Executive Director, EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl

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RESULTS 2002

Tulane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Hawai’i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MVPs : Lynaris Elpheage (Tulane)

Justin Colbert (Hawai‘i)

2003 (3OT)

Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 MVPs : Timmy Chang (Hawai‘i)

Jackie Battle (Houston)

2004

2008

Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MVPs: Driphus Jackson (Rice)

Brian Nordstrom (Rice)

Carl Mickelsen (Fresno State)

2009

2015

SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.

Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MVPs: Kyle Pardon (SMU)

Kevin Basped (Nevada)

2010

Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 UAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 MVPs: Timmy Chang (Hawai‘i)

Chad Owens (Hawai‘i)

Darrell Hackney (UAB)

Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 MVPs: Damaris Johnson (Tulsa)

Greg Salas (Hawai‘i)

2005 (OT)

2011

Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 UCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 MVPs: B.J. Mitchell (Nevada)

Brandon Marshall (UCF)

Southern Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MVPs: Cordarro Law (Southern Miss)

Lampford Mark (Nevada)

2006

2012

Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MVPs: Colt Brennan (Hawai‘i)

Jason Rivers (Hawai‘i)

Ryan Torain (Arizona State)

SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MVPs: Margus Hunt (SMU)

Davante Adams (Fresno)

2007

Oregon State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Boise State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 MVPs: Rashaad Reynolds

(Oregon State)

Matt Miller (Boise State)

East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Boise State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 MVPs: Chris Johnson (East Carolina)

Jeremy Avery (Boise State)

2014

Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 MVPs: Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame)

Golden Tate (Notre Dame)

Aaron Bain (Hawai‘i)

2013

San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 MVPs: Dakota Gordon

(San Diego State)

Zack Edwards (Cincinnati)

2016

Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . 35 MVPs: Dru Brown (Hawai‘i)

Richie James

(Middle Tennessee)

2017

Fresno State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 MVPs: Marcus McMaryion

(Fresno State)

Steven Dunbar (Houston)

2018

Louisiana Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MVPs: Jaylon Ferguson

(Louisiana Tech)

Kendall Hune (Hawai‘i)

2019

Hawai‘i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BYU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 MVPs: Cole McDonald (Hawai‘i)

Zach Wilson (BYU)

Please Welcome Our Officials Referee – Jon Noli; Umpire – John Mitchell; Center Judge – Chris Bordelon; Head Line Judge – Walter Sloan; Line Judge – Joe Stahmer; Side Judge – Maurice Pierre; Field Judge – Victor Sanchez; Back Judge – Byron Adams; Alternate Official – Joe Lehring; Replay Official – Brad Smith; Communicator – Todd Rath

SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM

THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAI‘I On behalf of the people of Hawai‘i, I warmly welcome the players, fans, and organizers of the 2021 EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl to the new Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

I am thrilled that the Hawai‘i Bowl is being held once again in its 19th iteration this Christmas Eve, giving schools, athletes, and fans alike the gift of post-season play.

This year’s Hawai‘i Bowl features two top Division 1 college football teams: the Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors from the Mountain West Conference and the Memphis Tigers from the American Athletic Conference. Both teams have demonstrated their skill and dedication throughout the last season. I am certain that, like past years, this game will be an exciting one. I hope millions of ESPN viewers across the country will have fun joining with local and visiting fans to cheer on the players in one of our islands’ favorite holiday traditions.

Mahalo to EasyPost, the new title sponsor of the Hawai‘i Bowl, and to all local and national sponsors for supporting this great event, made and played in Hawai‘i, and enjoyed by those both near and far. I also thank the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation, which continues to serve our islands’ keiki, and which has raised over $1.3 million for charity since its inception. I invite visiting teams and families to experience all that Hawai‘i has to offer, and hope fans of both teams enjoy the game. To the teams, best of luck, and to all, Happy Holidays!

With warmest regards, David Ige Governor, State of Hawai‘i

DAVID IGE Governor State of Hawai‘i

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Kahua pōpeku Football field Kīloi Pass Kinipōpō pōpeku Football

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MESSAGE FROM

THE MAYOR OF HONOLULU It gives me great pleasure to send my warmest aloha to everyone attending the 2021 EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl at the T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.

Honolulu is honored to host this year’s game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors. Congratulations to these talented teams on competing in this nationally televised bowl game on Christmas Eve. The EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl brings valuable recognition to the schools and rewards the athletes with post-season play.

Mahalo to EasyPost, ESPN Events and the sponsors for presenting this competition that shares the beauty of O‘ahu with millions of viewers across the country. We deeply appreciate the Hawai’i Bowl Foundation’s generous support of non-profit organizations in our community.

On behalf of the people of the City and County of Honolulu, I extend best wishes to everyone for an entertaining day of football and for a happy holiday season.

Rick Blangiardi Mayor, Honolulu

RICK BLANGIARDI Mayor City and County of Honolulu

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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS

Founded in 1912, we have been known as the West Tennessee Normal School and Memphis State University, among other names.

Today, we are the University of Memphis — home to students from 77 countries and 48 states plus the District of Columbia. For 109 years, our University has been a great gift to our community, a great opportunity to our students, and a source of knowledge, discovery, creativity and artistic expression for our nation. As a doctoral-granting, research-intensive university, the UofM is an engine of innovation and creativity.

The University of Memphis is ranked as a top-tier public university by U.S. News and World Report for the first time in history. U.S. News and World Report’s national ranking for the University of Memphis has improved for the fourth straight year for Top Public Schools and third consecutive year for Best National Universities.

The University of Memphis has 26 academic programs currently ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 Best Graduate. The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law received 13 of those honors of overall Law program, Clinical Training, Health Care Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trial Advocacy, Legal Writing Environmental Law, Tax Law, Business Corporate Law, Contract-Commercial Law, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law. Three sources have ranked the University of Memphis as the No. 1 online college in the State of Tennessee. UofM Global is the only fully online bachelor’s degree program at a public institution of higher education in the state ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Six UofM Global programs are ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report, including Nursing programs for Veterans (No. 13), Criminal Justice graduate (No. 24), Nursing graduate (No. 31), Bachelor’s (No. 52), MBA (No. 62) and Education graduate (No. 96). The publication ranks eight online programs annually.

