Spring Day 13 Wrap-Ups

Stephen Tsai writes about Inoke Funaki doing it all.

McMackin said the "Noke" is a complement to the base four-wide offense.

"Basically, it's a third-down, red-zone deal," McMackin said. "But with Inoke's talent, it can go beyond that."

Tsai also writes about cornerback and pre-med major Steven Christian balancing football and school, Brashton Satele trying to lose weight, and some scholarship news:

McMackin announced that defensive tackle Tuika Tufaga would go on scholarship this summer. Tufaga is part of the three-player rotation at the two defensive tackle positions.

Earlier, it was announced that quarterback Shane Austin would receive a scholarship.

That leaves one available scholarship for a current walk-on. The leading candidates are slotback Jon Medeiros, running back Jayson Rego, linebacker Corey Paredes, defensive ends Victor Clore and Liko Satele, and kicker Brett Symonds.

I'm thinking it has to be Rego, but they all seem deserving. Tough decision!

Jason Kaneshiro takes a look at the receivers, highlighting the JC transfers who redshirted last year.

"Redshirting was a wonderful thing," slotback Ryan Henry said. "It gave me a chance to get stronger, put on some weight, get familiar with the offense and just adapt to being out here. It was a blessing in disguise and the coaches knew what they were doing."

Not suiting up on Saturdays still left the redshirts with opportunities to contribute on game weeks.

"It was kind of hard to accept it at first, but after that I took pride in being on the scout team and took it as a learning experience and a chance to get physical with the starting defense," said Henry, who played some quarterback when the Warriors were preparing for an option team.

Kaneshiro has some news and notes about Funaki as well as Friday's alumni reception and Saturday's Junior Day and Warrior Bowl.