Top Prospect Cal QB Davis Webb
College Football is nearly back and I don’t know if I could of waited another weekend. While the full slate of games won’t be kicking off for another week, this weekend we get Hawaii v Cal on Friday night from Sydney, Australia. While this match-up may not knock your socks off, there are a number of good reason to watch this game.
The first of which is that the Pac-12 North Division is wide open and with Cal’s offensive weapons they could certainly make a run at the division title. However, they need to replace QB Jared Goff and they are hoping that Texas Tech transfer Davis Webb can be that guy.
For Hawaii this is the first game for new Head Coach Nick Rolovich who was a former Hawaii QB. Rolovich is highly thought of and the one thing that many people expect is that he will improve an offense that was anemic last year.
Here are the prospects to know and watch in this game:
Hawaii
2017 Prospects
QB Ikaika Woolsey (#79 QB)
RB Paul Harris (#54 RB)
RB Steven Lakalaka (NR)
WR Marcus Kemp (#132 WR)
OT Leo Koloamatagi (NR)
OG RJ Hollis (#122 OG)*
DT Kennedy Tulimasealii (NR)
DT Kory Rasmussen (#97 DT)
OLB Jerrol Garcia-Williams (#46 OLB)
OLB Makani Kema-Kaleiwahe (NR) **
CB Jamal Mayo (#128 CB)
CB Jalen Rogers (#116 CB)
FS Damien Packer (#86 FS)
P Rigoberto Sanchez (#10 P)
*OG RJ Hollis will be playing RT
**OLB Makani Kema-Kaleiwahe will be playing DE
2018 Prospects
RB Diocemy Saint Juste (NR)
WR Ammon Barker (NR)
WR Keelan Ewaliko (NR)
OG Dejon Allen (#57 OG)*
OG Elijah Tupai (#108 OG)
OC John Wa’a (#42 OC)
DE David Manoe (#109 DE)
DE Meffy Koloamatangi (NR)
DT Penitito Faalologo (NR)
FS Daniel Lewis Jr (#81 FS)
SS Trayvon Henderson (#62 SS)
*OG Dejon Allen will be playing LT
California
2017 Prospects
QB Davis Webb (#11 QB)
RB Khalfani Muhammad (#12 RB)
OT Steven Moore (#33 OT)
OG Chris Borrayo (#23 OG)
OC Dominic Granado (NR)
DE DeVante Wilson (#39 DE)
DT Marcus Manley (NR)
CB Cameron Walker (NR)
CB Antoine Albert (#51 CB)
LS Bradley Northnagel (#4 LS)
2018 Prospects
RB Vic Enwere (#75 RB)
RB Tre Watson (#29 RB)
FB Raymond Hudson (#9 FB)*
OT Aaron Cochran (#28 OT)
DE Noah Westerfield (#26 DE)
DT Tony Mekari (#28 DT)
DT James Looney (#49 DT)
OLB Hamilton Anoa’I (#86 OLB)**
OLB Raymon Davison (#45 OLB)
SS Derron Brown (#115 OLB)
OLB Aisea Tongilava (#111 OLB)
ILB Devante Downs (#23 ILB)
CB Darius Allensworth (#30 CB)
K Matt Anderson (#9 K)
*FB Raymond Hudson will be playing WR
**OLB Hamilton Anoa’I will be playing ILB
Key Matchup:
Hawaii WR Marcus Kemp v. Cal CB’s Darius Allensworth, Cameron Walker, and Antoine Albert
Marcus Kemp is Hawaii’s biggest vertical weapon with great size (6’4, 200) and big play ability. He is rumored to have added 25 lbs of muscle this offseason so he will be tougher to jam and get off his routes. It will be up to Cal’s CB trio of Allensworth, Walker, and Albert to stop Kemp no matter he lines up. Look for Allensworth to be the CB he’s most often matched up again, however Walker is Cal’s best cover corner and will likely see some time on Kemp as well.
Best Prospect:
Cal QB Davis Webb
The 6’5, 225 lbs gunslinger from Texas Tech is a grad transfer who will try and step into the shoes that Jared Goff left. Sonny Dykes finally got his offense to click last year throwing for over 4,700 yards, but Cal has lost its top six receivers from last year and will need to rely on young playmakers to get the job done early. I expect Webb to hand the ball off to RB Khalfani Muhammad plenty early on in this game but with Hawaii likely to stack the box at some point Webb will need to make a few big throws down the field.
Please Note: All prospect rankings are per CBS Sports/NFL Draft Scout, these rankings can be found here.