The University of Memphis is known as a major research University with six Centers of Excellence and home to the FedEx Institute of Technology.

The University has an aggressive plan to becoming a top-tier Carnegie R1 research institution. This has led to great progress being made in relation to the creation of a strong post-doc research culture on campus, strengthening doctoral program enrolments (especially in the STEM areas) and boosting research partnerships with the Department of Defense and private industry.

The University launched its inaugural research park for emerging technology companies on campus in 2018. Research expenditures at the University have increased by a third to $66M recently, and its patent portfolio has more than doubled during his tenure. The American Association for State Colleges & Universities (AASCU) awarded the University its 2018 Excellence and Innovation Award for Regional & Economic Development, and it is also now one of two national finalists for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Innovation Award for 2020.

The prestigious Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, which has been named three times (2014, 2018, 2020) as having the “Best Law School Facilities” in the nation, had a 7% federal judicial clerkship rate for the Class of 2017, placing it among the top law schools in the United States. The University School of Law has been ranked in the Top 25 for Law Degrees Awarded to African Americans in Diverse Education Magazine’s compiled rankings of the Top 100 Producers of Minority Graduate Degrees in the country.

Foremost among the University’s goals is to recruit outstanding faculty, enroll motivated students and provide distinctive learning experiences so our students will one day contribute in immeasurable ways to Memphis and the world. Degree programs at the University of Memphis are divided into 14 colleges and schools — Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Education, Fogelman College of Business & Economics, Graduate School, Helen Hardin Honors College, Herff College of Engineering, Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, Loewenberg College of Nursing, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health and University College.

For the eighth-straight season, the University of Memphis football team earned a bowl berth, the longest active streak in the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

The Tigers finished the season with an overall record of 6-6, which included wins over SEC-rival Mississippi State and then-ranked No. 23/24 SMU. Memphis faced one of the most difficult schedules in the nation in 2021 that featured seven opponents that finished the year bowl eligible.

Memphis started the season 3-0, earning a season-opening, 42-17 win over Nicholls before taking down Arkansas State on the road, 55-50.

The Tigers then beat Mississippi State in dramatic fashion, 31-29, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. The victory marked the fifth-straight win against a Power 5 opponent at home for the Tigers. Included in that stretch are two wins over Ole Miss, UCLA, Kansas and Mississippi State.

On Oct. 14, Memphis took down Navy in convincing fashion, 35-17, before beating then-ranked No. 23/24 SMU at the Liberty Bowl, 2825. Then on the final day of the regular season, the Tigers earned a hard-fought victory over Tulane, 33-28, to become bowl eligible.

Following the season, six players earned All-AAC accolades, including four first-team honorees, the most for the program since it had six first teamers in 2017.

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Wide receiver Calvin Austin III was unanimously chosen by the AAC coaches to the first team, one of just three players to be unanimously selected. Joining Austin III on the All-AAC First Team were tight end Sean Dykes, offensive lineman Dylan Parham and linebacker JJ Russell.

Earning second-team all-conference accolades for the Tigers were defensive lineman John Tate IV and defensive back Quindell Johnson.

For the second-straight season,

Austin III earned first-team All-AAC honors after leading the conference in receiving yards (1,149) and receiving yards per game (95.8). He ranked second in receptions (74) and catches per game (6.2) and fifth in receiving touchdowns (8). Austin III is the first wide receiver in program history to earn first-team all-conference honors in back-to-back seasons.

Dykes was tremendous for the Tigers, leading all AAC tight ends with 48 receptions, 657 yards and seven touchdowns on the season en route to earning a spot on the All-AAC First Team.

Parham established himself as one of the best offensive linemen not only in the AAC, but in the nation in 2021,

earning first-team accolades. He started all 12 games for the Tigers at right guard, not allowing a single sack in 545 pass protection snaps.

Russell was a force for Memphis at linebacker this season, leading the AAC with 123 total tackles, 78 solo tackles and 10.3 tackles per game to earn first-team honors. Russell is the first Memphis linebacker to earn first-team honors since Genard Avery in 2017.

Johnson was named second-team All-AAC for the second-straight season after ranking second in the conference in total tackles (104) and solo tackles (66). He also ranked third in the league in tackles per game (8.7) and sixth in pass breakups (11).

Tate IV had a breakout year for Memphis to earn second-team honors. On the season, Tate IV totaled 36 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, four pass breakups and two quarterback hurries.

PROVING HIS TIGER STRIPES: RYAN SILVERFIELD

Ryan Silverfield became the 25th head coach in Memphis football history in December 2019 and began his tenure by leading the Tigers into their first major bowl game appearance: the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

In naming Silverfield, the Tigers hired from within. Silverfield served as deputy head coach and offensive line coach during the 2019 season as the Tigers won their first outright conference title in 50 years. Memphis won the 2019 American Athletic Conference championship with a 29-24 win over Cincinnati at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Silverfield also was part of Memphis staffs that led the program to three-straight American Athletic Conference West Division crowns from 2017-19 and four-straight bowl appearances from 2016-19. Behind Silverfield’s contributions, Memphis won 38 games during those four seasons, including going 10-3 in 2017 and 12-1 in 2019. He is the only member of the staff to be part of both 10-plus win seasons.

In his first full season at the helm of the program in 2020, Silverfield led the Tigers to the team’s first bowl victory since 2014, a 25-10 win over Florida Atlantic in the Montgomery Bowl, becoming the first head coach in school history to win a bowl game in his first year.

Silverfield guided Memphis to an 8-3 record on the season, setting the program record for winning percentage (.727) by a first-year head coach, while also matching the school mark for most wins in a debut year (Mike Norvell, 2016).

