Hawai‘i Trio Wins Mountain West Honors – University of Hawai’i at Manoa Athletics

HONOLULU – University of Hawai’i quarterback Brayden Schager, linebacker Jamih Otis, and return specialist Tylan Hines received Mountain West Player of the Week honors following the Rainbow Warriors’ 35-14 season-opening victory over Delaware State.
 
All three were instrumental in helping Hawai’i win its first season-opener since 2020 and the first home-opener under in the Timmy Chang era. The Rainbow Warriors scored the final 21 points in the game to extend their win streak over an FCS opponent to 21 straight.
 
In the victory, Schager passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more, which was just the seventh time a UH quarterback accomplished the feat since 2000. Hines’ 44-yard punt for touchdown was Hawai’i’s first in 12 years while Otis led the team with a career-high 11 tackles in his first career start at middle linebacker.
 
Offensive Player of the Week
Brayden Schager, Quarterback (6-3, 220, Sr., Dallas, Texas)

• Completed 17-of-34 pass attempts for 203 yards and two touchdowns in UH’s 35-14 victory over Delaware State
• Scored a pair of rushing touchdowns (15 and 1 yards respectively) for
  his first multi-rushing touchdown game of his career
• Rushed 10 times for  38 yards
• Threw TD passes of 11 yards to Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala in the first quarter and 29 yards to Dekel Crowdus in the fourth quarter
• Completed 9-of-14 attempts for 131 yards in the second half
• Made his 23rd straight start at quarterback dating back to 2022, which is the third longest in program history

 
Defensive Player of the Week
Jamih Otis, Linebacker (5-11, 215, So., Las Vegas, Nev.)

• Racked up 11 total tackles, including eight solo stops in UH’s 35-14 victory over Delaware State
• Tallied his first career sack among his 2.5 tackles for loss
• Also had one quarterback hurry
• Made his first career start
• Led a defense which allowed only 260 yards of total offense and recorded 11 tackles for loss and five sacks

 
Special Teams Player of the Week
Tylan Hines, Return Specialist (5-7, 175, So., Mt. Pleasant, Texas)

• Scored on a 44-yard punt return late in the first quarter, which was UH’s first punt return TD in 12 years
• His 61 punt return yards were the most by a UH player in a game since 2014
• Also returned two kickoffs for 38 yards with a long of 22
• Tallied 99 all-purpose yards

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