Campaign for John Estes

HawaiiAthletics.com has a new web page for John Estes which will promote his All-America, Rimington Award and Lombardi Award candidacies. It includes an intro video as well as a link to a photo gallery. The site will be updated throughout the season.

Estes also has a Twitter account: @JohnEstes55

And Stephen Tsai has an interview with Estes. Here's an excerpt:

On his summer training:

"I've been working out every day. I lift every day. (UH conditioning coaches) Tommy Heffernan and Mel deLaura have helped me out. I work out twice a day. I'm doing drills. I'm eating well. I've gained weight. I'm around 300 pounds now. My freshman year I was 275. I was 293 last year, now I'm 300. It's a good weight. I think I can get bigger in my upper body. I'm working on my upper-body strength this summer."

On working with four offensive line coaches in five years:

"If you count (Mike) Cavanaugh (who resigned shortly after signing day), it's five. It's six if you count (former center) Samson (Satele). I still take what I was taught when I got here. It's set and punch. I take little things from each coach. Coach Gordy (Shaw) has helped me on run-blocking a lot this year, getting up to the next level, and hitting your landmarks. Zone-blocking and inside zone are helping me out a lot. We'll see how it goes."