Football: Here's the latest on Cottonwood's Kaufusi
Several readers have asked lately about the status of Keni Kaufusi, the Cottonwood High senior football player who did not sign with a program in February because he had yet to take the ACT college admission test and had some other academic setbacks to overcome.
A Cottonwood assistant coach, through e-mail, tells me that Kaufusi visited Oklahoma State last weekend, along with his Cottonwood teammate, John Martinez, the big junior lineman who is sought after by almost every major program in the country.
It was an official visit by Kaufusi (OSU paid), while Martinez paid his own way so it was an unofficial visit.
The coach said it is down to Colorado, Utah, Oregon State and Oklahoma State for Kaufusi.
The young man has apparently cleared up his academic shortcomings with the help of some BYU correspondence courses (ironically) and is now on track to graduate.
Kaufusi is 6-foot-1 and 275 pounds and plays defensive tackle. He has also visited Colorado.
Of course, former Cottonwood quarterback Alex Cate now plays for Oklahoma State, while linebacker Lynn Katoa, Kaufusi's classmate at Cottonwood, is at Colorado.
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I covered Utah's scrimmage this afternoon because our Utah football beat writer, Lya Wodraska, is out of town covering the Utah gymnastics team. I picked up a couple of recruiting tidbits while roaming the sidelines:
* Jordan High football coach Alex Jacobson has already had one junior lineman commit -- Vyncent Jones said he will sign with Utah a couple months ago. Another junior lineman, Kyle Johnson, is drawing a lot of interest from BYU and Auburn, Jacobson said.
* Alta's Sausan Shakerin and Boo Andersen watched the scrimmage with interest. Shak signed in February, while Andersen has received a scholarship offer and will sign with Utah this summer.
* Bingham High coach Dave Peck was there with several of his players, including junior tight end/defensive end Remington Peck. Remington hasn't received any offers yet, but is drawing interest from both BYU and Utah. He said Bingham receiver Mike Edmunds is another Miner who is being looked at heavily, along with linebacker L.T. Filiaga.
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This isn't related to recruiting, but noteworthy nevertheless. Former Utah safety Steve Tate watched the scrimmage and told me he is eagerly awaiting the NFL Draft in two weeks. Tate said he isn't sure whether he will be drafted or not, but said that the Green Bay Packers seem to be the most interested.
Former Ute All-American Eric Weddle, now the property of the San Diego Chargers, also attended the scrimmage.
A Cottonwood assistant coach, through e-mail, tells me that Kaufusi visited Oklahoma State last weekend, along with his Cottonwood teammate, John Martinez, the big junior lineman who is sought after by almost every major program in the country.
It was an official visit by Kaufusi (OSU paid), while Martinez paid his own way so it was an unofficial visit.
The coach said it is down to Colorado, Utah, Oregon State and Oklahoma State for Kaufusi.
The young man has apparently cleared up his academic shortcomings with the help of some BYU correspondence courses (ironically) and is now on track to graduate.
Kaufusi is 6-foot-1 and 275 pounds and plays defensive tackle. He has also visited Colorado.
Of course, former Cottonwood quarterback Alex Cate now plays for Oklahoma State, while linebacker Lynn Katoa, Kaufusi's classmate at Cottonwood, is at Colorado.
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I covered Utah's scrimmage this afternoon because our Utah football beat writer, Lya Wodraska, is out of town covering the Utah gymnastics team. I picked up a couple of recruiting tidbits while roaming the sidelines:
* Jordan High football coach Alex Jacobson has already had one junior lineman commit -- Vyncent Jones said he will sign with Utah a couple months ago. Another junior lineman, Kyle Johnson, is drawing a lot of interest from BYU and Auburn, Jacobson said.
* Alta's Sausan Shakerin and Boo Andersen watched the scrimmage with interest. Shak signed in February, while Andersen has received a scholarship offer and will sign with Utah this summer.
* Bingham High coach Dave Peck was there with several of his players, including junior tight end/defensive end Remington Peck. Remington hasn't received any offers yet, but is drawing interest from both BYU and Utah. He said Bingham receiver Mike Edmunds is another Miner who is being looked at heavily, along with linebacker L.T. Filiaga.
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This isn't related to recruiting, but noteworthy nevertheless. Former Utah safety Steve Tate watched the scrimmage and told me he is eagerly awaiting the NFL Draft in two weeks. Tate said he isn't sure whether he will be drafted or not, but said that the Green Bay Packers seem to be the most interested.
Former Ute All-American Eric Weddle, now the property of the San Diego Chargers, also attended the scrimmage.
2 Comments:
Huh, byu and Auburn that is an interesting mix, I wonder if the U of U coaches have any interest in Kyle Johnson - I know he is a life long Ute fan and has been going to their games for at least 10 years. That's also semi good news on Keni, if there is one position for the Utes that a true freshman could come in and play this year it's on the dline.
Jordan's coach said he thinks Auburn saw the game film when Jordan played at Valdosta, Georgia, last year and was impressed with Johnson.
-- Jay
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