Kai: Bryant Koback (RB, Toledo) & Tayler Hawkins (CB, San Diego State)
Aina: Tavell Harris (WR, Washington State) & Luke Masterson (LB, Wake Forest)[1]
United States TV coverage
Network
CBS Sports Network
Hula Bowl
< 2021
2023 >
The 2022 Hula Bowl was a postseason college football all-star game played on January 15, 2022, with kickoff at 12:00 noon EST, at the Bounce House in Orlando, Florida.[2] It was the first all-star contest of the 2021–22 bowl games and, while not restricted to FBS players, one of the final games of the 2021 FBS football season. Television coverage was provided by CBS Sports Network.[2] This was the first playing of the Hula Bowl outside of Hawaii, due to Aloha Stadium near Honolulu being closed for renovations.[3] The game rostered players into Aina and Kai teams, the words for land and sea in the Hawaiian language.[4]
Coaches
Team Aina was led by Mike Smith, former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, while Team Kai will be led by Brian Billick, former head coach of the Baltimore Ravens.[4] Complete coaching staffs were announced as follows:[4]
Player invitations were determined by the Hula Bowl Selection Committee led by directors of Scouting, Damond Talbot, Scott Phillips Jr,[6] and Jimmy Williams, primarily based on "potential to make a professional Football team roster".[7] Team Kai wore blue uniforms and Team Aina wore black uniforms.
^Beede, Jason (January 16, 2022). "Ex-UCF QB Milton, Team AINA fall short". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. p. 4 (Section 3). Retrieved January 9, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^ ab"Game Day 2022". hulabowl.com. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
^"Hula Bowl to be played at UCF for one year". clickorlando.com. August 9, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.