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2011 Warrior Football Outlook: Special Teams

Outlook Part 1: Quarterbacks
Outlook Part 2: Running Backs
Outlook Part 3: WIde Receivers
Outlook Part 4: Offensive Line
Outlook Part 5: Linebackers
Outlook Part 6: Defensive Line
Outlook Part 7: Secondary

With fall camp underway and the season opener versus Colorado nearly two weeks away, HawaiiAthletics.com breaks down the 2011 Warrior football team, position by position. The series concludes today with a preview of the UH special teams.
 

Starters Returning: Shane Austin (H), Alex Dunnachie (P), Luke Ingram (LS),
Starters Lost: Scott Enos (PK), Ryan Henry (PR), Dustin Blount (KR)
Letterwinners Returning: Royce Pollard (KR), Allen Sampson (KR)
Redshirts: Tyler Hadden (PK)
 

Returning to the UH sidelines to coach the secondary is veteran coach Dick Tomey, a 29-year Division I head coach with Hawai'i, Arizona, and San Jose State. Tomey, who spent 10 years at UH, will have three key positions to fill on the special teams unit.

Among them is at placekicker, where Scott Enos departed with six school records. Redshirt freshman Tyler Hadden, a Whittier, Calif., native is one of two  frontrunners for the starting position. Hadden was rated as the 10th best kicker in the country by Chris Sailer Kicking out of high school. Kenton Chun, a senior transfer from Southern Oregon, enjoyed an outstanding spring, catapulting him into the discussion as a starter.  Kyle Niiro (Kaiser HS) who also enjoyed a solid spring is also in the mix.

Allen Sampson and Royce Pollard are the only returnees with kickoff return experience. As a true freshman last season, Sampson averaged 20.3 yards on 15 kick returns. The punt returner spot is also up for grabs. In the spring, Sampson and freshman Samson Anguay were the top contenders. Newcomer Mike Edwards and Scott Harding, a former Australian Rules Football player, have also emerged as strong candidates in the return game.

Junior punter Alex Dunnachie, of Heidelberg, Australia, had a breakthrough season in 2010, averaging 43.0 yards per punt, third-best in the WAC. Long snapper Luke Ingram, a junior from Mililani, O'ahu, has been steady in each of his two seasons at UH.

 
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