Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football statistical leaders

Greg Salas holds the Rainbow Warriors' career receiving yards record.

The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football program in various categories, ^[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, Single season and career leaders. The Rainbow Warriors represent the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference (MW).

Although Hawaii began competing in intercollegiate football in 1909, the school's official record book considers ^[1] the "modern era" to have begun in 1968. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1968, college football seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. Additionally, the NCAA allows Hawaii to play one more game each season than institutions located on the U.S. mainland, ^[2] presumably as compensation for the costs required to travel to games on the mainland. In turn, this means that a typical Hawaii season now consists of 13 regular-season games, not counting possible conference championship games or bowl appearances.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. ^[3] The Rainbow Warriors have played in 10 bowl games since then. ^[4]
• The Rainbow Warriors also played in the 2019 MW Championship Game, giving players in that season yet another game to accumulate statistics.
• Since 2018, players have been allowed to participate in as many as four games in a redshirt season; previously, playing in even one game "burned" the redshirt. ^[5] Since 2024, postseason games have not counted against the four-game limit. ^[6] These changes to redshirt rules have given very recent players several extra games to accumulate statistics.
• Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the NCAA did not count the 2020 season against the eligibility of any football player, giving all players active in that season five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.

These lists are updated through Week 13 of the 2025 season. Players active for Hawai'i in 2025 are in bold. The 2025 Hawai'i Football Almanac does not list a top 10 for every statistic, sometimes only listing a single leader. ^[1]

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Timmy Chang 17,072 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Colt Brennan 14,193 2005 2006 2007 3 Bryant Moniz 10,169 2009 2010 2011 4 Brayden Schager 9,096 2021 2022 2023 2024 5 Cole McDonald 8,032 2017 2018 2019 6 Chevan Cordeiro 6,167 2018 2019 2020 2021 7 Dan Robinson 6,038 1997 1998 1999 8 Garrett Gabriel 5,631 1987 1988 1989 1990 9 Dru Brown 5,273 2016 2017 10 Raphel Cherry 5,046 1981 1982 1983 1984

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Colt Brennan 5,549 2006 2 Bryant Moniz 5,040 2010 3 Timmy Chang 4,474 2002 4 Colt Brennan 4,343 2007 5 Colt Brennan 4,301 2005 6 Timmy Chang 4,258 2004 7 Timmy Chang 4,199 2003 8 Cole McDonald 4,135 2019 9 Cole McDonald 3,875 2018 10 Dan Robinson 3,853 1999

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Bryant Moniz 560 2010 San Jose State 2 Colt Brennan 559 2006 Arizona State [7] 3 Colt Brennan 548 2007 Louisiana Tech 4 Colt Brennan 545 2007 San Jose State 5 Nick Rolovich 543 2001 BYU 6 Timmy Chang 534 2003 Louisiana Tech 7 Bryant Moniz 532 2010 Louisiana Tech 8 Dan Robinson 530 1999 Navy 9 Colt Brennan 515 2005 New Mexico State 10 Nick Rolovich 505 2001 Air Force

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colt Brennan 131 2005 2006 2007 2 Timmy Chang 117 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Bryant Moniz 75 2009 2010 2011 4 Cole McDonald 70 2017 2018 2019 5 Brayden Schager 60 2021 2022 2023 2024 6 Garrett Gabriel 47 1987 1988 1989 1990 7 Chevan Cordeiro 45 2018 2019 2020 2021 8 Nick Rolovich 40 2000 2001 9 Dan Robinson 39 1997 1998 1999 Sean Schroeder 39 2012 2013

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Colt Brennan 58 2006 2 Bryant Moniz 39 2010 3 Timmy Chang 38 2004 Colt Brennan 38 2007 5 Cole McDonald 36 2018 6 Colt Brennan 35 2005 7 Nick Rolovich 34 2001 8 Cole McDonald 33 2019 9 Timmy Chang 29 2003 10 Sean Schroeder 28 2013

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Nick Rolovich 8 2001 BYU

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Gary Allen 3,451 1978 1979 1980 1981 2 Diocemy Saint Juste 3,102 2013 2014 2016 2017 3 Michael Carter 2,528 1990 1991 1992 1993 4 Travis Sims 2,311 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Joey Iosefa 2,218 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 Larry Sherrer 2,174 1969 1970 1971 7 Jamal Farmer 2,124 1988 1989 1990 1991 8 Heikoti Fakava 2,111 1985 1986 1987 1988 9 Wilbert Haslip 2,073 1975 1976 1977 1978 10 Albert Holmes 1,941 1971 1972 1973