A 2018 Frank Broyles Award candidate, Silverfield first came to Memphis in 2016 with more than 18 years of coaching experience at the high school, college and NFL levels. He remains the only coach to have worked with an NCAA single-season rushing leader and an NFL single-season rushing leader. At UCF, Silverfield helped tutor Kevin Smith when the junior back led college football with 2,567 yards in 2007. Five seasons later in 2012, Silverfield was at Minnesota, where the offensive line paved the way for Adrian Peterson’s 2,097-yard season.

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prior to coming to Memphis, Silverfield spent the last half of the 2015 football campaign with the NFL’s Detroit ons. In a mid-season staff shake-up, the Lions brought in Silverfield as an assistant offensive line coach, and the hire paid immediate dividends. His tenure with the Lions was Silverfield’s second stint in the NFL. Before Silverfield’s arrival, the Lions had a 2-7 record in the three games before he came on board, Detroit’s offensive line allowed 15 sacks for 105 yards. In the season’s final stretch, Silverfield helped mold an offensive line that propelled the Lions to a 5-2 record. The Lions’ offensive line allowed just more than three sacks per game in the last seven contests, and quarterback Matthew Stafford thrived behind Silverfield’s new-look offensive line. In the seven games with Silverfield on staff, Stafford threw 17 touchdowns and only one interception. Before that, Stafford had 15 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

Silverfield served as an offensive consultant at Toledo in 2014 and helped the Rockets to a 9-4 overall record and a 7-1 Mid-American Conference (MAC) mark. Toledo tied for the MAC West crown and earned a GoDaddy.com Bowl berth. The Rockets’ nine wins were the most since 2001, and Toledo’s 63-44 bowl victory over Arkansas State was its first postseason win since 2011.

Before jumping back to the collegiate ranks, Silverfield spent six seasons on the Minnesota Vikings staff. In his time in Minnesota, Silverfield helped the Vikings to two NFC North Division crowns and three NFL playoffs appearances, including a trip to the 2009 NFC championship game. Silverfield began his Vikings’ stint as an offensive quality control staffer, before moving to a defensive line staff assistant in 2009 and 2010.

He moved to the offensive side from 2011-13, assisting Jeff Davidson with the offensive line.

Prior to his time in the NFL, Silverfield spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons at UCF. In his two campaigns in Orlando, Fla., he served as an offensive graduate assistant his first season and moved to a defensive graduate assistant spot in 2007. Silverfield was a member of the 2007 Knights staff that led the squad to a 10-4 record, a 7-1 Conference USA mark and the C-USA East Division crown. UCF defeated Tulsa in the C-USA championship game and earned the league’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl berth.

A 2003 Hampden-Sydney College (Va.) graduate, Silverfield coached four seasons at his alma mater, starting as an offensive assistant in 2000. Then, at age 20, he was tapped as the Tigers defensive line coach and spent two seasons at that post (2001-02). In 2003, Silverfield moved back to offense and coached the tight ends and H-backs. That season, the Tigers went 9-1 and had the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense in the country (47.0 ppg).

Silverfield started coaching in 1999 at his alma mater, The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. He played for the Bulldogs and was a member of two Florida state championship teams (1995 and 1998). During his playing career, Silverfield helped Bolles to a No. 1 ranking in the USA Today Super 25 national high school football poll. Immediately after his playing career, Silverfield jumped to the coaching ranks as a Bolles School assistant.

Silverfield and his wife, Mariana, live in Memphis.

2021 Memphis University

TIGERS

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No Name 54 Brackston Alford 37 Jaylon Allen 2 Julian Barnett 41 Sanchez Blake Jr. 91 Cameron Blaylock 54 Jeremy Boyland Jr. 42 Preston Brady 96 Zy Brockington 3 Keith Brown Jr. 2 Rodrigues Clark 47 Caleb Clayton 10 An’darius Coffey 76 Conner Coleman 33 Marlon Crockett 89 Braxton Crouse 8 Xavier “Zay”Cullens 75 Matt Dale 30 Tharon Davis 72 Michael Denson 52 Devontae Dobbs 38 Jaylen Dollar 17 Joe Doyle 85 Koby Drake 97 Wardalis Ducksworth 80 Davin Dyal 5 Sean Dykes 44 Bryce Edmondson 56 Cincir Evans 71 Evan Fields 45 Reid Flanagan 1 Jacobi Francis 65 Jonah Gambill 78 Mitchell Gildehaus 47 Noah Grant 7 Grant Gunnell 38 Brandon Harris 83 John Hassell

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No Name 19 Joshua Hastings 34 Caleb Hawkins 14 Seth Henigan 23 Hunter Hulsey 31 Miles Ingram 13 Javon Ivory 98 Cam’Ron Jackson 15 Quindell Johnson 33 Andrew Jones 6 Marcayll Jones 10 Morris Joseph 37 David Kemp 93 Meonta Kimbrough 32 Rush Lansdell 18 Eddie Lewis 70 Jacob Likes 22 Tyrez Lindsey 79 Tim Marmino 28 Asa Martin 15 Drew Martin 21 JP Martin 82 Diego Martinez 46 Cole Mashburn 84 Khi Mathieu 14 Davian Mayo 88 Errington McRae 55 Austin Myers 81 Shamar Nash 39 Harold Nash III 49 Treysen Neal 27 Jared Nedd 25 Devonte Golden-Nelson 72 Javon Nelson 57 Rodney Newsom 19 Jeremiah Oatsvall 18 Jawon Odoms 6 Kayode Oladele

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No Name 11 Sylvonta Oliver 30 Rodney Owens 56 Dylan Parham 1 Peter Parrish 66 Hank Pearson 0 Thomas Pickens 66 Makylan Pounders 86 Caden Prieskorn 13 Tyrell Raby 29 Eric Randall III 45 Spencer Rich 32 Ka’Dedrick Richardson 34 Eric Rivers 99 Kajuan Robinson 9 Gabriel Rogers 24 Greg Rubin 23 JJ Russell 43 Ja’Len Sims 29 Cameron Smith 55 Dedrick Smith 92 James Stewart 7 John Tate IV 87 Jeremy Tate Jr. 64 Cade Taylor 3 Roc Taylor 22 Brandon Thomas 63 Noah Upchurch 28 Brandon Warner 11 Kylan Watkins 21 Jashon Watkins-Perkins 26 Marquavius Weaver 16 Kobe Webster 63 Johnny Westbrook 58 Braunson White 4 Maurice White 50 Royce White 94 William Whitlow Jr. 17 Cameron Wright

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Foundation

A TRADITION OF GIVING

Since its inception in 2002, the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation has awarded more than $1.3 million dollars in cash to local charities and millions of dollars in tickets to military personnel, first-responders and Hawai‘i non-profits.

