'11 CA DE Taniela Tupou (UW Verbal)

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Strongside Defensive End
Everett WA Archbishop Murphy

Ht: 6-2
Wt: 260
40: 4.8

STATS

RANKING
Rivals: NR SDE, 250 To Watch
Scout: , #19 DE
ESPN: 150 Watch List

OFFERS
Washington
BYU
Washington St

DECISION: 4/9/10 Washington Verbal

 

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High School Sports | Prep Football | Family sustains Archbishop Murphy lineman Taniela Tupou | Seattle Times Newspaper

By Joshua Mayers
Special to The Seattle Times

November 23, 2009

... Tupou, who isn't ready to select a college, does the fire-knife dance to represent his Polynesian culture and is only a couple badges from becoming an Eagle Scout. His involvement in both began as a child.
During spring football this year, he helped teach his team the haka, a traditional Polynesian dance.
And as a member of the LDS faith, he is involved in the church and is looking forward to taking a mission after high school.
"He has his hands dipped in so many things right now, and going on a mission is just another one of his goals," said Kawai Tupou, Taniela's mother. "He's just dealing with them one at a time. ...

 

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Washington scoops up in-state defender Taniela Tupou

ESPN

4/9

Defensive end Taniela Tupou (Everett, Wash./Archbishop Murphy) has committed to sign as part of Washington's Class of 2011, the Seattle Times reports. Brigham Young and Washington State also extended scholarship offers to the 6-foot-2, 260-pound prospect. The Huskies now have seven pledges. Safety Evan Zeger (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline) is the other in-state commit for Washington.

A name that surfaced early in recruiting never went further than that.