Spring Practice Day 8 Reports

Some brief reports of Day 8 from Stephen Tsai:

• Inoke Funaki continues to impress as a running back, breaking off two more long runs.
• Remember defensive tackle Chris Leatigaga? He was a heralded recruit in 2007. But he did not play that season because of a torn meniscus, and he was down on the depth chart last season. But he has earned a lot of reps in recent practices.

And Jason Kaneshiro:

>> Right tackle Laupepa Letuli sat out today’s practice, but is expected to return on Wednesday. Adrian Thomas took his place with the first team. “We didn’t give up any sacks and he played admirably in there,” offensive line coach Gordy Shaw said of Thomas, a junior from Australia. “He’s a very improved football player through eight practices.”