In 2021, the EasyPost Hawai’i Bowl, through the Hawai’i Bowl Foundation and ESPN Events, will grant $38,000 to deserving organizations. This year’s recipients include:

Boys and Girls Club of Hawai‘i Hawai‘i Children’s Cancer Foundation Hawaiian Lions Basketball HIDA – Hawai‘i Branch of the International Dyslexia Association HUGS – Help Understanding & Group Support Nā Koa Football Club – Murphy’s Pigskin Pigout) Parents and Children Together Special Olympics Hawai‘i Teach For America UH Foundation – Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex UH Foundation Hawai’i Rainbow Warrior Band Women’s Fund of Hawai‘i

2021 Memphis University

TIGERS

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Thomas Pickens Jacobi Francis Peter Parrish Julian Barnett Rodrigues Clark Keith Brown Jr. Roc Taylor Maurice White Sean Dykes Marcayll Jones Kayode Oladele Grant Gunnell John Tate IV Xavier “Zay” Cullens Gabriel Rogers An’darius Coffey Morris Joseph Sylvonta Oliver Kylan Watkins Javon Ivory Tyrell Raby Seth Henigan Davian Mayo Quindell Johnson Drew Martin Kobe Webster Joe Doyle Cameron Wright Eddie Lewis Jawon Odoms Joshua Hastings Jeremiah Oatsvall JP Martin Jashon Watkins-Perkins Tyrez Lindsey Brandon Thomas Hunter Hulsey JJ Russell Greg Rubin Devonte Golden-Nelson Marquavius Weaver Jared Nedd Asa Martin Brandon Warner Eric Randall III Cameron Smith Tharon Davis Rodney Owens Miles Ingram Rush Lansdell Ka’Dedrick Richardson Marlon Crockett Andrew Jones Caleb Hawkins Eric Rivers Jaylon Allen David Kemp Jaylen Dollar Brandon Harris

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6-2 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-5 6-2 5-9 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-3 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-1 5-10

207 193 190 189 200 229 225 290 224 170 250 228 295 225 190 181 275 175 170 180 173 200 215 195 230 195 199 200 192 193 185 200 185 200 212 200 188 225 180 184 211 220 200 175 183 170 171 180 170 190 195 208 200 190 172 238 180 220 165

5th 5th r-So. r-So. Jr. 5th Fr. Sr. 5th r-Fr. r-Jr. Jr. 5th r-Sr. r-Sr. r-Fr. Sr. Sr. r-Sr. r-So. Fr. Fr. r-Fr. r-Jr. r-So. r-Fr. r-Jr. Fr. r-Jr. Fr. r-Fr. r-Sr. Fr. r-So. 5th r-Fr. r-So. 5th Fr. r-Fr. r-Sr. Fr. r-Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. r-Sr. r-So. r-Fr. r-Jr. Fr. Fr. r-Fr. Fr. r-Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Memphis, Tenn. / Memphis University School Covington, Ga./ Newton HS Phenix City, Ala. / Central HS / LSU Detroit, Mich. / Belleville HS / Michigan State Starkville, Miss. / Starkville HS Madison, Miss. / Madison Central HS / Northwest Mississippi CC Oxford, Ala. / Oxford HS Detroit, Mich. / Martin Luther King HS / East Mississippi CC Houston, Texas / Manvel HS Warner Robbins, Ga. / Warner Robins HS Miami, Fla. / Champagnat Catholic HS The Woodlands, Texas / St. Pius X / Arizona Pine Bluff, Ark. / Pine Bluff HS Ecru, Miss. / North Pontotoc HS Jackson, Miss. / Callaway HS / Jones County JC Winona, Miss. / Winona HS Orange, Texas / West Orange-Stark HS / Iowa Western CC Senatobia, Miss. / North Panola HS / Itawamba CC Memphis, Tenn. / Whitehaven HS Grove Hill, Ala. / Clarke County HS Baton Rouge, La. / Madison Prep Academy Denton, Texas / Denton Ryan HS Monticello, Ark. / Drew Central HS New Orleans, La. / Edna Karr HS North Little Rock, Ark. / North Little Rock HS Texarkana, Texas / Texas HS Knoxville, Tenn. / Farragut HS / Tennessee Batesville, Miss. / South Panola HS Harlem, N.Y./ Mater Dei HS / Butler CC Paris, Tenn. / Henry County HS Cordova, Tenn. / Cordova HS Brentwood, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy / Austin Peay Houston, Texas / Cypress Falls HS Nashville, Tenn. / East Nashville Magnet Dothan, Ala. / Dothan HS North Little Rock, Ark. / North Little Rock HS Madison, Miss. / Madison Ridgeland Academy / Northwest CC Grenada, Miss. / Grenada HS Memphis, Tenn. / White Station HS Memphis, Tenn. / Memphis University School Bartlett, Tenn. / Bartlett HS Carrollton, Ga. / Carrollton HS Courtland, Ala. / Austin HS / Auburn/Miami Memphis, Tenn. / Ridgeway HS Baton Rouge, La. / Woodlawn HS Whiteville, N.C. / Whiteville HS Newport, Ark. / Newport HS Nashville, Tenn. / Ensworth HS / Iowa Western CC Jackson, Tenn. / University School of Jackson Columbia, Tenn. / Columbia Academy Memphis, Tenn. / Whitehaven HS / Fullerton CC/Western Illinois Searcy, Ark. / Cabot HS Marrero, La. / John Ehret HS Ripley, Tenn. / Ripley HS Chattanooga, Tenn. / McCallie HS Humble, Texas / Atascocita HS Jacksonville, Fla. / Bartram Trail HS Marietta, Ga. / Marietta HS Memphis, Tenn. / White Station HS

