Football: Kahuku lineman may leave SLC a Ute
There's one uncommitted high school football player visiting Utah this weekend that the Utes probably won't have to work too awfully hard to get.
In a way, Anthony Siilata, an offensive lineman from Kahuku High in Laie, Haw., talks as if he is already a Ute.
Officially, Siilata is undecided on the eve of his official campus visit to Salt Lake City, but when I asked him if he plans on making a commitment when he meets with Utah coaches on Saturday before the BYU-Utah game at the Huntsman Center, he said: "There's a real good chance of that. I am very serious about Utah. I have been looking at the Utes since my sophomore or my freshman year."
A massive recruit at 6-foot-2, 315 pounds, Siilata visited UNLV last month and has a trip scheduled to Oregon State next week. Both those schools have offered, along with Utah.
Since BYU also recruits Kahuku heavily, I asked about the Cougars.
"Didn't really talk to them much," he said.
Fellow Kahuku lineman Benji Kemoeatu will be on the same trip, and Siilata has some of the same concerns.
Namely, academics.
Siilata said he has unsuccessfully taken the SAT college admission test twice, "and more to come."
Will the third time be the charm?
"Hope so," he said, noting that he also plans to take the ACT to see if it fits his style a little better.
Also, he said he needs to raise his GPA a bit.
As for the other top Kahuku products -- Kemoeatu, Paipai Falemalu and Shiloah Te'o -- Siilata said he thinks Kemoeatu will end up at Utah, Te'o will end up at BYU (where he has already committed) and Falemalu will end up at Cal.
In a way, Anthony Siilata, an offensive lineman from Kahuku High in Laie, Haw., talks as if he is already a Ute.
Officially, Siilata is undecided on the eve of his official campus visit to Salt Lake City, but when I asked him if he plans on making a commitment when he meets with Utah coaches on Saturday before the BYU-Utah game at the Huntsman Center, he said: "There's a real good chance of that. I am very serious about Utah. I have been looking at the Utes since my sophomore or my freshman year."
A massive recruit at 6-foot-2, 315 pounds, Siilata visited UNLV last month and has a trip scheduled to Oregon State next week. Both those schools have offered, along with Utah.
Since BYU also recruits Kahuku heavily, I asked about the Cougars.
"Didn't really talk to them much," he said.
Fellow Kahuku lineman Benji Kemoeatu will be on the same trip, and Siilata has some of the same concerns.
Namely, academics.
Siilata said he has unsuccessfully taken the SAT college admission test twice, "and more to come."
Will the third time be the charm?
"Hope so," he said, noting that he also plans to take the ACT to see if it fits his style a little better.
Also, he said he needs to raise his GPA a bit.
As for the other top Kahuku products -- Kemoeatu, Paipai Falemalu and Shiloah Te'o -- Siilata said he thinks Kemoeatu will end up at Utah, Te'o will end up at BYU (where he has already committed) and Falemalu will end up at Cal.
1 Comments:
Jay, you get so excited about possible Ute commitments, even when they are not likely to qualify academically or may have other obvious issues. It is still hard for you to contain your joy. You report news from other schools with detachment. Isn't there some way you can hide your partiality as an attempt at journalistic professionalism?
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