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Diocemy Saint Juste 1,510 2017 2 Travis Sims 1,498 1992 3 Alex Green 1,199 2010 4 Albert Holmes 1,146 1972 5 Paul Harris 1,132 2015 6 Larry Sherrer 1,129 1971 7 Michael Carter 1,092 1991 8 Nuu Faaola 1,064 1985 9 Gary Allen 1,040 1979 10 Gary Allen 1,006 1981 Diocemy Saint Juste 1,006 2016

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Alex Green 327 2010 New Mexico State 2 Pete Wilson 270 1950 BYU 3 Anthony Edgar 242 1982 Air Force Jamal Farmer 242 1989 Air Force 5 Diocemy Saint Juste 241 2017 Nevada 6 Wilbert Haslip 221 1977 Idaho 7 Joey Iosefa 219 2014 UNLV 8 Michael Carter 214 1991 Wyoming 9 Diocemy Saint Juste 205 2016 Nevada 10 Gary Allen 202 1979 UTEP Travis Sims 202 1992 UTEP Diocemy Saint Juste 202 2017 Western Carolina Diocemy Saint Juste 202 2017 San Jose State

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Michael Carter 39 1990 1991 1992 1993 3 Heikoti Fakava 31 1985 1986 1987 1988 Jamal Farmer 31 1988 1989 1990 1991 4 Larry Sherrer 26 1969 1970 1971 5 Joey Iosefa 21 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 Nate Ilaoa 20 2002 2003 2005 2006 Alex Green 20 2009 2010 8 Gary Allen 19 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 Steven Lakalaka 19 2013 2014 2015 2016 Dedrick Parson 19 2021 2022

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Thero Mitchell 21 2002 2 Jamal Farmer 18 1989 Alex Green 18 2010 4 Larry Sherrer 16 1971 Heikoti Fakava 16 1987 Michael Carter 16 1991 7 Nate Ilaoa 13 2006 8 Steven Lakalaka 13 2016 9 Albert Holmes 12 1972 Heikoti Fakava 12 1988

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Heikoti Fakava 5 1987 Yale

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Davone Bess 293 2005 2006 2007 2 Jason Rivers 292 2003 2004 2006 2007 3 Greg Salas 285 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Chad Owens 239 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Ryan Grice-Mullen 237 2005 2006 2006 6 Justin Colbert 212 1999 2000 2001 2002 7 Kealoha Pilares 209 2007 2008 2009 2010 8 Ashley Lelie 194 1999 2000 2001 9 John Ursua 189 2015 2016 2017 2018 10 Walter Murray 178 1982 1983 1984 1985

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Greg Salas 119 2010 2 Davone Bess 108 2007 3 Ryan Grice-Mullen 106 2007 Greg Salas 106 2009 5 Chad Owens 102 2004 6 Cedric Byrd II 98 2019 7 Davone Bess 96 2006 8 Justin Colbert 92 2002 Jason Rivers 92 2007 10 Davone Bess 89 2005 John Ursua 89 2018

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Kealoha Pilares 18 2010 Louisiana Tech 2 Greg Salas 16 2009 New Mexico State 3 Davone Bess 15 2007 Boise State 4 Chad Owens 14 2003 Army Davone Bess 14 2005 Fresno State Jason Rivers 14 2006 Arizona State [7] Ryan Grice-Mullen 14 2007 San Jose State Jason Rivers 14 2007 Louisiana Tech Jason Rivers 14 2007 Washington Cedric Byrd II 14 2019 Arizona

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Greg Salas 4,345 2007 2008 2009 2010 2 Jason Rivers 3,919 2003 2004 2006 2007 3 Davone Bess 3,610 2005 2006 2007 4 Ryan Grice-Mullen 3,370 2005 2006 2006 5 Ashley Lelie 3,341 1999 2000 2001 6 Chad Owens 3,031 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Justin Colbert 2,905 1999 2000 2001 2002 8 Walter Murray 2,865 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 John Ursua 2,662 2015 2016 2017 2018 10 Marcus Kemp 2,570 2013 2014 2015 2016

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Greg Salas 1,889 2010 2 Ashley Lelie 1,713 2001 3 Greg Salas 1,590 2009 4 Ryan Grice-Mullen 1,372 2007 5 John Ursua 1,343 2018 6 Kealoha Pilares 1,306 2010 7 Justin Colbert 1,302 2002 8 Chad Owens 1,290 2004 9 Davone Bess 1,266 2007 10 Dwight Carter 1,253 1999

