Fall Camp: Day 3 Wrap-Ups

Stephen Tsai writes that Malcolm Lane will redshirt this season.

University of Hawai'i wideout Malcolm Lane will redshirt this season to focus on academics.

"This way I can work on graduating while I'm here," said Lane, who has not redshirted during his first three UH seasons.

Lane is in good academic standing with the school and NCAA.

The move allows him to accumulate enough credits to graduate after the 2010 season.

"We have mutually agreed Malcolm will redshirt during the 2009 season," UH head coach Greg McMackin said. "This will help him work toward a degree."

Jason Kaneshiro takes a look at the chemistry of the offensive line.

"It's like (former UH great Jesse) Sapolu said, he just looked at his teammates and they knew what to do," guard Ray Hisatake said. "We're in the beginning stages of that now."

Most of the Warriors' offensive line, led by five senior starters, stayed in town much of the summer, building chemistry as they toned their physiques.

After Gordy Shaw was hired as the new offensive line coach last February, the Warriors established a starting five that held throughout spring practice and into the early stages of fall camp.

All-America candidate John Estes returns as the hub of the line, flanked by Hisatake and Raphael Ieru at the guard spots. Laupepa Letuli and Aaron Kia return as the tackles.

Kaneshiro also notes injuries to Brashton Satele and Billy Ray Stutzmann.

Kalani Takase writes about linebacker Corey Paredes practicing with the first team, Tank Hopkins cramping up, and Aaron Bain being hired as a student manager.

In a move that will help to fill the vacancy left by assistant receivers coach Craig Stutzmann, former Warrior slotback Aaron Bain will be a student manager this season.

"He can help us on the field and he gets another year of education," McMackin said. "He's been here, Aaron obviously really knows the offense and can be a big help to us this season."

Bain, who caught 52 passes for 557 yards and six touchdowns last season — including eight grabs for 102 yards and two TDs in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl — will be on scholarship.

Dave Reardon takes a look at the hype surrounding safety Aaron Brown.

WHEN I first heard all the hype about Aaron Brown, I thought, poor guy. If he's anything less than the second coming of Ronnie Lott, a lot of folks are going to be disappointed.

Of course Hawaii DBs coach Rich Miano is going to pump up his guys, but he's extra enthusiastic about Brown.

"He's violent, he's athletic, he goes to the ball and he's a great kid," Miano says. "He's handsome and charismatic and a bit of a YouTube sensation."

You can tell only so much from highlights. That's why they're called highlights. If the guy played like that all the time, they'd be called allthetimelights.

But I did learn something watching Brown's YouTube footage from Saddleback College: He is feared. The tape from 2007 is 4 minutes, 21 seconds long. The one from last year is just 2:27. What happened? Opponents learned you should avoid No. 23. Hence fewer picks, fewer crushing tackles. Same player, fewer highlights.

PHYSICALLY, THERE is no question this 6-foot-1, 205-pound beast (yes, someone's already given him The Label after just three days) is ready to play at Division I. The determinant on how soon he gets in is how quickly he learns.

And here are those highlights Reardon referred to.

2007:



2008:



Beast!