With fall camp underway, HawaiiAthletics.com will breakdown the 2018 Rainbow Warrior football team, position-by-position. UH's season-opener against Mountain West rival Colorado State is less than a month away.

Part #1 Linebackers | Part #2 Secondary| Part #3 Defensive Line | Part #4 Special Teams
Part #5 Receivers | Part #6 Offensive Line | Part #7 Running Backs | Part #8 Quarterbacks
 
Part #4 Special Teams
Starters Returning: Noah Borden (LS), Stan Gaudion (P), Alex Trifonovitch (PK)
Starter Lost: Keelan Ewaliko (KOR), Dylan Collie (PR)
Lettermen Returning: Ryan Meskell (PK)
Others Returning: Shawn McCarthy (LS)
Redshirts: Michael Boyle (PK)
Newcomers: Nino Alibegic (PK), Kekoa Sasaoka (PK)
 
The University of Hawai'i special teams unit returns three starting specialists in long snapper Noah Borden, punter Stan Gaudion and place kicker Alex Trifonovitch but lose the speed and agile skill that kickoff returner Keelan Ewaliko possessed. 
 
Noah Borden, a senior from Pearl City, O'ahu, is a three-year starter as the team's long snapper. In three seasons, he has had no bad snaps and last season, he took over both short and long snapping. For the second straight year, Borden is on the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, an award given to the player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.
 
Punter Stan Gaudion, who bolstered the Mountain West's fourth-best punting average at 42.1 yards per kick, was recently named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List, an award given to the nation's top punter. The redshirt sophomore from Melbourne, Australia appeared in all 12 games last season, with only one touchback in 58 attempts and 19 punts pinned inside the opponent's 20 yard line.
 
Placekicker Alex Trifonovitch played in all 12 games last season, taking all of the team's PAT attempts and was 3-of-5 in field goals. The 2015 Punahou School graduate converted 33-of-35 extra points, including five in wins over UMass, Western Carolina and San José State. Among his three field goals – all against UNLV – was a long of 38.
 
Junior Ryan Meskell performed all kickoff duties last season, averaging 57.7 yards per kick with two touchbacks. He also converted 1-of-4 field goal attempts with his only make a 29-yarder at UMass. 
 
Also competing for placekicking duties include redshirt freshman Michael Boyle and transfers Nino Alibegic (Meridian, Idaho) and Kekoa Sasaoka (Kailua, O'ahu).
 
Junior receiver John Ursua is a likely candidate at returner. In 2016, the Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i native logged eight punt returns for 63 yards, which included a 30-yard return against New Mexico.
 
Long Beach City College transfer Cedric Byrd is also among the candidates. The Los Angeles, Calif., native averaged 28.9 yards per return and had 22 punt returns for 324 yards, earning first-team all-conference honors.