Fall Practice - Day 5: Singing, Injuries, Kickers, Salas

Stephen Tsai details the singing-in-front-of-everybody all the first-year Warriors must do.

In what has become an annual tradition, rookies are asked to stand in the middle of the campus dining room — in front of teammates and other UH students — and sing.

"The thing is you can't be scared doing it," freshman safety Le'Marcus Gibson said. "You get up there, do what you have to do, and get down as quick as possible. And hope you don't get booed."

Lotsa luck.

"Almost all of them got booed," said Adam Leonard, a junior linebacker.

Also in the article:

• Injury updates on Blaze Soares, John Estes and Laupepa Letuli.


• Punter Tim Grasso has taken over placekick holding duties from Inoke Funaki.


• Briton Forester is competing at punter and placekicke.r


• Kicker Dan Kelly now weighs 212 pounds, adding more muscle in the offseason. Woe be the fool who encounters Kelly on a kick return.


• Starting corners Gerard Lewis and Myron Newberry talk about being perimeter kick-blockers.

Dave Reardon talks to coach Cal Lee about Blaze Soares' injury.

Linebackers coach Cal Lee said another player's helmet knocked Soares' shoulder out of place.

"He had it last spring, too," Lee said. "It's one of those things. I'm going to work on getting him a larger set of shoulder pads. But he likes the small ones, for speed."

Reardon also writes that Joey Lipp received reps at center.

And Billy Hull profiles receiver Greg Salas.

His athletic catches have caught the eye of receivers coach Ron Lee, but as is the case with most players in his position, consistency is the key.

"The thing with him right now is that he'll make a big catch and then he'll disappear for the next few plays," Lee said. "It's something all the young kids go through and he'll get better at it."

He'll end up being an awesome receiver for the Warriors.