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Harold Nash III Sanchez Blake Jr. Preston Brady Ja’Len Sims Bryce Edmondson Reid Flanagan Spencer Rich Cole Mashburn Caleb Clayton Noah Grant Treysen Neal Royce White Devontae Dobbs Brackston Alford Jeremy Boyland Jr. Austin Myers Dedrick Smith Cincir Evans Dylan Parham Rodney Newsom Braunson White Noah Upchurch Johnny Westbrook Cade Taylor Jonah Gambill Hank Pearson Makylan Pounders Jacob Likes Evan Fields Michael Denson Javon Nelson Matt Dale Conner Coleman Mitchell Gildehaus Tim Marmino Davin Dyal Shamar Nash Diego Martinez John Hassell Khi Mathieu Koby Drake Caden Prieskorn Jeremy Tate Jr. Errington McRae Braxton Crouse Cameron Blaylock James Stewart Meonta Kimbrough William Whitlow Jr. Zy Brockington Wardalis Ducksworth Cam’Ron Jackson Kajuan Robinson

DB DB LS LB LB TE LB LB DB K LS OL OL OL LB OL LB LB OL OL LB OL DL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL DL OL OL OL OL TE WR WR TE WR WR TE WR TE WR DL DL DL DL DL DL DL DL

5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-1 5-9 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-2 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-6 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-2

195 200 222 225 225 230 217 245 170 189 219 270 295 287 230 299 204 215 285 290 221 290 295 285 276 264 300 280 295 275 275 320 278 270 315 240 215 175 240 165 185 215 220 230 170 321 255 290 250 265 246 280 300

r-So. r-Sr. R-Sr. r-So. Fr. Fr. Fr. r-So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. r-So. r-Fr. Fr. r-Sr. Fr. r-Jr. r-Sr. r-Fr. Fr. Fr. r-Jr. r-Fr. r-Fr. Fr. Fr. r-So. r-Jr. r-Jr. Fr. r-Sr. r-Fr. r-Fr. r-Fr. r-So. r-So. r-So. r-Sr. r-Fr. r-Fr. r-So. r-Jr. Fr. r-Fr. Fr. Fr. r-So. Fr. Fr. r-Sr. r-Fr. r-Fr.

W. Bloomfield, Mich. / St. Mary’s HS / Fork Union Military Acad.

Olive Branch, Miss. / Olive Branch HS Cordova, Tenn. / Evangelical Christian School Birmingham, Ala. / Fultondale HS Nashville, Tenn. / Ensworth HS Hernando, Miss. / Hernando HS Brentwood, Tenn. / Brentwood HS Norman, Okla. / Norman North HS Nashville, Tenn. / Pearl Cohn HS Memphis, Tenn. / Briarcrest Christian HS / Navy Lake St. Louis, Mo. / Wentzville Liberty HS Lagrange, Ga. / Troup County HS Belleville, Mich. / Belleville HS / Michigan State Knoxville, Tenn. / Alcoa HS Bartlett, Tenn. / Bartlett HS Houston, TX / Manvel HS / TCU Jacksonville, Fla. / Robert E. Lee HS Memphis, Tenn. / White Station HS / Coastal Carolina Carrollton, Ga. / Carrollton HS Memphis, Tenn. / Briarcrest Christian HS Memphis, Tenn. / Whitehaven HS Collierville, Tenn. / Collierville HS Memphis, Tenn. / First Assembly Christian School Jackson, Tenn. / University School of Jackson Cartersville, Ga. / Cartersville HS Germantown, Tenn. / Houston HS Byhalia, Miss. / Byhalia HS Memphis, Tenn. / Christian Brothers HS Sharpsburg, Ga. / East Coweta HS Rockwall, Texas / Rockwall-Heath HS / Tyler JC Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Riverdale HS Raymond, Miss. / Kemper County HS / Hinds CC New Albany, Miss. / Myrtle Attendance Center Washington, Mo. / St. Francis Borgia HS Memphis, Tenn. / Fayette Academy HS Cookeville, Tenn. / Cookeville HS / UT Martin Memphis, Tenn. / IMG Academy / Arkansas Berlin, N.J. / St. Joseph HS Collierville, Tenn. / Collierville HS New Orleans, La. / St. Augustine HS White Hall, Ark. / White Hall HS Lake Orion, Mich. / Orchard Lake HS / Fork Union Military Acad.

Columbus, Miss. / New Hope HS Forrest City, Ark. / Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber HS Collierville, Tenn. / Collierville HS Memphis, Tenn. / Greater Praise Christian Academy Brentwood, Tenn. / Brentwood Academy Memphis, Tenn. / Overton HS / Kentucky Christian Millbrook, Ala. / Stanhope Elmore HS Moultrie, Ga. / Colquitt County HS Mize, Miss. / Mize HS / Jones County JC Haynesville, La. / Haynesville HS Bryant, Ark. / Bryant HS

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I E ho‘omālamalama i kō mālama, cultivating the potential within each member of our community, is the mission of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Located in the most diverse community and environment in the world, UH Mānoa is a globally recognized center of learning and research with a kuleana (responsibility) to serve the people and places of Hawai‘i, and our neighbors in the Pacific and Asia. UH Mānoa cultivates creative and innovative leaders who mālama (care for) our people, our places and our ways of knowing in order to sustain and transform our islands and the world.

