Hawaii’s Schager enjoying experience at Manning Passing Academy

University of Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager has enjoyed his time at the Manning Passing Academy thus far, a summit for college football’s elite signal-callers.

Schager is currently in Thibodaux, La., as a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy, one of the nation’s top camps for quarterbacks from grades 8-12.

Schager’s MPA journey has come full circle. Seven years ago, he was a camper there himself.

“There’s just a lot of a lot of stuff to pick their brain on. It’s so fun to talk to Peyton and Eli and Archie and those guys,” Schager said of the Manning family. “They’ve done it at the highest level and done it at elite level. It’s fun to just learn from them and learn from all these other college guys. I’m just trying to be a sponge and soak up everything I can.

“I think we’ve got a good team coming back (at Hawaii). We’ve got a lot of good receivers and I think that we’re just we’re looking to take that next step. We’ve been right there and we’ve been able to put up some good numbers, but we’re ready to take that next step and kind of just get things rolling this year. I think that we we’re confident we can do that.

“I think is going to be a big year. … And I think we’re going to we’re going to do something special this year.”

Schager will also be one of two players to represent Hawaii at the upcoming Mountain West media days, which takes place from July 10-11 in Las Vegas.