UH Football
Austin has fractured foot
Hawaii almost came out of its spring football game unscathed injury-wise.
But freshman quarterback Shane Austin suffered a fracture in his right foot at the April 26 Warrior Bowl. He is expected, however, to be healthy in plenty of time for the start of fall camp in early August.
Austin said he landed awkwardly after throwing a shovel pass to Jake Heun that went for a touchdown.
"Nobody was around me. I just planted on it wrong and something popped," Austin said.
Austin said a stress fracture from earlier in camp may have weakened the bone.
"There's no good time to be injured, but if there was this would be it," he said. "I'll be back by early June."
Austin ended spring practice locked with senior Jake Santos at third string, behind co-No. 1s Inoke Funaki and Tyler Graunke. Two JC transfers, Greg Alexander and Brent Rausch, are expected to arrive this summer and get long looks.
Offensive coordinator Ron Lee said it hasn't been decided yet how many quarterbacks will enter fall camp.
"We don't know yet, it depends on the summer," Lee said.
