The New Day Helped Hawaii Surprise A Walk-On Quarterback With A Scholarship


While there are plenty of problems with college football, from player safety to players not getting fair compensation or even being able to profit off of their name and likeness, one of the genuine best things in sports is the moment when a walk-on player receives a scholarship.

We’ve seen teams do this in various ways, from the creative (like attaching the scholarship to a football and kicking it at them) to the more standard announcing it in a team meeting, but no matter how it happens, it’s always a moving and heart-warming moment. On Wednesday night, Hawaii quarterback Hunter Hughes learned he was receiving a scholarship in a very unique way, with a little help from WWE’s The New Day.

Hughes was brought in the ring with Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods and then Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich came out to announce he was being given a scholarship, with the caveat that he had to dance while Woods played the trombone first.

Hughes took to Twitter after the show to note how incredible the whole experience was for him.

It might be the most creative scholarship reveal we’ve seen in college football recently and you can’t help but smile and feel good seeing how emotional Hughes got at the announcement. It’s cool of WWE and The New Day to take some time in a house show to do this and make for a very special moment for Hughes.

(h/t SB Nation)

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