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jason Rivers 308 2006 Arizona State [7] 2 Ashley Lelie 285 2001 Air Force 3 Chad Owens 283 2004 Michigan State 4 John Ursua 241 2017 UMass 5 Ashley Lelie 262 2001 BYU 6 Britton Komine 238 2002 Nevada 7 Cedric Byrd II 224 2019 Arizona 8 Dwight Carter 220 1999 Eastern Illinois 9 Kealoha Pilares 217 2010 Louisiana Tech 10 Royce Pollard 216 2011 Louisiana Tech

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Davone Bess 41 2005 2006 2006 2 Ryan Grice-Mullen 36 2005 2006 2006 3 Jason Rivers 35 2003 2004 2006 2007 4 Ashley Lelie 32 1999 2000 2001 5 Chad Owens 29 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Greg Salas 26 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 John Ursua 24 2015 2016 2017 2018 8 Chris Roscoe 22 1987 1988 1989 Kealoha Pilares 22 2007 2008 2009 2010 10 Walter Murray 20 1982 1983 1984 1985 JoJo Ward 20 2018 2019

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Ashley Lelie 19 2001 2 Chad Owens 17 2004 3 John Ursua 16 2018 4 Ryan Grice-Mullen 15 2007 Kealoha Pilares 15 2010 6 Davone Bess 14 2005 Davone Bess 14 2006 Greg Salas 14 2010 9 Davone Bess 13 2007 10 Ryan Grice-Mullen 12 2005

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chad Owens 4 2004 Northwestern Chad Owens 4 2004 Michigan State Ryan Grice-Mullen 4 2005 New Mexico State Jason Rivers 4 2007 Washington Chris Grant 4 2013 Wyoming Cedric Byrd II 4 2019 Arizona Cedric Byrd II 4 2019 Oregon State

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[8]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Timmy Chang 16,910 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Colt Brennan 14,740 2005 2006 2007 3 Bryant Moniz 10,681 2009 2010 2011 4 Brayden Schager 9,406 2021 2022 2023 2024 5 Cole McDonald 8,912 2017 2018 2019 6 Chevan Cordeiro 7,250 2018 2019 2020 2021 7 Garrett Gabriel 6,181 1987 1988 1989 1990 8 Michael Carter 6,032 1990 1991 1992 1993 9 Raphel Cherry 5,944 1981 1982 1983 1984 10 Dru Brown 5,586 2016 2017

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Colt Brennan 5,915 2006 2 Bryant Moniz 5,142 2010 3 Cole McDonald 4,518 2019 4 Timmy Chang 4,457 2002 5 Colt Brennan 4,455 2005 6 Colt Brennan 4,368 2007 7 Timmy Chang 4,273 2004 8 Cole McDonald 4,234 2018 9 Timmy Chang 4,139 2003 10 Dan Robinson 3,762 1999

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Bryant Moniz 581 2010 Louisiana Tech 2 Colt Brennan 574 2006 Arizona State [7] 3 Colt Brennan 561 2005 New Mexico State 4 Nick Rolovich 558 2001 BYU 5 Bryant Moniz 546 2010 San Jose State 6 Colt Brennan 544 2007 San Jose State 7 Colt Brennan 540 2007 Louisiana Tech 8 Timmy Chang 527 2003 Louisiana Tech 9 Dan Robinson 525 1999 Navy 10 Micah Alejado 523 2024 New Mexico

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the official NCAA term for combined rushing and passing touchdowns. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[9]

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colt Brennan 146 2005 2006 2007 2 Timmy Chang 123 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Bryant Moniz 88 2009 2010 2011 4 Cole McDonald 82 2017 2018 2019 5 Brayden Schager 68 2021 2022 2023 2024 6 Michael Carter 65 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Chevan Cordeiro 58 2018 2019 2020 2021 8 Garrett Gabriel 57 1987 1988 1989 1990 9 Dan Robinson 45 1997 1998 1999 10 Raphel Cherry 43 1981 1982 1983 1984 Dru Brown 43 2016 2017

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Colt Brennan 63 2006 2 Colt Brennan 46 2007 3 Bryant Moniz 43 2010 4 Timmy Chang 40 2004 Cole McDonald 40 2018 Cole McDonald 40 2019 7 Colt Brennan 37 2005 8 Nick Rolovich 34 2001 9 Timmy Chang 30 2003 Bryant Moniz 30 2011 Sean Schroeder 30 2013

