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2021 Football Roster

Russ Cannon

35 Hekili Keliiliki

35 Hekili Keliiliki

  • Position:
    Tight End
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 / 235
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bentonville, Ark.
  • Highschool:
    Bentonville HS

Summary

Biography

2021:
  • Played 12 games on special teams and as a reserve tight end.
  • Hauled in two catches for 22 yards with catches in each of the final two games of the season.
  • Prior to the season, named to the Wuerffel Award Watch List for the second straight year.
  • Earned academic all-MW honors.
  • Also named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
2020:
  • Missed first three games due to injury.
  • Played in five straight contests, including a start vs. San Jose State.
  • Played on special teams and spot duty on offense.
  • Named to the Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watch List, honoring college football's most impactful leaders in community service.
  • Earned academic all-MW honors.
  • A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
2019 (Sophomore):
  • Played in all 15 games.
  • A key member of the special teams unit while also seeing spot time at running back.
  • Carried the ball 17 times for 85 yards, averaging 5.0 yards per game. 
  • Had a season-long 23 yard rush at Nevada (Sept. 28).
  • Earned academic all-MW honors.
  • Also earned the team’s Jenny Matsuda Scholar Athlete Award.
  • Earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award.
  • A Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
2019 Game-by-Game Statistics

2018 (Freshman):

  • Played in nine games, primarily on special teams.
  • Start in the backfield in UH’s regular-season finale at San Diego State.
  • Earned academic all-MW honors.
2018 Game-by-Game Statistics

2017:
  • Redshirted. 

Prior To UH:

  • Served a two-year Mandarin-speaking church mission in Brisbane, Australia. 

Prep:

  • A 2015 graduate of Bentonville High School in Arkansas.
  • Helped Tigers win three conference titles and back-to-back Arkansas 7A state championships.
  • As a junior, rushed for 771 yards and 11 touchdowns…also scored one touchdown receiving.
  • Named all-conference first-team pick as a junior.
  • Selected to the 7A all-state team his senior season as a defensive lineman.
  • Finished career with 1,113 yards rushing and 17 TDs and 138 tackles, 14 tackles-for-loss and four forced fumbles.
  • Also a track standout, earning all-conference and all-state honors.
  • Helped Bentonville to the state championship while competing in the 100-meter, discus and decathlon.
  • Prior to Bentonville, attended Maple Mountain High School in Spanish Fork, Utah, where he was part of the 2012 state champion track squad while competing as a freshman in the sprints.
  • Recipient of the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award.
  • Graduated with a 4.0 GPA as an AP Scholar, member of the National Honor Society and an Eagle Scout.

Personal:

  • Born in Orem, Utah.
  • Major is biology and Chinese.
  • Born and raised in Utah but has roots in Hawai‘i with three of his four grandparents of native Hawaiian ancestry.
  • Moved to Arkansas as a high school sophomore.
  • Has three brothers and two sisters.
  • Has a wife, Sally, and a daughter, Anuhea.
  • Parents are Chance and Kehaulani Keliiliki of Bentonville, Ark. 
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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2017Freshman

    Running Back
    6'2" 225 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    6'2" 225 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'2" 225 lbs
    44
  • 35

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Running Back
    6'2" 235 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2021Senior

    Tight End
    6'2" 235 lbs
    35