Five players to watch when UNLV’s football team plays Hawaii at 9 p.m. (PT) Saturday (KVVU-5) at Aloha Stadium:
1. Dru Brown, QB, Hawaii: The sophomore transfer from College of San Mateo took over as starting quarterback in the Mountain West opener against UNR and has led the Rainbow Warriors (3-3, 2-0) to two consecutive wins, 38-17 over the Wolf Pack on Oct. 1 and 34-17 at San Jose State on Saturday. He’s completed 39 of 51 passes (76.5 percent) for 509 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in his first two career starts and ran for a 62-yard touchdown against the Spartans.