Fall Practice - Day 11: Allen Joneses, RBs, Maka, C.J.

Brian McInnis profiles the Allen-Jones brothers, C.J. and Cameron. Excerpt about C.J.:

Linebackers coach Cal Lee glowed about Allen-Jones' resilience.

"C.J.'s very talented. He's got speed and size," Lee said. "We need to get him on the field, either special teams or coming off the bench."

Excerpt about Cameron:

Coach June Jones envisions him possibly filling the roll that Reagan Mauia had last year, something that got Cameron salivating.

"All those positions kind of do the same thing, they're blockers first," said Jones, who has rarely used a tight end in more than 20 years of coaching. "He's a good athlete, and got good feet."

It's now a matter of working on his alignment and ball-catching.

"Jones, he'll give the walk-on players a shot," Cameron said. "He's that type of dude, he cares for his players and stuff. Just try to get out there, making big plays."

The Star-Bulletin staff write about the Warriors' three first team running backs.

Jones said his plan right now at running back is for David Farmer, Kealoha Pilares and Leon Wright-Jackson to share the significant time.

"Those three will all play about the same," Jones said.

Jones is just trying to hint that UH is running the wishbone this year. Dave Reardon backs it up with the all-too-curious phrasing in this article.

Jones said he tentatively plans to go with a three-headed monster of David Farmer, Kealoha Pilares and Leon Wright-Jackson as the "starters" against Northern Colorado on Sept. 1.

Shhhh!!!

Also in Dave's article:

• The safety battle between Keao Monteilh and Desmond Thomas is still very close.


• June Jones talks about Keoni Steinhoff and Keith AhSoon playing both offensive tackle positions.


• Francis Maka is a student of calculus physics, math and engineering. And he actually enjoys these things.

Stephen Tsai has more about Maka passing his summer classes, and his role on the football field.

Because he was enrolled in school, Maka was allowed to participate in training camp. But he had missed several practices while attending classes. Maka is a backup to left end Melila Purcell and right end Karl Noa.

"By learning both sides," McMackin said, "he doubles his chances."

Maka, who enrolled at UH in January, is listed as a senior, having played at Arizona and College of San Mateo. Because he was injured during one season at Arizona, he will petition the NCAA for a medical hardship that will allow him to play as a sixth-year senior in 2008.

Also in Stephen's article:

• An injury update on Brad Kalilimoku, Erik Pederson and others.


• The Warriors get to move out of the fall camp dance studios.


• A link to another Advertiser video.

And KGMB profiles receiver C.J. Hawthorne.

Hawthorne arrived in Manoa two years ago with visions of scoring touchdowns, not stopping them. But when the Warriors were short-handed on defense, Hawthorne made the switch, playing in all 14 games last season.

"As I look back, I wish I would have just kept him on offense cause he's going to be a really good player for us," UH coach June Jones said.

This year, Hawthorne's back doing what he knows best.

"High school through junior college, I was recruited as a wide receiver also so that's my original position," Hawthorne said. "That's where I'm most comfortable, most confident at. So I feel like I'm back at home, pretty much."