Our mission is to be locally and globally recognized as a premier student-centered, Carnegie Research 1, community-serving university grounded in a Native Hawaiian place of learning that summons our rich knowledge systems to help mālama Hawai‘i and the world for future generations.

UH Mānoa is committed to being the leading Indigenous-inspired university in the country, and proudly delivers a unique multicultural global experience rooted in the Native Hawaiian host culture. With strong commitments to excellence in teaching, providing services to communities and world-class research, we are consistently ranked among the top 2% of the nation’s and world’s universities each year by the most prestigious higher education ranking organizations.

Established in 1907, UH Mānoa is the largest and oldest of the 10 UH campuses. We offer

affordable, world-class higher education to the people of Hawai‘i and students from around the world with hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs.

UH Mānoa is highly regarded in multiple disciplines including tropical agriculture, tropical medicine, oceanography, astronomy, electrical engineering, data visualization, volcanology, evolutionary biology, comparative philosophy, comparative religion, Hawaiian studies, Pacific Islands studies, Asian studies, and Pacific and Asian regional public health.

UH Mānoa is also one of 115 Carnegie R1: Research Universities, considered the top tier in the country. UH Mānoa researchers provide world-class expertise to local, national and global leaders on important issues including sustainability, climate, food systems and Hawai‘i’s unique health issues. It is one of only a handful of universities nationwide to hold the distinction of being a land-, sea-, sun- and space-grant institution, and is ranked in the top 50 public universities in research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. The university attracted more $352.6 million in research funding in the past fiscal year alone.

Complimenting the outstanding academics in research is the campus itself, regarded as one of the most beautiful in the country. UH Mānoa is an in-

ternationally accredited arboretum by Morton Arboretum, as the 320-acre campus is home to more than 6,000 plants representing more than 700 species. It has also been recognized as a Tree Campus USA for 12 consecutive years with 4,000 trees and 500 species from all over the world.

UH Mānoa sports the only NCAA Division I athletics program in the state of Hawai‘i. Consisting of 21 men’s, women’s, and coed teams, the majority of its teams compete in the Big West Conference with football a member of the Mountain West Conference. UH Mānoa, which became a member of the NCAA in 1946 and joined its first major intercollegiate conference in 1979, boasts seven national team championships and 11 national individual champions.

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The 2021 season proved to be a roller coaster of a year for the University of Hawai‘i football team but one that will conclude with the program’s fourth consecutive bowl appearance.

It began in the offseason as the team was forced to relocate to a new stadium after its home of more than 40 years – Aloha Stadium – was shuttered during the pandemic. UH’s home practice facility, the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex was retrofitted to seat 9,000 and marked the first time football would be played on campus. However, while fall camp was about to commence, the team learned

they would start the season without fans in atten dance becoming the only such school in the country to do so.

Most media pundits wouldn’t have predicted a 10th trip to the EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl as the Rainbow Warriors were picked in the preseason to finish fifth in the MW’s West Division. But two straight wins to close out the regular season and the creation of a new bowl in the 11th hour enabled the Warriors to do just that despite a 6-7 record.

With a pair of Pac-12 opponents and the defending Mountain West champion scheduled in the first four weeks of the season, UH got off to a rocky 1-3 start. But momentum shifted back in the team’s

favor with a sweep of New Mexico State in a rare in-season, homeand-home series and a shocking upset of then-No. 18-ranked Fresno State, UH’s first win over a nationally ranked opponent in over a decade.

At 4-4, the Rainbow Warriors needed three wins in their final five games to lock up an automatic bowl berth. But a turbulent threegame losing streak, capped by a lackluster loss to UNLV for the Island Showdown Trophy seemed to end that hope. Hawai‘i hosted its Senior Night against Colorado State – the second game without attendance restrictions – and scored a season-high 50 points and generated 535 yards of total offense in the win. The following week, the Warriors jumped out to a 31-7 halftime lead and totaled 490 yards in a dominant road win at Wyoming, which gave the program its first win in Laramie in 30 years and reclaimed the Paniolo Trophy.

Under second-year head coach Todd Graham, Hawai‘i finished in

a tie for fourth place in the West. Led by first-team all-conference defenders Khoury Bethley and Darius Muasau, the Warriors rank among the nation’s leaders in takeaways and have scored five defensive touchdowns. Both have recorded 100+ tackles on the year and Muasau became the third UH defender in the last decade to reach 100 tackles in consecutive seasons.

In addition, cornerback Cortez Davis leads the country in pass breakups.

Offensively, receiver Calvin Turner, Jr. leads the team with 12 touchdowns and 1,523 all-purpose yards while fellow wideout Nick Mardner is on the verge of his first 1,000-yard season Quarterback Brayden Schager is one of just 13 true freshmen to start an FBS game this season and is 2-1 as a starter.

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In his first two seasons as the University of Hawai‘i head football coach, Todd Graham has led the Rainbow Warriors to a pair of bowl appearances, something no other coach in program history has accomplished.

Hawai‘i’s appearance in the EasyPost Hawai‘i Bowl this season marks the program’s 10th all-time trip to the bowl game. Graham also guided the Warriors to a New Mexico Bowl championship last season with a 28-14 victory over Houston, which handed him his 100th career victory.

The Mesquite, Texas native currently ranks No. 24 among active head coaches with 106 career victories over five programs. UH’s |season-ending win over Houston also made him the first Hawai‘i coach to post a winning record in his debut season since June Jones (9-4) in 1999.

Playing a season exclusively of Mountain West games due to the pandemic, UH was one of only 17 FBS teams nationally to play the entire COVID-shortened season without cancellation or postponement. By season’s end, UH earned just its third-ever invitation to a mainland bowl game.

Graham came to Mānoa with 12 years of head-coaching experience at the FBS level, most recently with Arizona State (2012-17) where he led the Sun Devils to five bowl appearances in six years. He has also molded bowl-caliber squads at each of his previous three stops in Rice (2006), Tulsa (2007-10) and Pittsburgh (2011).

