Proving there is no speed limit in recruiting, the University of Hawaii football team secured commitments from three fast transfers.<\/p>\n
Wideout Max Ware of Arizona State and cornerbacks Semaj \u201cJet\u201d James of Troy and Zion Allen of Southern Utah have accepted scholarship offers and will join the Rainbow Warriors at the end of this month. Each has two seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n
Ware, who is 6 feet 1 and 195 pounds, was laser-timed running the \u201cflying 10\u201d at 23.35 mph. The discipline measures the top speed point in a 10-yard dash.<\/p>\n
Fulfilling his nickname, James has been clocked at sub-4.4 seconds over 40 yards and 23 mph in the flying 10. Allen has sprinted the 100-meter dash in 10.5 seconds, and recorded 24.3 mph in the flying 10.<\/p>\n
Ware will add speed and size at outside receiver. Wideout Jonah Panoke completed his eligibility last November, and Dekel Crowdus entered the transfer portal last week. Earlier, the Warriors signed two receivers from the portal \u2014 Jackson Harris of Stanford and Brandon White of Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just really fell in love with the coaches and the culture they\u2019re building in Hawaii,\u201d said Ware, who was on a UH-sponsored recruiting visit last week. \u201cI felt the connection instantly. I wanted a little change of scenery but also more of an opportunity. That\u2019s why I left (ASU), even though it\u2019s home. I felt there was a better opportunity somewhere out there. I didn\u2019t know where, but I found it in Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ware was a basketball player through his sophomore year at Brophy High in Phoenix. He joined the football team midway through his junior year, and was a starter as a senior. Herm Edwards, who was ASU\u2019s head coach at the time, recruited Ware to the Sun Devils. A month into the 2022 season, Edwards was fired. Ware redshirted as a freshman in 2022, traveled with the Sun Devils for all the road games in 2023, and played against rival Arizona and in the Big 12 championship game last year.<\/p>\n
With Cam Stone\u2019s graduation and Caleb \u201cC-Bo\u201d Brown\u2019s transfer to Virginia Tech, the Warriors were seeking to reload the corner positions. Two weeks ago, the Warriors signed Ben Drake of Sierra College. James and Allen bring speed and man-coverage aggressiveness.<\/p>\n
Three years ago, James and Brown were the starting cornerbacks at Butler Community College. Brown signed with UH and James went to Troy. After Brown entered the portal, James told him: \u201cMan, it\u2019s supposed to be me and you\u201d at UH.<\/p>\n
James expressed enthusiasm in choosing the Warriors. \u201cWhat made me pick Hawaii wasn\u2019t just the coaching staff, it was the environment and the players,\u201d James said. \u201cI was looking for an opportunity because I didn\u2019t really get one at my old school. But I know the type of player I am and what system fits me perfectly. The coaches made me feel welcome to showcase my talents when I get the opportunity to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
At 6 feet and 200 pounds, James is a rugged cover defender who can stick with wideouts and inside receivers. \u201cI told them I can play nickel, too,\u201d said James, who matched up against receiver Devonte Ross in Troy\u2019s practices last year. Ross recently transferred to Penn State.<\/p>\n
James is capable of squat-lifting 475 pounds and bench-pressing 315 pounds.<\/p>\n
Allen, who is 6-1 and 175 pounds, grew up in Stockton, Calif., and was at BYU for two seasons, redshirting his first year. He then transferred to Southern Utah last year. After entering the portal, Allen went on a UH recruiting trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel the family atmosphere really made me feel comfortable and at home,\u201d Allen said. \u201cI feel this coaching staff has a lot of depth and experience, which is good.\u201d<\/p>\n
He meshed with defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman and cornerbacks coach PJ Minaya. \u201cI think Coach Thurman is a really good coach, and I can\u2019t wait to go work with him and all the coaches on the staff,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n
Allen also embraced a defensive scheme in which the corners are often in man-to-man coverages. \u201cI love playing press-man, \u201d Allen said. \u201cThat\u2019s my favorite thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Proving there is no speed limit in recruiting, the University of Hawaii football team secured commitments from three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,10664],"class_list":{"0":"post-22972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-uh-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114449307690512068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}