2026 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Depth Chart
Hawaii’s QB room enters 2026 as one of the most intriguing in the Mountain West. Micah Alejado, the 2025 Mountain West Freshman of the Year, returns as the unquestioned QB1 after throwing for 2,832 yards and 21 TDs in just 10 games — but he is sidelined this spring recovering from a worsening ankle injury. That vacancy has allowed portal addition Bjorn Jurgensen (Virginia) to absorb first-team reps under OC Anthony Arceneaux’s Run-and-Shoot, making him the clear QB2 and the most dynasty-relevant handcuff in the conference. True freshman Maika Eugenio, an early enrollee with serious Gorman pedigree, rounds out the room at QB3 and is a legitimate long-term stash. When healthy, Alejado is a 300-pass-attempt dynamo in this system with elite fantasy upside.
At the skill positions, retaining Pofele Ashlock — Hawaii Bowl MVP with 704 receiving yards in 2025 and 220 receptions over three seasons — is the single biggest offseason win for fantasy managers. He slots as WR1 in a system that targets slot receivers relentlessly. Washington transfer Audric Harris (6-1, Bishop Gorman alum) arrives as an experienced slot option with Power 4 reps, projecting comfortably to WR2. The WR3–WR6 tiers belong to a trio of P4 portal additions — Tre’ Griffiths (Oklahoma State), Carson Brown (Iowa State), and Diezel Kamoku (Utah) — alongside returner Tama Uiliata competing for the inside slot opposite Ashlock. At running back, Cam Barfield (All-MW, 361 rush yards, 9.1 touches/game) steps into the RB1 role vacated by graduated Landon Sims, with Kansas State transfer DeVon Rice expected to complement as the 1B. Early enrollee TJ Fo’ilefutu is the developmental RB3 to roster in deeper dynasty formats.
The special teams situation is genuinely murky: consensus All-American kicker Kansei Matsuzawa graduated and departed for the NFL Draft, leaving an open competition between returning kickoff specialist Sean Olvera-Harle and Texas transfer Gehrig Heil. Olvera-Harle gets the slight edge given familiarity with the program. Devon Tauaefa — a 6-5, 220-pound Saint Louis product transitioning from WR to TE — projects as the TE1 in a system that rarely features tight ends prominently, but Hawaii’s power-package usage of the position grew in 2025 and provides modest dynasty upside.