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Nick Rolovich 8 2001 BYU

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Mana Silva 14 2000 2009 2010 2 Keoni Jardine 13 1977 1978 1979 1980 Kelvin Millhouse, Jr. 13 2001 2002 2003 4 Abraham Elimimian 12 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Harold Stringert 11 1972 1973 Kurt Kafentzis 11 1981 1982 1983 1984 Walter Briggs 11 1986 1987 1988 1989 8 Kent Kafentzis 10 1981 1982 1984 1985 9 Jeris White 9 1970 1971 1972 1973 Ken Shibata 9 1973 1974 Lyndell Jones 9 1979 1980 Quincy LeJay 9 1998 1999

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Walter Briggs 9 1989 2 Mana Silva 8 2010 3 Ken Shibata 7 1974 Quincy LeJay 7 1999 Nate Jackson 7 2000 6 Steve Adler 6 1970 George Lumpkin 6 1970 Jeris White 6 1971 Harold Stringert 6 1973 Tony Pang-Kee 6 1990 Mana Silva 6 2009

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Joe Kaulukukui 3 1938 San Jose State Gene Tokuhama 3 1966 Fresno State Hal Stringert 3 1973 Washington Tony Pang-Kee 3 1990 Cal State Fullerton Kenny Harper 3 1990 BYU Abraham Elimimian 3 2004 UTEP

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Solomon Elimimian 434 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Levi Stanley 366 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 3 David Dworsky 348 1969 1970 1971 4 Steve Lehor 326 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 Nate Jackson 316 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Adam Leonard 316 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Corey Paredes 315 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Jahlani Tavai 309 2015 2016 2017 9 Tadius Jefferson 298 1983 1984 1985 1986 10 Hyrum Peters 296 2000 2001 2002 2003

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Jeff Ulbrich 169 1999 2 Corey Paredes 151 2010 3 Tim Buchanan 148 1968 4 Randy Ingraham 145 1970 5 Tom Murphy 144 1977 6 Solomon Elimimian 141 2007 7 Levi Stanley 140 1973

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Eddie Klaneski 23 1996 Fresno State

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Mark Odom 36.0 1987 1988 1989 1990 2 Al Noga 33.0 1984 1985 1986 1987 3 Melila Purcell 20.0 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Pete Noga 19.0 1983 1985 1986 5 David Veikune 18.0 2006 2007 2008 6 Paipai Falemalu 16.5 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Alvis Satele 16.0 1981 1982 1983 1984 Art Laurel 16.0 2010 2011 2012 2013 9 Pisa Tinoisamoa 15.5 2000 2001 2002 10 Falaniko Noga 15.0 1980 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Al Noga 17.0 1986

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Mark Odom 4.0 1989 BYU

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Jason Elam 79 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 2 Justin Ayat 59 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Matthew Shipley 56 2020 2021 2022 2023 4 Dan Kelly 45 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Tyler Hadden 43 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 Eric Hannum 36 1996 1997 1998 1999 1999 7 Kansei Matsuzawa 35 [10] 2024 2025 8 Richard Spelman 34 1982 1983 1984 9 Rod Valverde 29 1985 1986 1987 Scott Enos 29 2009 2010

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Kansei Matsuzawa 23 [10] 2025 2 Richard Spelman 21 1984 3 Jason Elam 20 1989 4 Jason Elam 19 1988 Jason Elam 19 1991 Justin Ayat 19 2001 7 Tyler Hadden 18 2014 Matthew Shipley 18 2021 9 Scott Enos 17 2010 10 Kerry Brady 16 1985 Jason Elam 16 1992 Matthew Shipley 16 2022

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Reinhold Stuprich 5 1974 BYU Lee Larsen 5 1981 New Mexico

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Kansei Matsuzawa 89.7 [10] 2024 2025 2 Rigoberto Sanchez 87.5% 2015 2016 3 Jason Elam 79.0% 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Matthew Shipley 76.7% 2020 2021 2022 2023 5 Jim Asmus 74.3% 1979 1980 6 Scott Enos 72.5% 2009 2010 7 Rod Valverde 70.7% 1985 1986 1987 8 Richard Spelman 69.4% 1982 1983 1984 9 Ryan Meskell 66.7% 2017 2018 2019 10 Justin Ayat 66.3% 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Kansei Matsuzawa 100.0 [10] 2025 Rigoberto Sanchez [a] 100.0% 2016 3 Jason Elam 90.9% 1989 4 Matthew Shipley 85.7% 2021 5 Ryan Meskell 83.3% 2018 6 Jim Asmus 81.3% 1979 7 Scott Enos 81.0% 2010 8 Kerry Brady 80.0% 1985 Matthew Shipley 80.0% 2022 10 Jason Elam 79.2% 1988

1. Matsuzawa is placed ahead of Sanchez on account of having had more attempts.

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