The final days of the NCAA transfer portal were a daze for University of Hawaii special teams coordinator Thomas Sheffield.

The Warriors’ 2024 long snappers — Solomon Landrum and Hunter Higham — had left. A few potential candidates were out of the Warriors’ price range.

And then on April 25, the last day before the portal shut, James Madison long-snapper Jack “Big Cat” Mowrey submitted his notice.

“It was one of those things where I wasn’t necessarily sure I was going to do it,” Mowrey recalled. “I decided it was time for me to part ways (with James Madison). I actually entered the last day the portal was open. As soon as I entered, the first people to hit me up were Coach Sheffield and (UH head) Coach (Timmy) Chang.”

The next morning, Sheffield made a scholarship offer to Mowrey.

“I

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