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NickTranOwnz
04-09-2007, 11:41 PM
Well I just thought I'd bring this up. I've made my case about this before, including a thread titled "Hawaii is our SALVATION!" but I decided to dump it.

Now this thread is specifically about Nasti Nate Ilaoa and Leonard Peters.
These guys are serious sleepers. Their recorded 40 times may have been slow, but HOT FUZZ they sure do run fast in games.


Nate Ilaoa

He is a 250-pound bunker-busting bowling-ball. He is an absolutel beast of an RB. Don't have a hole? He'll make his own. He runs over guys like a steamroller. Once he gets up to momentum, he's nearly unstoppable unless three guys tackle him from behind or six guys take him on in front. He has laid out numerous linebackers, safeties, and cornerbacks who dare to take him one on one. More often than not, it takes at least four guys to bring him down, with a supporting cast of say, the rest of the defense. He is also a good receiver, and is deadly with the shovel pass. He also had SIX years of NCAA eligibility, which shows he has a lot of experience.

Stats from 2006, his best year (even though he was injured with something heel related half the season)

Year GP Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds TD
2006 13 131 990 7.6 13 67 837 5
Totals 37 222 1,689 7.6 20 151 1,694 9

7.6 Average?!?! 837 reception yards?!?!?! Awesome!

Highlights vid - http://youtube.com/watch?v=3JMq0FLpb9I

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Leonard Peters

He too was granted SIX years of NCAA eligibility. That equals a lot of experience, although he and Ilaoa have missed three and two seasons, respecively, due to injuries. But that runs out to 3 and 4 normal seasons (with normal injuries). Still good as any. He is a fierce hard hitting BALL-HAWKING safety who always hustles to the ball. Reminds me of a young Brian Dawkins/Troy Polamalu/Sean Taylor with a little touch of John Lynch. When USC played Hawaii (Hawaii lost though), Reggie Bush said that Leonard Peters is one of the toughest, if not toughest, safeties and hardest hitting safeties he's ever had to play against. The venerable REGGIE BUSH fears LEONARD PETERS!

Career Statistics
Year GP TKL PBU INT YDS
2001 1 0 0 0 0
2002 9 25 3 0 0
2003 13 54 5 0 0
2004 13 120 5 4 20
2005 1 5 0 0 0
2006 14 74 7 3 101
Totals 51 278 20 7 121

Not so hot, but pretty darn good.

Highlights vids

This one he disguises a blitz well and forces a fumble on the QB
http://youtube.com/watch?v=M79Yce0Ggis

And just a general highlights vid, although it contains some big gain plays for the offense but it shows Peters' great hustle.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TL91j6OHGvk

bjoli198
04-09-2007, 11:47 PM
we donīt need a slow ass safety, we have enough of them... we need a quick safety like ed reed or Bob sanders

NickTranOwnz
04-09-2007, 11:50 PM
we donīt need a slow ass safety, we have enough of them... we need a quick safety like ed reed or Bob sanders

Slow? Did you watch the 2nd highlights vid? He can be pretty damn fast.

Diggs4
04-09-2007, 11:54 PM
Yea I would for sure draft Peters, he's my boy but who we really want wont come out for 2 years.... Do the Initails D.B. mean anything to any hawaii fans?????lol

NickTranOwnz
04-09-2007, 11:58 PM
Yea I would for sure draft Peters, he's my boy but who we really want wont come out for 2 years.... Do the Initails D.B. mean anything to any hawaii fans?????lol

DAVONE BESS! BLACKIE! (no racial slur intended, it's just what lots of people including my friends call Davone Bess) lol

He's an AWESOME receiver.

Was like top 5 receiver in NATION last season for a few weeks I believe. And was like leading in yards per catch for a few weeks too.

Diggs4
04-10-2007, 12:32 AM
YEss Sirr u are correct!!! i think he is the best WR in the nation, but thats jus one mans opinon!!!! i think he is a hisman canidate to...lol... it is a real ligit player, people are really gonna start to figure out who he is in the next year, and jump on the D bess bandwagon....

Diggs4
04-10-2007, 12:36 AM
On my myspace page i got a picture of me with davone.. :rockon:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=6746944

NickTranOwnz
04-10-2007, 12:40 AM
Awesome pic Diggs.

I hope that he becomes an underclassman though, because he's going to have a terrible senior year without Colt Brennan. Who is next in line at QB? Probably not Graunke. Probably that Inoke Funaki guy or something.

But dam, I'm gonna miss this past season of UH players. They were awesome.

SteelBronco
04-10-2007, 01:51 AM
Lol these are guys that I will have to compete against if I want to start for Hawaii in '08. =O

dbdom
04-10-2007, 02:02 AM
I like Nate Ilaoa, for a big guy he really moves, if you look at the vids, he was running AWAY from the DBs so with a 4.8 timed 40 he plays faster, and he runs with power. But whats more impressive is his acceleration, his 10-yard splits for his 40s were in the 1.6 region, thats great acceleration. I dont know how effective he will be in the NFL, but he would translate to a FB pretty good if he plays physical like that and catch the ball off screens, leaks and dumpoffs, but the knock on him is that he has short arms, so blocking is a bit of an issue.

As for Leonard Peters, he guy hits hard but has some things to work on also. His timed speed isnt great, and depending on his physique and ability to put on more weight, teams might ask him to convert to LB but even though he hits hard, he doesnt do the best job of wrapping up when he tackles. As for playing safety in the NFL, I dont know about him being a ball hawk but he doesnt look like he has the range to be a quality safety at this level, he may be able to play strong safety for a team that has their SS close to the line of scrimmage though.