Part #1: Quarterbacks  |  Part #2: Offensive Line  |  Part #3: Running Backs & Fullbacks  |  Part #4: Wide Receivers & Tight Ends  |  Part #5: Defensive Line
 
University of Hawai'i's season opener against Southern California is less than a month away, and with fall camp underway, HawaiiAthletics.com will breakdown the 2013 Rainbow Warrior football team, position-by-position. Today's feature is the UH linebackers.
 
VIDEO: Coach Tuioti on the Linebackers
 
Starters Returning: Brenden Daley, Jerrol Garcia-Williams, Art Laurel
Starters Lost: None
Lettermen Returning: Kamalani Alo, Benetton Fonua, TJ Taimatuia, Lance Williams
Newcomers: Julian Gener, Tevita Lataimua, Drake Miller, Kawehi Sablan
 
The University of Hawai'i linebacker corps is arguably the deepest position on the team with seven players returning who started at least one game last season. The unit, which did not lose any significant player, welcomes two junior-college standouts and one highly-rated freshman.
 
Art Laurel, a senior from Wahiawa, O'ahu, is the veteran of the group having made 21 starts over the last two seasons. He enters his final year with 122 career tackles, including 28.0 for loss, and 13 sacks.
 
Middle backer Brenden Daley, a senior from Moorpark, Calif., tallied 26 tackles while making five starts last season. Jerrol Garcia-Williams, a sophomore from Las Vegas, Nev., made seven starts as a true freshman and finished with 33 tackles.
 
Also returning are Kamalani Alo, a senior from Hau'ula, O'ahu, Benetton Fonua, a sophomore from Kahuku, O'ahu, TJ Taimatuia, a junior from Fagasa, American Samoa, and Lance Williams, a sophomore from Honolulu.
 
All four made starts last season, including Alo, who recorded 36 tackles and two forced fumbles and Taimatuia, who had 33 tackles and two pass breakups.
 
Among the newcomers include JUCO-transfers Julian Gener, a junior from West Covina, Calif., and Tevita Lataimua, a junior from San Bruno, Calif. Gener led Mt. SAC to the state championship game and was named a first-team All-American and Central Conference's defensive player of the year. Lataimua was a two-time all-conference pick out of College of San Mateo.
 
Freshman Drake Miller, of Bingham High School, was one of the top recruits from the state of Utah.