While transfer portal moves are frequent, they aren’t guaranteed. Admittedly, it’s usually power conference superstars who make a decision to stick with their present school. But at least one G5 standout– in fact, his league’s Freshman of the Year– turned down the opportunity to seek greener pastures and announced his return for 2026 to his current school.
Given how much even the best QB prospects leap into the transfer portal, stability at quarterback is a rare virtue. It’s even more rare when the incumbent starter can play three more seasons. But one of the leading passers in the Mountain West Conference is in just that situation.
Micah Alejado announced on social media that he’s returning to Hawaii. The MWC Freshman of the Year, Alejado has just lead Hawaii to its first winning season since 2020. He burst onto the national stage with a sharp game in a Week 1 upset of Stanford by the Rainbow Warriors. Alejado was born in Hawaii, but went to high school at Las Vegas’s Bishop Gorman High. The 5’10” passer elected to return home for college and showed flashes of skills in a four-game trial in his redshirt 2024 season…