If last night's game doesn't give high school quarterbacks and receivers a reason to go to Hawai'i, nothing will.

The Warriors passed the ball 59 times to rushing it 18 in piling up 531 passing yards in a 49-28 romp of New Mexico State at Aloha Stadium.

Quarterback Colt Brennan passed for a career-high 515 yards and seven touchdowns, one shy of the school record set by Nick Rolovich in 2001.

"I think it was just letting it loose, shaking off all the early jitters, all the mistakes, not thinking about it and coming out and playing and going for the end zone on every try and being what a good offense is," Brennan said of the team's success through the air. "We kind of let go of that 'rebuilding year' (stigma) and all that stuff they were saying. We were going to come out and make this offense come right now. We just decided today to do it."

In the process, the starting receivers got to glow with Brennan's flow.

Redshirt freshman Ryan Grice-Mullen caught four TD passes from Brennan; he had three on the season entering the game. The four TD catches tied the school record and was one shy of overall TDs scored in a game.

Walk-on Chad Mock led with 10 catches for 147 yards, including a 44-yard TD reception in only his second game as a Warrior.

Davone Bess had seven receptions for 128 yards and one TD, while Ross Dickerson had five for 51 and caught the first of Brennan's TD passes.

"These four guys — Ross, Ryan, Chad and Davone — are playing unbelievable," UH receivers coach Ron Lee said. "The speed and the confidence they have with Colt, they're playing at a very high level."

Grice-Mullen had TD catches of 15, 17, 9 and 2 yards from Brennan. But his longest catch was a 31-yarder on first down late in the first quarter that set up his second TD of the game that gave UH a 21-7 lead.

"What a night," Lee said of Grice-Mullen's performance. "He's had this coming. He's had some solid games for us."

Grice-Mullen had a monster game against Boise State with nine receptions for 188 yards and two TDs.

"It felt pretty good, but it felt even better because we were pretty much on top the whole game," Grice-Mullen said. "To get the win first and do all that, that feels good."

Grice-Mullen has battled injuries all season and is still playing with some aches. But what receiver would want to take a rest in a pass-happy offense?

"I wouldn't say I'm a hundred percent, but if there's a will, there's a way," Grice-Mullen said. "Everybody on the field has some nicks and aches, but you have to suck it up for your team, get on the field and play ball."

Mock is a story of perseverance. Out of Farrington High in 2002, he said he wasn't noticed much because his team didn't have a good season. Instead, he went to NAIA Avila University in Kansas City for two years before calling his high school coach, Harold Tanaka (now the athletic director at Farrington) and asked how he could walk-on at UH. Tanaka set him up with UH assistant Rich Miano.

"I've always wanted to play here ever since I played football," said Mock. "I love this system. This system is great."

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.