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Running back Calvin Turner (7) from Hawaii seeks space to run in Houston’s defense during the second quarter of the NCAA’s New Mexico Bowl college football game in Frisco, Texas, on December 24. Turner announced on Twitter today that he will return to the Rainbow Warriors for the 2021 season.
The best star on the University of Hawaii football team – Calvin Turner – will return to the Rainbow Warriors in the 2021 season.
Turner announced his decision to remain at UH on Twitter.
Turner was transferred to UH after Jacksonville abandoned his football program after the 2019 season. Turner, who was a Jacksonville quarterback for three years, had a great season in 2020 for the Warriors, playing receiver, running back, quarterback wildcat and returner. Turner led the Warriors with 133.4 all-purpose yards per game and scored 70 points with the team’s highest score (66 of them in 11 touchdowns).
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA approved an exemption allowing players to maintain their position in the 2020 class in 2021. This means that Turner, who was a veteran in 2020, will be a fifth-year veteran next season.
Turner rejected the option to register for the 2021 NFL Draft.
UH coach Todd Graham said Turner would benefit from another year in the top flight.
“Calvin is a guy, for me, who will be the most dynamic guy in the league next year,” Graham told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in a telephone interview. “He could be an All-American on the main team. … I’m looking forward to training him and the rest of the guys, and competing for a championship in 2021. ”
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