Football: Mountain View's Heimuli commits to BYU
A month ago, BYU's football program had five commitments from the class of 2009.
Now the Cougars have nine.-- 10 if you count Riley Nelson, the former Utah State quarterback who is transferring to BYU when he returns home from his LDS Church mission in the early part of 2009.
Teko Johnson, head coach of Mountain View High in Orem, just called to inform us that Anthony Heimuli, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound running back and linebacker, orally committed to play football for BYU on Friday.
We mentioned in a post last week that Heimuli's stock was rising quickly, after he performed well at the Nike Sparq Training Combine at Murray Park and at BYU's Junior Day.
"He's pretty dang excited," said Johnson. "It has always been his dream to get an [scholarship] offer from BYU."
Heimuli ran for nearly 800 yards and averaged almost 9 yards a carry for the Bruins last season, and will be a senior this fall.
"He's a good one," Johnson said. "He runs well, blocks well, catches the ball out of the backfield and works hard. He will help BYU a lot."
Johnson said he was contacted by BYU assistant coach Barry Lamb on Thursday with the news that the Cougars wanted to meet with Heimuli and his parents on Friday morning. A scholarship offer was extended, and accepted, by coach Bronco Mendenhall at that meeting, the coach said.
Heimuli "is a mission kid" who also does well in the classroom with a 3.3 GPA, Johnson said.
He once weighed almost 245 pounds, but doctors discovered he had an asthmatic condition last year that was hampering his ability to sustain his fitness. Since receiving treatments, he has dropped 20 pounds and is in excellent physical condition, Johnson said.
Now the Cougars have nine.-- 10 if you count Riley Nelson, the former Utah State quarterback who is transferring to BYU when he returns home from his LDS Church mission in the early part of 2009.
Teko Johnson, head coach of Mountain View High in Orem, just called to inform us that Anthony Heimuli, a 5-foot-11, 225-pound running back and linebacker, orally committed to play football for BYU on Friday.
We mentioned in a post last week that Heimuli's stock was rising quickly, after he performed well at the Nike Sparq Training Combine at Murray Park and at BYU's Junior Day.
"He's pretty dang excited," said Johnson. "It has always been his dream to get an [scholarship] offer from BYU."
Heimuli ran for nearly 800 yards and averaged almost 9 yards a carry for the Bruins last season, and will be a senior this fall.
"He's a good one," Johnson said. "He runs well, blocks well, catches the ball out of the backfield and works hard. He will help BYU a lot."
Johnson said he was contacted by BYU assistant coach Barry Lamb on Thursday with the news that the Cougars wanted to meet with Heimuli and his parents on Friday morning. A scholarship offer was extended, and accepted, by coach Bronco Mendenhall at that meeting, the coach said.
Heimuli "is a mission kid" who also does well in the classroom with a 3.3 GPA, Johnson said.
He once weighed almost 245 pounds, but doctors discovered he had an asthmatic condition last year that was hampering his ability to sustain his fitness. Since receiving treatments, he has dropped 20 pounds and is in excellent physical condition, Johnson said.
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