Marcus Mariota's emergence as one of the NFL's top young stars helped a lot of people realize a good quarterback can be found in the state of Hawaii.
A few years later, it's become obvious the islands have quite a few guys who can spin a football.
The 24-year-old Mariota — now entering his fourth season with the Tennessee Titans after winning the Heisman Trophy at Oregon — was the start of a mini-wave of quarterbacks from Hawaii who are now making a name for themselves at the college level all over the football-crazed Southeast.