Surf’s Up: Huskies Find, Offer Intriguing Hawaiian QB

Tana Togafau-Tavui is loads like that secret browsing spot in Hawaii that no one knew about and now everybody does. Waves that break excellent. Gives an excellent journey.

This island child began three video games late within the season at quarterback for James Campbell Excessive College, a spot named for a turn-of-the-century Irish stowaway who made his fortune in sugar cane, and dazzled individuals at occasions.  

With Campbell slumping whereas getting into its postseason match, the coaches turned to the wispy 6-foot-1, 175-pound Togafau-Tavui to run the offense after utilizing him in quite a lot of positions and have him reply to utility participant for his soccer place.. 

In a 33-14 victory over Waianae, he led the Sabers on 4 scoring drives, operating for a pair of touchdowns and throwing for 2 extra. A star was born.

“To be trustworthy with you, with the soccer in his fingers is when he is at his finest,” Campbell coach Darren Johnson advised scoringlive.com. “Each time he touches the ball one thing good, we expect, goes to occur.”

There shall be loads of time to learn how a lot Tana Togafau-Tavui, or Triple T, is able to doing.

Final fall, he was a highschool freshman.

On Thursday, the Huskies, little doubt intrigued by the long run soccer prospects for this Class of 2025 recruit, provided him a scholarship, his fourth following Hawaii, UNLV and Dixie State.

Campbell Excessive is in Ewa Seaside, which is 20 miles west of Honolulu, so Tana Togafau-Tavui just isn’t that arduous to seek out.

For his 5-4 workforce, he completed his introductory stint at QB by passing 40 occasions and finishing 22 for 215 yards and a pair of scores, and operating 38 occasions for 160 yards and 5 TDs, scoring 6 in all. He had been used as a operating again and extensive receiver in video games, and labored at cornerback in follow. 

UW defensive-line coach Inoke Breckterfield, a Hawaiian native whose recruiting territory contains the islands, made the supply as he visited and sorted via the native expertise. He apparently did not want all that a lot convincing with Togafau-Tavui..

“He is a enjoyable man to observe,” Campbell’s Johnson stated of his quarterback. 

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