'23 CA DE Matayo Uiagalelei (Oregon Signee)

[BobbyMac]

DE / HS TE too
St John Bosco
Inland Empire, CA

Measurements:
Height: 6-5
Weight: 260

Rankings:
247 Comp:. .. NR
247: ................. 4* ..... #5 WDE ..... #73 OA ..... 90
Rivals: ............. NR
ESPN: .............. NR

Offers:
Notre Dame ..... Offered 3-17-21

Bama
AZ
Boise
Colo
LSU
UMia
MI
MSU
Neb
OSU
Ore
Ore St
TX
A&M
SC
Utah
WA

Media Links:

Twitter = https://twitter.com/young_concrete

Hudl = https://www.hudl.com/profile/12847927/Matayo-Uiagalelei/highlights

Maxpreps = https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/matayo-uiagalelei/DOACpaKnEemA0ZFtwg1OMQ/football/stats.htm

 

[BobbyMac]

 

[BobbyMac]

DJ's younger brother and Nico Iamaleava's cousin.

Good prospect at TE too. Saw a lot of good clips of him this off season.

 

[BeauBenken]

DJ's little bro, I assume.

Albeit, not so little.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Clemson hasn't offered yet?

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Clemson hasn't offered yet?

No, because he's a silent already....

 

[dublinirish]

https://247sports.com/LongFormArtic...us-lamaleava-RJ-Jones--163378305/#163378305_4

ATH, MATAYO UIAGALELEI, NO. 15

(Photo: 247Sports)


Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco athlete Matayo Uiagalelei made a big jump, moving from No. 77 to No. 15 nationally. He was dominant at every 7v7 event we saw him, making a ton of jump ball catches as a tight end. At 6-5, 255 pounds, he has been very tough to deal with as a defensive end as well and has the ability to be a top 25 prospect as a tight end or edge rusher. He can physically manhandle just about any high school player and it’s scary to think he still has two more years to develop. His older brother DJ is a former five-star quarterback now at Clemson and the Tigers will be involved along with just about every top program nationally.

 

[Dale]

He may be up to 265 but still hanging on to that TE/ATH tag not just DE lol

 

[dublinirish]

Calm before the storm for Five-Star ATH Matayo Uiagalelei

Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco athlete Matayo Uiagalelei spent the weekend visiting a pair of the nation’s true heavyweight programs in Alabama and Ohio

247sports.com

"I think I'll be focusing more on defensive end this year and I'm excited about that," Uiagalelei said. "We have a deep group of guys on both sides of the line and I think we'll be really strong up front.

"I'm sure I'll still play some tight end and have no issue going in on goal line situations to catch fade passes but I like the idea of playing more defensive end and seeing what I can do. That's also where I know I'll play in college and where I'm training at right now."


On the recruiting front, Uiagalelei hasn't come out with a narrowed down, top five or top seven and it won't surprise us if he never does. He's not a big social media guy and recently deleted his twitter account.

Saying that. whenever you talk to him, the same five schools always emerge as the ones he's focusing on.

"I'm looking at Oregon, USC, Ohio State, Alabama and Clemson," Uiagalelei said. "I haven't set up any of my official visits yet but I'm planning to do it soon.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Calm before the storm for Five-Star ATH Matayo Uiagalelei

Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco athlete Matayo Uiagalelei spent the weekend visiting a pair of the nation’s true heavyweight programs in Alabama and Ohio

247sports.com

Ok?

 

[BoredIrish]

As a California kid, I would guess that NIL would probably play a very big role in his recruitment... right?

Based on his list of schools, if Oregon wins this we will probably all know why.

 

[Dale]

Committed to Oregon.

They literally just unloaded the Moore account on 3 other prospects

1 5 Star QB = 1 5 Star Safety, DE and 4 star QB

 

[tecateparty]

Committed to Oregon.

They literally just unloaded the Moore account on 3 other prospects

1 5 Star QB = 1 5 Star Safety, DE and 4 star QB

I'd say that's a fair swap for them.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Wow. I mean, you can say that Oregon is a great program, and had a solid first year under Lanning...

but no way these recruits are going their because of "the program" or "the coaches".

No way.

 

[BoredIrish]

FUSC