In 14 years as a head coach, 12 of his teams appeared in bowl games; four won conference divisional titles; and three finished the season nationally ranked. He earned two conference Coach of the Year awards with Rice (2006) and ASU (2013). His Tulsa teams led the nation in total offense in consecutive years in 2007 (543.9 ypg) and 2008 (569.9).

Twelve of his former assistant coaches have gone on to head coaching positions including eight current head coaches — Dan Lanning (Oregon), Gus Malzahn (UCF), Mike Norvell (Florida State), Jay Norvell (Colorado State), Billy Napier (Florida), Chris Ball (Northern Arizona), Jake Spavital (Texas State), and Ryan Silverfield (Memphis).

Several others moved on to Power 5 coordinator positions.

At ASU, Graham compiled a 46-32 mark. The 46 wins were the most in a six-year span in program history. He was the only head coach to lead ASU to bowl eligibility in each of his first four seasons. ASU’s Sun Bowl victory in 2014 capped a second straight 10-win season under Graham and resulted in a No. 12 national ranking.

At 41, Graham received his first head-coaching position at Rice in 2006. He led the program to a seven-win season and its first bowl game in 45 years, and was named C-USA Coach of the Year. In 2007, Graham was named head coach at Tulsa. Three of his teams won 10 or more games and each of those teams won bowl games. In addition, two of those three teams competed in the Conference USA championship game. Graham led the Golden Hurricane to consecutive C-USA West Division titles in 2007 and ‘08 and one shared West Division title in 2010.

Prior to his collegiate head-coaching career, Graham also helped lead his alma mater East Central University from a .500 program to NAIA national champions in his third year while serving as the team’s defensive coordinator from 1991-93.

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No 73 19 14 45 0 9 69 12 5 56 80 6 38 22 59 37 18 38 78 49 16 68 28 52 86 5 33 8 19 10 34 46

Name Nate Adams Kamali‘i Akina^ Connor Apo Payton Awaya^ Chima Azunna^ O’tay Baker Stephan Bernal-Wendt Josh Bertholotte Khoury Bethley Mark Blocker II Kamuela Borden Zion Bowens Nasjzaé Bryant Colby Burton^ Andrew Choi David Cordero Cortez Davis^ Kamalu DeBlake Ka‘ena Decambra Keola Downing Armani Edden Ra Elkington Nalu Emerson Ezra Evaimalo Ben Falck Jake Farrell Steven Fiso Eugene Ford^ Quentin Frazier^ Michael Graham James Green III Kyler Halvorsen

Pos OL QB QB LB DB DL OL LB DB DL TE WR RB DB DL RB DB LB OL P QB OL DB DL PK QB TE DB DB DB WR PK/P

No 51 77 81 11 43 42 47 94 35 14 99 72 75 84 4 2 7 8 70 53 66 3 27 9 31 1 13 85 3 27 74 83

Name George Hooker Austin Hopp Grey Ihu Jordan Johnson Tariq Jones Jonah Kahahawai-Welch Noa Kamanā Alema Kapoi Hekili Keliiliki Von Killins Jonah Laulu Kohl Levao^ Ilm Manning Nick Mardner Ty Marsh DJuan Matthews^ Zacchaeus McKinney Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala Arasi Mose Darius Muasau Sergio Muasau Hugh Nelson II Koali Nishigaya Jonah Panoke Dedrick Parson Penei Pavihi Jalen Perdue Caleb Phillips James Phillips Asher Pilanca Gene Pryor^ Karsyn Pupunu

Pos LB OL WR RB DL LB LB DL TE DB DL OL OL WR DB DL DL WR OL LB OL DB WR WR RB LB DB TE RB DB OL WR

No 97 13 25 98 2 30 23 79 76 55 51 61 50 16 48 82 49 44 17 90 7 36 64 40 52 71 4 46 6 10 43

Name Zach Ritner Brayden Schager Dior Scott Fo‘i Shaw Matthew Shipley Landon Sims Jared Smart^ Micah Soliai Howlett Zhen Sotelo Blessman Ta‘ala Maurice Ta’ala Eliki Tanuvasa Justus Tavai Logan Taylor Derek Thomas^ Dayton Toney Pita Tonga^ Wyatt Tucker Isaiah Tufaga John Tuitupou^ Calvin Turner Jr.^ Solo Turner Kauka Umiamaka D.J. Utu Solo Vaipulu Micah Vanterpool Jalen Walthall Harvey Welch Riley Wilson Kolby Wyatt Ronson Young

Pos DL QB RB FB PK/P TE WR OL OL DL OL OL DL LB DL WR DL LS LB DL RB/WR DB OL LB OL OL WR DB LB TE RB

NOTE: Per Mountain West policy, player classifications have been advanced although the 2020 season did not affect eligibility. Those that wish to take advantage of their extra year will be listed as a senior again after their original eligibility would have been exhausted. Freshman who played in four games or less in 2020 did not have their class standings advanced.

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RAINBOW WARRIORS NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO NAME

0 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 16 16 17 18 19 19 21 22 23 25 27 27 28 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 40 42 43 43 44 45 46 46 47 48 49 49

Chima Azunna^ Penei Pavihi Matthew Shipley DJuan Matthews^ James Phillips Hugh Nelson II Jalen Walthall Ty Marsh Jake Farrell Khoury Bethley Zion Bowens Riley Wilson Calvin Turner Jr.^ Zacchaeus McKinney Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala Eugene Ford^ Jonah Panoke O’tay Baker Kolby Wyatt Michael Graham Jordan Johnson Josh Bertholotte Brayden Schager Jalen Perdue Connor Apo Von Killins Armani Edden Logan Taylor Isaiah Tufaga Cortez Davis^ Kamali‘i Akina^ Quentin Frazier^ Tiger Peterson Colby Burton^ Jared Smart^ Dior Scott Koali Nishigaya Asher Pilanca Nalu Emerson Landon Sims Dedrick Parson Steven Fiso James Green III Hekili Keliiliki Solo Turner David Cordero Nasjzaé Bryant Kamalu DeBlake D.J. Utu Jonah Kahahawai-Welch Ronson Young Tariq Jones Wyatt Tucker Payton Awaya^ Kyler Halvorsen Harvey Welch Noa Kamanā Derek Thomas^ Keola Downing Pita Tonga^

