No. 1 Red Raiders get kick out of transfer Mercado

Remember cringing when ever Kahuku tried for a point-after-touchdown kick in previous seasons?

For all the great athletes who played for the Red Raiders — All-State and Player of the Year selections who went on to play Division I college football and later to the NFL — none could kick a PAT with consistency. It got to the point where Kahuku would just go for the 2-point conversion.

Granted, the Red Raiders have improved in that area in recent years. St. John Lessary III was reliable, but sometimes it was asking a lot of him to kick after he was winded from scoring a TD because he was an all-star running back as well last season.

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