In 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.
It was a surreal scene that UNLV redshirt freshmen walk-ons Allan Cui and Christian Lopez can only hope to repeat one day.
“That was awesome to see,” said Lopez, a former Green Valley High School quarterback. “Hopefully, one day, that’s me at the top of the pile.