University Of Hawaii Warriors: The Roster Breakdown: Quarterbacks

So here we are yet again. Coming off the high of the NFL Draft, seeing where all the top college juniors and seniors are going, and more specifically where UH players were going and to be even more specific, where Colton James Brennan was going.

Well, he did get drafted in Round six to the Washington Redskins. I see him with good future figuring that when the season ended the 'Skins signal caller was Todd Collins. Excuse me, who? I feel Colt will have good showing in his career in top-flight football.

But the team of the undefeated regular season is no longer together, and the way the rest of the country sees it, Hawaii won't do much of anything this year. Some are saying the Warriors will flounder, others say it will be a re-building year, and others say we will be decent.

I am leaning towards the last of the three and a hint of the second. Anytime you have a star leave, it’s rebuilding in some way. In fact, you always rebuild. Whenever any player moves position or leaves school, you need to re-train to get things back to the way they were.

While Hawaii does have some "weaknesses," people also probably are not giving enough credit where credit is deserved.

The Quarterbacks

This race between what it seems will come down to Inoke Funaki and Tyler Graunke is probably is hot as Graunke v. Brennan if not hotter. Inoke Funaki was a star QB at Kahuku during the Leonard Peters, Tala Esera era and led the team to the State Title consecutive years in 2001 and 2002.

He then served his church mission for two years in the Dominican Republic. He came in looking just as strong with room for improvement. He has done so over the last three years as well.

In 2007, Funaki a 5-foot-11 195-pounder was 10-of-15 with 136 yards and three TDs with a passer rating of 208.8. His freshman year, he played mostly on special teams as a kick holder, but made appearances behind the center three times.

Most notably, he went 5-of-10 for 120 yards against Eastern Illinois.

Tyler Graunke led Salpoint Catholic High School to back-to-back regional titles in 2003 and 2004. He also set a season record for passing yards in a season and was 193-300 with 38 TDs his senior year.

Sounds like a Colt Brennan to me. He then came in, set to be the Heir to the Timmy Chang throne until the "almighty" Colt showed up on campus. Tyler than took his place as the No. 2 man during Colt's three years of stardom. Graunke has experience however.

The 6-foot 185-pounder appeared in 10 games while making two starts for UH during his junior year in Manoa. He completed 90-of-137 passes for 1,234 yards and 10 TDs including a come from behind win against Nevada on the road, winning 28-26 in which Dan Kelly became known as “The Iceman.”

In his sophomore year Graunke played in seven games, completing 32-of-43 passes for 501 yards and four TDs with a 74.4 percent completion rating and an efficiency rating of 202.99. In his freshman year, he appeared in 10 games making starts against USC and San Diego State.

His most notable games were USC and Utah State in which he threw for 127 yards and a touchdown going 12-of-17 while also rushing for 43 more against USC. Against Utah State, he went 5-of-8 with 74 yards and a TD.

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