University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2024 (Sophomore)

• Appeared in all 12 games as the team’s primary kick and punt returner. 
• Also saw time at receiver and in the backfield, starting four contests at running back.
• Led the team in all-purpose yards (768).
• Tallied 186 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 23 receptions.
• Carried the ball 39 times for 162 yards, averaging 4.2 yards per carry.
• Returned 18 kickoffs for 298 yards and nine punts for 122 yards and a touchdown.
• His 13.6 yards per punt return average was the third-highest single-season average at UH. 
• Selected to the Jet Award Midseason Watch List recognizing the nation’s top return specialist.
• In a season-opening win over Delaware State, scored on a 44-yard punt return, marking UH’s first punt return for a touchdown in 12 years.
• Finished with a career-high 83 punt return yards against Delaware State.
• Named the Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the performance.
• Recorded a touchdown reception in three straight games.
• Tallied a season-high 66 rushing yards and had three catches for 21 yards in UH’s road win at Fresno State.

2023:

• A team captain.
• Appeared in four games.
• Carried the ball 27 times for 93 yards and had seven catches for 26 yards.
• Started in three straight games against Vanderbilt, Stanford, and UAlbany to start the season.
• Sidelined for the final nine games of the season.
• Redshirted.

• All-Mountain West honorable mention
• True freshman ranked second on the team with 634 yards rushing on 83 carries
• Also second on the team in all-purpose yards (755).
• Ranked second nationally among freshmen in yards per attempt (7.6). 
• Led the team and tied for sixth nationally among freshmen with seven runs of 20+ yards.
• Had scoring runs of 69 against Utah State and 54 at Michigan. 
• Rushed for a season-high 103 yards on 11 carries versus Wyoming. 
• Also had nine catches for 82 receiving yards on the year.
• Tallied a season-high four catches for 48 yards at Fresno State.
• Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

• Attended the Air Force Prep Academy in Colorado in the fall of 2021.
• Previously enjoyed two standout seasons at Plano Senior High School in Texas.
• Rated three stars by 247sports.
• As a junior, rushed for 1,082 yards and scored 13 touchdowns, while earning all-district first-team honors.
• As a sophomore rushed for 779 yards and 11 touchdowns and was named 9-6A’s Offensive Newcomer of the Year.
• Also a track standout who ran a 11.14 100-meters.
• Played at Mount Pleasant HS as a freshman.

• Born in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
• Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
• Has six siblings.
• Parents are Marquis Hines of Dallas, Texas and Shanita Talbert of Plano, Texas.