It was pretty obvious at Saturday morning’s scrimmage concluding the first week of practice: Ikaika Woolsey is in the driver’s seat to be named the University of Hawaii’s starting quarterback.

The question just seems to be when the announcement will be made, converting him from presumptive to official. Prior to fall camp, coach Nick Rolovich gave himself a loose deadline of the second scrimmage, which is next week at Aloha Stadium, to name his QB.

Unless something really strange happens, Woolsey (who was recruited to Hawaii by Rolovich when he was offensive coordinator here in 2011) is clearly the No. 1 and will make his 20th UH career start, against Cal in Sydney on Aug. 27.

Woolsey was by far the most consistent of the six quarterbacks who took snaps in the scrimmage. He’s the only one with Division I game experience but is taking nothing for granted.

“You don’t really know, so you just have to go out there and perform like you are the No. 1. It doesn’t really bother me — Coach knows what he’s doing,” the fifth-year senior said. “I definitely feel confident. This is the offense I was originally recruited for, a lot of plays to stretch the field.”

That would be vertical, with wideouts like Marcus Kemp, Ammon Barker and Devan Stubblefield … and horizontal with rollouts and Dylan Collie and John Ursua out of the slot.

Ursua was the talk of spring camp and continues to impress. The redshirt freshman scored on a long catch-and-run connection with sophomore JC transfer quarterback Dru Brown. Ursua’s shifty moves draw comparisons to Chad Owens.

“Last year (as a redshirt) was my first time as a receiver,” said Ursua, a converted high school quarterback. “I think I learned a lot from some of the other receivers and Coach Kefense (Hynson).”

Ursua is magical after the catch. Returning kickoffs and punts in high school helped him develop a natural gift of elusiveness.

“But that’s nothing like running routes, and having a guy to beat in front of you,” he said.

Woolsey is excited about the emergence of another weapon. “John’s a baller, a fast-twitch guy. He has great hands and makes great moves.”

After his freshman year at Kealakehe High, Ursua starred at West Lake High in Utah. Then he didn’t play football for two years while on a Latter Day Saints mission in Paris.

“I ran 2 miles every morning and did push-ups and sit-ups,” he said. “There’s no access to weights.”

There was, however, plenty of cheese and baguettes. “I loved the patisseries,” Ursua said.

Another highlight for him was visiting cathedrals. But most of Ursua’s time was spent recruiting.

“We had some baptisms over there,” he said. “It’s a continuous process. If I was the one who did the baptism, I stay in contact.”

On the other side of the ball, Keala Santiago continued to shine. During the scrimmage he picked off a long pass thrown by a fellow true freshman, quarterback Cole McDonald.

The young quarterbacks appeared to have trouble with the intermittent rain.

“Obviously you can’t control the weather,” Woolsey said. “I’ve been here 41⁄2 years and I’m used to throwing wet balls now. I struggled with it when I first came here.”

Reach Dave Reardon at dreardon@staradvertiser.com or 529-4783. His blog is at Hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quickreads.