With Thursday’s final full practice of spring training and this afternoon’s walk-through session, the Hawaii football team will have completed preparations ahead of Saturday’s spring game.

But the difficult part will come at the end of the semester when the coaches will have to decide how many of the 98 players on the spring roster will be invited to training camp in July.

The NCAA limits training-camp rosters to 110 players. Several recruits and preferred walk-ons are scheduled to join this summer. The roster may expand on the first day of the fall semester.

“It’s the first time we’ve been in a place where there are guys on this team who aren’t going to be in training camp because of the numbers we’ve got coming in,” said Nick Rolovich, who is in his fourth spring training as UH’s head coach. “I love every single one of these kids who are out here. We’ve got no issues on this football team right now. They are living their life more productive and genuine than I think the majority of young men their age. That’s great to be around. But the ultimate goal is to put the best group together come July 25.”

Trey Larsen hopes to be asked back.

“If it works out, great,” Larsen said. “If it doesn’t, I look at it as I’m having as much fun as I can. I’m from the island, and I got to play with all my friends. It’s been wonderful.”

Larsen, who is listed at 5 feet 8 and 160 pounds, did not begin playing football until his senior year with Pac-Five. Larsen, a 2016 Hawaii Baptist Academy graduate, attended UH but did not play football in 2016 and 2017. In spring 2018, he joined the Warriors as a slotback after participating in a walk-on tryout. But at the end of the 2018 spring semester, he was told he would not be invited to training camp.

“When there wasn’t space (on the roster), it was rough,” Larsen said. “I really enjoyed being out here with all the guys.”

With Rolovich’s assistance, Larsen earned a spot on the Monterey Peninsula (Calif.) College football team. “It was a nice gesture from him,” Larsen said.

In the first game, Larsen suffered an injury to the AC joint in his right shoulder while on special teams. But the Lobos’ kicker was ruled inactive, and Larsen was asked to kickoff. Despite the sore shoulder, Larsen made seven tackles on kickoff coverage that season.

After the fall semester, he re-enrolled at UH. Because of the shoulder situation, Larsen participated in UH walk-on tryouts. He eventually received a text inviting him to join the Warriors … as a cornerback.

“I never played DB before, but I was really thankful to get the opportunity to come out there,” said Larsen, who picked up tips from UH cornerback Zach Wilson. Larsen and Wilson have trained together the past three years.

“He picks up concepts really fast,” UH cornerbacks coach Abraham Elimimian said of Larsen. “He’s a good technician. You don’t have to repeat things for him to understand it. And he’s a team guy. He loves football. He loves his teammates. He’s just a good person on the field.”

Rolovich said: “I love Trey Larsen. … You think there’s anybody on this field who doesn’t want Trey Larsen to be on the field with them? … This is a wonderful group. I hope we can replicate it in the future. This is the way college football, in my opinion, is supposed to be in terms of their ability and want-to to be role models.”