Coaches' Bonuses, More on David Graves

Ferd Lewis details the bonuses coaches will be receiving for the team's appearance in the Hawaii Bowl.

Stephen Tsai has another article about David Graves' commitment to UH. He's already been running part of Hawaii's offense:

The past summer, the Folsom coaches called UH offensive coordinator Ron Lee for information about the Warriors' version of the four-wide offense. Folsom, which also runs a spread offense, has two UH-inspired plays: "Hawai'i" and "Hawai'i Switch."

"Folsom runs a complex passing game," Taylor said. "He learned to run the show, and he's very good at it. He's smart and competitive. I think he's a great fit for Hawai'i."

Joe Davidson of the Sacramento Bee writes about Graves' commit.

"It's a dream come true," Graves said. "I'm so excited about this. We ran a lot of the same concepts as Hawaii. I feel like I can fit right in."

Graves was a wide receiver in 2007. He burst onto the scene in 2008 and completed 72 percent of his passes for 2,771 yards and 40 touchdowns in 11 games. He rushed for 696 yards and 11 scores in averaging nearly five touchdowns and 315 yards of offense a game.

"This is great news for David," Folsom coach Kris Richardson said. "Hawaii will be a great fit."

Dan Hinxman of the Reno Gazette-Journal writes about Graves' having to decommit from Nevada.

The Pack, which returns all four quarterbacks from the 2008 season, including starter Colin Kaepernick (a junior in 2009), had received verbal commitments from two high school quarterbacks this season. David Fales, from Palma High in Salinas, Calif., is the other.

"I think Reno is getting one heck of a quarterback (in Graves)," Richardson told the RGJ in October. "He's a phenomenal high school quarterback. He's athletic, intelligent. He's got great charisma. He's a great football player. He's as good as you get in high school football.

"If he's a 6-3 guy, he's a top national prospect. Reno's going to love him. I guarantee it. I can't say enough about him. I love the kid."

Here's David's stats from this season. The page also includes an auto-play video interview with him and Folsom teammate Andrew Benavides.