POS

DB LB PK/P DL RB DB WR DB QB DB WR LB RB/WR DL WR DB WR DL TE DB RB LB QB DB QB DB QB LB LB DB QB DB DB DB WR RB WR DB DB TE RB TE WR TE DB RB RB LB LB LB RB DL LS LB PK/P DB LB DL P DL

HT

6-0 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-5 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-4 5-10 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-9 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-3 5-8 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2

WT 200 245 175 275 155 205 165 180 215 200 200 190 195 270 175 210 185 240 235 195 175 215 215 175 185 175 185 200 225 180 180 195 195 185 190 175 160 175 205 205 205 200 175 235 205 180 210 210 220 230 195 235 215 215 175 185 190 230 175 285

CL Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr.

EXP

TR 3L 1L 2L 2L TR HS HS SQ 3L 1L 1L 1L TR 1L 4L 1L JC TR HS HS HS HS 1L HS SQ RS 1L 1L 2L 1L 1L 2L TR 2L 1L 1L SQ 2L HS TR 2L 2L 3L TR HS TR HS HS 2L JC HS 2L 1L HS HS 2L 3L TR TR

HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL

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NO NAME

50 51 51 52 52 53 55 56 59 61 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 90 94 97 98 99

Justus Tavai Maurice Ta’ala George Hooker Solo Vaipulu Ezra Evaimalo Darius Muasau Blessman Ta‘ala Mark Blocker II Andrew Choi Eliki Tanuvasa Kauka Umiamaka Sergio Muasau Ra Elkington Stephan Bernal-Wendt Arasi Mose Micah Vanterpool Kohl Levao^ Nate Adams Gene Pryor^ Ilm Manning Zhen Sotelo Austin Hopp Ka‘ena Decambra Micah Soliai Howlett Kamuela Borden Grey Ihu Dayton Toney Karsyn Pupunu Nick Mardner Caleb Phillips Ben Falck John Tuitupou^ Alema Kapoi Zach Ritner Fo‘i Shaw Jonah Laulu

POS DL OL LB OL DL LB DL DL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL TE WR WR WR WR TE PK DL DL DL FB DL

HT 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-5 6-1 6-5 6-6 6-6 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-6 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-6

WT 295 305 230 300 245 230 300 230 230 320 300 340 355 310 360 300 350 325 310 280 270 315 305 310 250 175 175 195 190 230 220 300 270 240 290 280

CL Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

EXP

2L SQ HS 3L SQ 2L 3L SQ 3L 2L SQ 1L SQ 2L 1L 3L 3L HS 3L 3L HS TR HS 1L 1L SQ SQ HS 3L TR SQ 1L 1L 2L 2L 3L

HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL

Inglewood, Calif. (El Camino College) Aua, American Samoa (Faga’itua HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan HS) Riverside, Calif. (Corona Centennial HS) Wai‘anae, O’ahu (Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama) ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu (Mililani HS) Aua, American Samoa (Faga’itua HS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Lawndale HS) Honolulu, O‘ahu (Kaiser HS) Honolulu, O‘ahu (Eastern Illinois) Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu (Castle HS) ‘Ewa Beach, O’ahu (Mililani HS) La‘ie, O‘ahu (Kahuku HS) Honolulu, O‘ahu (Salesian HS) Honolulu, O‘ahu (Saint Louis School) Phoenix, Ariz. (Phoenix Central HS) Aberdeen, Wash. (CC of San Francisco) Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound HS) Visalia, Calif. (College of the Sequoias) Glendale, Ariz. (Apollo HS) Wai‘anae, O‘ahu (Kapolei HS) Minnetonka, Minn. (Western Illinois) Wai‘anae, O‘ahu (Saint Louis School) Honolulu, O‘ahu (Kahuku HS) Pearl City, O‘ahu (‘Iolani School) Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu (Campbellsville University) Frisco, Texas (Prestonwood Christian Academy) Lahaina, Maui (Kamehameha-Maui) Mississauga, Ont., Canada (Clarkson Secondary) Encinitas, Calif. (Stanford) Riverside, Calif. (San Bernardino Valley College) Vaitogi, American Samoa (East Los Angeles College) Kapolei, O’ahu (Navy) Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS) Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu (Farrington HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS)

NOTE: Per Mountain West policy, player classifications have been advanced although the 2020 season did not affect eligibility. Those that wish to take advantage of their extra year will be listed as a senior again after their original eligibility would have been exhausted. Freshman who played in four games or less in 2020 did not have their class standings advanced.

^ - indicates 2021 super senior

COACHING STAFF

Todd Graham, Head Coach Kody Cooke Assistant Head Coach/Strength & Conditioning Coach Trent Figg Associate Head Coach Defense/Defensive Backs Bo Graham Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Victor Santa Cruz Defensive Ends Dan Phillips Defensive Line Sam Bennett Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends A’Lique Terry Offensive Line Marcus Davis Wide Receivers Jacob Yoro Linebackers Abe Elimimian Running Backs Kim McCloud Cornerbacks

Landon Keopple Colin Shaffer Ryan Matviko Chris Ortiz Josh Buford Koa Ka‘ai PJ Minaya Joey Phillips Jordan Pu‘u-Robinson Addisyn Goodson Chandler Enegren

Director of Football Operations Video Coordinator Quality Control (Special Teams) Quality Control (Offense) Quality Control (Defense) Graduate Assistant (Offensive Line/TE) Graduate Assistant (QB/WR) Graduate Assistant (Defensive Backs) Graduate Assistant (Defensive Line) Director of On Campus Recruiting Executive Assistant

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