Josh Leonard Commits

Dave Reardon writes that JC All-American defensive lineman Joshua Leonard has committed to becoming a Warrior.

"It came down to the fan support and the team," Leonard said.

The 6-foot-2, 285-pound Sierra (Calif.) College athlete also had offers from Nevada, Wyoming and Florida International.

Leonard's father, Rick, was a college football teammate of UH defensive line coach Jeff Reinebold at Maine.

Stephen Tsai has more details.

Leonard, who is 6 feet 3 and 285 pounds, visited UH this past weekend. yesterday, he told the UH coaches he would go elsewhere, but changed his mind today.

"I was thinking more about trying to stay close to home," said Leonard, who lives in Sacramento. "But then I decided I wanted to go to a better program, a better team. I got to thinking how good of an opportunity Hawai'i was for me."

Leonard said Colt Brennan's decision to remain at UH was not an influence.

"I found out (about Brennan) after I called up to commit," Leonard said.

Leonard was named to the All-California first team, which is the equivalent of an All-America team. He also was named to the JC Grid-Wire All-America third team. He received a 4-star rating from Scout.com.

He can bench press 475 pounds and run 40 yards in 4.7 seconds.

Sounds like he'll be a great player for UH! Congratulations to Josh and the Warriors.

And just watch Colt Brennan's speech again. The set-up is great. And you know the rest!