The Star-Bulletin's top 20 college football prospects from Hawaii high schools are ranked by Jason Kaneshiro and Dave Reardon after consultation with high school and college coaches. Other prospects are listed in alphabetical order. Out-of-state prospects considering Hawaii are compiled with assistance from coaches and recruiting services. The lists will be updated until Feb. 5, national letter of intent day, when high school players can first make their commitments binding. Asterisks indicate a player has been offered a scholarship by that college. Dates in parentheses are visit weekends. Prospect watch
HAWAII'S TOP PROSPECTS
No. Player Pos. School Ht. Wt. Colleges 1. Tolifili Liufau DE St. Louis 6-3 310 Hawaii*, USC, Wash., Wash. St (Dec. 13) 2. Jason Rivers WR St. Louis 6-2 193 Hawaii*, Ore., Wash., Wash. St. (Dec. 13) 3. Viliami Nauahi DB Kahuku 6-2 200 BYU* (Jan. 16), Hawaii*, Penn St., Utah*, Wash. 4. R.J. Willing OL Kamehameha 6-5 300 Alabama, BYU, Hawaii, Ore., Utah, Wash. 5. Pat So'oalo OL Kailua 6-6 285 Alabama, Dixie, Hawaii*, Ore., Utah, Wash. St. 6. Brandon Rodd OL Aiea 6-5 275 Ariz. St., Hawaii* (Dec. 6), Ore. (Jan. 17), San Diego St. (Jan. 3), Utah (Jan. 24), Wash. St. 7. Wilson Afoa DL St. Louis 6-3 260 Alabama, Hawaii*, San Jose St., Wash. St., Wash. 8. Michael Lafaele OL Farrington 6-1 275 Hawaii* 9. Jeremy Inferrera OL St. Louis 6-3 270 Hawaii*, Ore., Wash., Wash. St. 10. Timo Paepule DB St. Louis 6-0 210 Alabama, Hawaii*, Utah, Wash. 11. Quin Ah You DL Kahuku 6-3 310 Hawaii 12. Xavier Ho'olulu OL Kailua 6-4 290 Alabama, Hawaii, Ore., San Diego St., Utah 13. George Perry DB Kahuku 5-11 165 Hawaii 14. Bobby George QB St. Louis 6-0 185 Hawaii, Utah, Wash. 15. Frank Fernandez OL St. Louis 6-2 275 Stanford 16. Joseph Napeahi OL Kahuku 6-3 320 Hawaii 17. Taase Jennings OL McKinley 6-3 345 San Francisco CC 18. Tu Tui DB Kahuku 6-1 195 Hawaii, Wash. 19. David Alisa LB Kahuku 6-1 230 Hawaii 20. Blake Wong DB Iolani 6-1 190 Nevada, Utah OTHER PROSPECTS FROM HAWAII
Player Pos. School Ht. Wt. Colleges Ikaika Asinsin RB Nanakuli 6-1 245 Dixie, Nevada Aliikea Basham WR Campbell 6-2 180 Eastern Washington, Menlo, Hawaii Shane Butcher WR St. Louis 5-10 165 Justin Cabansag RB St. Louis 5-8 195 Matt Culver DB Punahou 6-2 190 McShane Dator QB Pac-Five 6-2 205 New Mexico, Northwestern Stan Fisher DB Punahou 6-3 185 Vili Fonokalafi DE Kailua 6-1 240 Dixie Kala Ka'aihue LB Iolani 6-1 228 Reyn Kaupiko OL Kamehameha 6-0 265 Nevada, Air Force, Navy Mapa Malupo RB Campbell 6-1 210 Menlo, Utah Brandyn McCall DE Pac-Five 6-5 202 Karl Noa DE Kamehameha 6-3 215 Hawaii Chris Perreira DL St. Louis 6-2 270 Hawaii, USC Caleb Spencer QB Kamehameha 6-1 170 Daniel Tautofi LB Kaimuki 6-2 230 Ariz., Hawaii, Nevada, Ore., Penn St. Josh Vierra WR Kamehameha 5-10 160 Matai Ware OL Aiea 6-3 270 Levi Wyman OL Aiea 6-1 240 MAINLAND AND SAMOA PLAYERS RECRUITED BY UH
Player Pos. Town Ht. Wt. Colleges Keoni Akina QB Austin, Texas 6-0 185 Hawaii, San Diego St., Baylor, SMU, Ariz. St., Ariz., N. Ariz., Wyoming Ray Bass CB Corona, Calif. 5-11 165 Arizona (Jan. 10), Cal (Dec. 20), Colo. St. (Dec. 13), Hawaii* (Jan. 31), Kansas (Jan. 24) Jesus Gamboa LB Harbor City, Calif. 6-0 225 Colo. St., Hawaii, Fresno St., Wash., San Diego St., Ore. Maikolo (Mike) Liti RB Santa Ana, Calif. N/A N/A Hawaii*, Colo. St.*, UCLA, USC Shane Lopes QB Goleta, Calif. 5-11 180 Ore. St., Boston College, Hawaii, Ariz., Notre Dame Brett Martin LB Corona, Calif. 6-1 215 Colo., USC, Cal, Hawaii*, Ore., Wash. Armani Purcell LB Pago Pago, N/A N/A Hawaii, Am. Samoa Desmond Reed CB Temple City, 5-9 175 USC, Colo. St., Hawaii, Notre Dame, Wash., Calif. Jack Rolovich QB San Marin, Calif. 6-3 195 Hawaii, Cal Joe Sample P/K Garnett, Kan. 6-0 210 Colo. St., Hawaii, Kan., Kan. St., Okla., Devin Stearns WR Gardena, Calif. 6-2 175 Ariz.*, Ariz. St.*, Colo*., Hawaii, UCLA* Eric Stewart DL Santa Cruz, Calif. 6-3 225 Ariz., Hawaii, Mich. St., USC, Wash., Drew Tate QB Baytown, Texas 5-11 170 Texas A&M*, Iowa, Hawaii, Houston, Tenn.