Las Vegas Review-Journal · Apr 7, 2016
Scholarship possibility keeps UNLV walk-ons playing with hope
Scholarship possibility keeps UNLV walk-ons playing with hope
Allan Cui (86), a walk-on wide receiver, outruns Jay'Onn Myles (1) during spring football practice at the Rebel Park practice fields on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @DanJClarkPhotoIn the most emotional moment of UNLV’s spring football practice, Rebels coach Tony Sanchez made a surprise announcement to the team following its final workout before spring break that junior walk-on linebacker Roscoe Kalilikane would be awarded a scholarship.
The players then broke into a boisterous “Ros-coe” chant and hoisted the Hawaiian onto their shoulders.