Posted on: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Broncos' placekicker
Jason Elam
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| Jason Elam's best memories of UH football included "all the wins over Brigham Young." UH beat BYU three times in Elam's career.
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Jason Elam, a member of the University of Hawai'i's Circle of Honor, was a two-time All-American kicker for UH in a record-setting (1989-92) career. Elam finished his UH career with 79 field goals, one short of the NCAA record. He's starting his 14th NFL season with the Denver Broncos, for whom he has been a three-time Pro Bowl pick.
What's your fondest memory of playing at UH and how did playing at UH help you?
"The (1992) WAC championship and Holiday Bowl season — and all the wins over Brigham Young (were fondest memories). When I got there, they hadn't beaten BYU in, like, forever. And, we beat them three times.
"I think it (playing at UH) made me grow up a lot faster than I probably would have normally. Just having to go that far away from home (in Georgia) and having to go through some of the homesickness stuff. it was hard being a 17-, 18-year-old kid going that far away. But after my sophomore year, once i got over it, I absolutely loved my junior and senior years years. And I think that being able to play all four years and get that experience and get my name out really helped.
"I mean, UH was great when I was there. We had great teams. We were going to bowl games and won the WAC my senior year, played in the Holiday Bowl and got a lot of exposure. In coach (Paul Johnson's) offense we were definitely going to score a touchdown or kick a field goal."
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| • | June Jones | • | Jerry Glanville | • | Colt Brennan |
| • | Davone Bess | • | Nate Ilaoa | • | Reagan Mauia |
| • | Samson Satele | • | Solomon Elimimian | • | Kenny Patton |
| • | Ikaika Alama-Francis | • | Leonard Peters | • | Melila Purcell |
| • | Lois Manin | • | Kyle DeLeonard | • | Sean Burke |
| • | Ferd Lewis | • | Jim Leahey | • | Liz Chun |
| • | Bobby Curran | • | Don Murphy | • | Aaron Brooks |
| • | Nelson Tokuhama | • | Roy DeLeon | • | J.T. Mapu |
| • | Scott Terna | • | Jeremy Perry | • | Norm Chow |
| • | Jason Elam | • | Savai'i Eselu | • | Brett Kan |
| • | Reggie Torres | ||||
