Moves

Stephen Tsai writes that Brad Kalilimoku, who switched from inside linebacker to strong safety for the spring and fall, has now moved to outside linebacker.

"He's fast, he's tough, and he'll hit you," said George Lumpkin, who coaches the outside linebackers. "He'll do good over there."

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Kalilimoku joins a crowded competition. Against Alabama, UH rotated Tyson Kafentzis, C.J. Allen-Jones, Amani Purcell, Brashton Satele and Micah Lau at the two outside positions.

Mike Malala and Desmond Thomas now ascend to top backups at strong safety. Glanville also is moving freshman Spencer Smith from free safety to strong safety.

Hopefully Kalilimoku's hamstring heals enough for the UNLV game. The article also says that Jazen Anderson might see some time vs UNLV since he's doing well in practice, which included portraying Ken Darby on the scout team leading up to the Bama game.

Darby, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of the previous two seasons, was held to 25 yards on 16 carries.

"(Anderson) really helped us get ready for Darby," said linebacker Adam Leonard, who was in charge of tracking the Tide's inside running back.

Good to see he's working himself back onto the team.

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Speaking of Bama, Herman Frazier is looking into scheduling them again in the future. Go Herman!

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And finally, linebackers Blaze Soares and Amani Purcell should be seeing more playing time.

UH coach June Jones was impressed by Soares' play on special teams and said he should see more practice time at inside linebacker leading up to next week's home opener against UNLV.

"He did very well on special teams ... speed, athleticism and hitting," UH coach June Jones said.

The Warriors' defense and special teams are looking better and better.