Recruiting

Four days after landing his first football scholarship offer from the Big Ten Conference, La‘akea Kapoi now has a second. Indiana had taken an interest in the Saint Louis offensive lineman in early August, Kapoi said. The Hoosiers stayed in touch and formalized that interest on Tuesday morning with the 6-foot-4, 295-pound junior. He also has offers from Arizona State, Hawaii, Michigan, Syracuse and UNLV. “It feels amazing. This morning I woke up to 20 notifications and messages on Twitter. […]

Mason Tufaga committed to Utah on Friday, spurning 16 other schools. Tufaga announced his decision via video on social media. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound senior linebacker from Saint Louis appeared to lean on the Utes during the recruiting process. Tufaga plans to graduate early and enroll in Salt Lake City for spring semester. Earlier this year, Saint Louis linebackers Jordan Botelho and Nick Herbig also graduated early and went to Notre Dame and Wisconsin, respectively. “Terrific, he committed to Utah. His […]

Ten days ago, La‘akea Kapoi had four football scholarship offers. This morning, he has five. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound Saint Louis offensive lineman now has an offer from Michigan, the first Big Ten Conference school on his list. His other offers are from Hawaii, Syracuse, UNLV and Arizona State. “Michigan is definitely a game-changer,” Kapoi said. Kapoi had connected with Wolverines defensive line coach Shaun Nua two months ago, but communication was intermittent since. “(Coach Nua) was a D-line coach at […]