Football: Highland's Heimuli has eight offers, wants more
Partly because he did not visit a lot of talent combines and all-star camps this summer, Highland High defensive tackle/offensive guard Latu Heimuli of Salt Lake City is perhaps not as highly touted as some of the state's other top prospects.
Maybe that's why he didn't make ESPN's list of the top 150 prospects in the country. Cottonwood's John Martinez was No. 31 and Timpview's Xavier Su'a-Filo was No. 52.
However, many of the country's top college football programs know who he is.
Heimuli told me tonight that he just picked up another offer and now has eight. Utah, BYU, Colorado, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon State have offered, he said.
Oddly, Heimuli is trying to arrange unofficial visits to three schools that have not offered him: Florida, Nebraska and Tennessee. He said he has grown up watching those schools on TV and would like to draw their attention.
"Nebraska said they would offer if I come out there. I'm not sure about the other two," said Heimuli, who was called the No. 4 prospect in Utah by Rivals.com, behind Martinez, Su'a-Filo and Timpview's Craig Bills, a safety.
Heimuli, 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, said he is still open and has no favorites. Part of him wants to stay close to home, he said, while the lure of a BCS school is also attractive.
He said Colorado, BYU, Utah and Oregon State are recruiting him the hardest.
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Totalbluesports.com is reporting that BYU has received an oral commitment from Fono Vakalahi, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive lineman from Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas. The mammoth lineman also had an offer from Baylor, according to the Web site.
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Bountiful High soccer star Monica Okapal has orally committed to play soccer for the University of Utah. Okapal, a forward, has started since her freshman season for the Braves and was the team's leading goal scorer last season before suffering a knee injury.
-- Jay Drew
Maybe that's why he didn't make ESPN's list of the top 150 prospects in the country. Cottonwood's John Martinez was No. 31 and Timpview's Xavier Su'a-Filo was No. 52.
However, many of the country's top college football programs know who he is.
Heimuli told me tonight that he just picked up another offer and now has eight. Utah, BYU, Colorado, Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon State have offered, he said.
Oddly, Heimuli is trying to arrange unofficial visits to three schools that have not offered him: Florida, Nebraska and Tennessee. He said he has grown up watching those schools on TV and would like to draw their attention.
"Nebraska said they would offer if I come out there. I'm not sure about the other two," said Heimuli, who was called the No. 4 prospect in Utah by Rivals.com, behind Martinez, Su'a-Filo and Timpview's Craig Bills, a safety.
Heimuli, 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, said he is still open and has no favorites. Part of him wants to stay close to home, he said, while the lure of a BCS school is also attractive.
He said Colorado, BYU, Utah and Oregon State are recruiting him the hardest.
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Totalbluesports.com is reporting that BYU has received an oral commitment from Fono Vakalahi, a 6-foot-4, 320-pound offensive lineman from Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas. The mammoth lineman also had an offer from Baylor, according to the Web site.
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Bountiful High soccer star Monica Okapal has orally committed to play soccer for the University of Utah. Okapal, a forward, has started since her freshman season for the Braves and was the team's leading goal scorer last season before suffering a knee injury.
-- Jay Drew
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Where is Jay Drew when info comes out on the Utes? Once again, late to report. Worthless, here is the latest news for the Utes. Glad I am here to cover you Jay.
Snow College All-American defensive tackle James Aiono, who originally committed to Utah after a stellar career at Murray High School, plans to sign a letter of intent with the Utes in February and join the team next season.
The 6-foot-3, 275-pound lineman is considered one of the top junior college players in the nation.
Hey fella, Lya has joint ownership of this recruiting blog. Shouldn't she, as the official Ute person, know what is going on with this Aiono character? Anyway, this was already reported by several sources
Bigutefan,
GO AWAY! No one cares!!
There is a Utah blog. Go there.
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