Actually, he was the starter at Sierra Vista before moving to Hawaii for the Covid year.He committed verbally as a junior and then moved to Las Vegas. Kept his commit. That gives us three D1 quarterbacks. Solid. Arroyo knows qb's. I see UW struggling to get players. Oft injured Indiana qb who is really good transferred to the Dawgs. We need the Pac10 to be good because they schedule a lot of MW games. Back to your point, kids go to other schools to get away from Mom and Dad and perhaps get a education at a more prestigious school. The lure of making new friends and living on your own are a big deal to an 18 year old.
I don't think UNLV would have offered if he were a Sierra Vista prospect versus being deemed a Hawaii.
There are several players UNLV should be targeting locally but it won't happen. UNLV just isn't a program that is willing to build with Nevada players.
Just imagine if California, Florida, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Washington or any other school only offered instate talent based on them being offered by program outside the state. Those team dictate talent based on their personal regional evaluations instead of waiting for someone else to set the tone.
Even McKinney is a Texas prospect that played his senior season in Las Vegas.