DL Makai Manuwai participated in the pre-Spring 2017 walk-on tryouts (with 21 other non-PWO candidates) and joined the team to eventually become a regular DL rotation player during the 2018 & 2019 seasons.Irse wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:08 pmThe guys who get chance are preferred walkons who don't need to go through the tryouts.cabanalane wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:42 pmI didn't know the odds are that slim. What's the point of the walk-on, to find that 4/100 let's say? I thought walk-on tryouts was for guys that get chance. Look more like "no chance."BigWave96744 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:56 am
Looking back at some prior post, in 2010 almost 100 guys showed up, about 4 got selected, 1 eventually made the team (Kawika Borden) and eventually played at LS until his senior year
In 2012, about a 100 came out, 4 got selected, 2 made the team (Joel Ragsdale & Tyler Brown) but never played
So it's like a needle in the haystack
https://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/foot ... uwai/18753
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Also, hybrid LB/SS Noa Kamana participated in the pre-Spring 2019 walk-on tryouts (with probably around 20 or so other non-PWO candidates) and joined the team to be a regular contributor on Special Teams for the 2019 through 2021 seasons.He then decided to enroll at UH as a regular student for the 2016 fall semester. At the time, he had several relatives in Hawaii, including his first cousin, Vince Manuwai, a former UH and NFL offensive lineman.
That semester he came in contact with Legi Suiaunoa, who had been hired to coach the Rainbow Warriors’ defensive linemen. Manuwai was among 22 UH students to participate in the walk-on tryouts in February 2017.
Manuwai, who played tight end and defensive end at South Bedford, aced the audition and “they let me on the team.” A week later, Suiaunoa was promoted to defensive coordinator.
Manuwai can play the 3 technique (opposite the gap between the offensive guard and tackle) and strong-side end known as the “bandit.” In one of the sub-packages, Manuwai aligns at nose tackle.
“He works hard,” head coach Nick Rolovich said of Manuwai. “He does whatever we ask him to do. He has a little bit of a (former Warrior) Zeno Choi role where he can do a bunch of things for us because he’s smart and cares a lot. It’s important to him.”
Logo said Manuwai is a quick study. “He can mentally execute the assignment,” Logo said. “It takes once or twice, and he’s got it.”
https://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/foot ... mana/20005
https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/foot ... -warriors/
If true frosh DL Tali Moe is able to show potential during Spring Ball and gets invited back to the Fall roster, I could envision that he could eventually become a DL contributor (on a path similiar to Manuwai).Noa Kamana, a former Punahou linebacker, has been added to the Warriors’ spring roster as a defensive back.
Kamana, who is 6 feet 185 pounds, played a combo linebacker for Pacific as a true freshman in 2017. Earlier this month, Kamana impressed at UH’s walk-on tryouts, earning a spot with the Warriors.