Showing posts with label Haouli Jamora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haouli Jamora. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Go Purple, Be Gold Post-Season Awards

Things have been pretty busy here at at go Purple Be Gold, and we haven’t been able to keep as up to date as we would like, but nonetheless, we’re going to continue posting as often as is possible. Over the next few days, we are going to look back at the season, and recognize the “Newcomer (Rookie) of the Year” for offense, defense, and Special teams.

Defensive Newcomer of the Year: There is really only one choice here, and that is Hau'oli Jamora. He started the year as a back-up only receiving spot playing time. Due to some injuries, and improved play on his part, he became a full time starter after a dominant performance against Oregon State. A real athlete who at times both rushed the QB and also dropped back into pass coverage. He was constantly in the backfield disrupting plays, and by the time the Holiday bowl rolled around, was playing his best football of the season. While this may have come as a surprise to many,We here at Go Purple, Be Gold had a pretty good idea of what Jamora was capable of before the season started. His stats for the season:

Hau'oli Jamora
13 games 33 solo tackle 16 assists 49 total tackles 8.0 TFL 3.0 sacks 1 FF

Congratulations Hau’oli for receiving Go Purple Be Gold’s First Defensive Newcomer Of The Year!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Kona Schwenke coming to UW?


In a surprise move that has surprised a lot of people, BYU has pulled their scholarship offer to 4-star verbal commit Kona Schwenke. This comes after BYU laid down an the ultimatum that he would lose his scholarship offer if he chose to pursue trips to both ND and UW.

Total Blue Sports reporter Brandon Gurney, has written an article detailing how all of this went down.

Cougar fans, are already in full meltdown mode.

If Schwenke indeed chooses UW, it will be quite the recruiting coup for Coach Sark, who has detailed the teams need to be deeper on both the offensive and defensive lines.

I'll keep tabs on this story, and may be posting more about Kona Schwenke if it appears that he is going to sign with UW.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Hauoli Jamora


A couple years down the road, and we could very well be talking about the possiblity of Daniel Te'o Nesheim's career sack record being broken. By who? Hauoli Jamora. I've done some digging around on this recruit to find some information for the fans out there, hopefully this will satisfy you!

From an observer at the All-Poly Camp:
"Jamora is going to make fans happy at either DE or DT, no fat on the kid now and he's approaching 240 lbs at about 6-0 or 6-1 (he's not 6-2). He has a high motor and plays mean, definitely has that "poly switch". He also dominated in the one-on-ones we saw"

ESPN also wrote an article detailing three standout defensive lineman from the annual Game Plan Football Academy, which is a four-day event where high school prospects can come and receive instruction from college coaches during a padded camp.

This is what they said:
"It didn't take long to see there was a lot of defensive line talent at the Game Plan Football Academy. Three defensive linemen stood out against the offensive line in the one-on-one competition, and in both the base blocking and pass-protection drills it was these three who dominated the opposition and refused to be blocked:
Hauoli Jamora, DE, (Kahuku, HI)

Jamora was extremely impressive in his overall performance. He was consistently quick out of his stance and immediately struck a jarring blow with his hands into the frame of the blocker. He played with great leverage and was able to press every opposing lineman into the backfield on run blocks, extending his arms and churning his legs while maintaining inside pad control.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder was equally successful during pass-rush competition. He did a good job of mixing up his techniques and counters by using the short swim and power rip moves, among others, to make penetration and defeat the man across from him. It's not surprising that this guy is coming on strong on the recruiting front and already has been offered by BYU and Wyoming.

Jamora can develop into a very solid player once he adds some bulk. We look forward to further evaluating him, but based off his performance at the camp he is certainly a serious sleeper at the end position in the 2010 class."

Jamora had committed early to BYU (How many players are they going to lose to us?) following the lead of his teammate Kona Schwenke, but this was before any camps and before he had started to garner the attention he is now receiving. He wisely chose to reopen his commitment and Sark and his crew did a great job landing him.

Here's a Highlight video, sorry about the quality, but it's the only one I could get my hands on:


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