SIGNED LB Jared Afalava

[GM_Tood]

Yes!

 

[Treand3]

Welcome Jared! GBR

 

[NUance]

Great pick up for us! Hope he turns out as good as the last Utah LB we had. Stew Bradley. :thumbs :

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

Great pick up for us! Hope he turns out as good as the last Utah LB we had. Stew Bradley. :thumbs :

That would be awesome. He was one of my favs!

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

Welcome future Blackshirt!!

 

[knapplc]

michaelbruntz:

Had a 247Sports analyst describe Afalava as, "the closest thing you can get to strapping a helmet on a missile."

 

[robsker]

michaelbruntz:

Had a 247Sports analyst describe Afalava as, "the closest thing you can get to strapping a helmet on a missile."

nice Imagery! We should all look forward to that.

Welcome Jared!

 

[Judoka]

Is he a possible academic casualty?

 

[RockyMountainOySker]

Is he a possible academic casualty?

Possible but his coach believes he'll make it. Exact same position as Alonzo Moore.

 

[BLEED4BLACKSHIRTS]

To think if we lose both Afalava and Moore to academics.......would kill this class :hmmph :hmmph :hmmph

 

[girlknowsfootball]

Slim chance this kid makes it this fall

 

[corncraze]

This sucks majorly.

 

[corncraze]

So is he our Braylon Heard/Charles Jackson of this year's class?

 

[MinnwiscowaSker]

but not a top-five rated recruit at his position. Let's just hope he makes it and doesn't have to go through the same stuff those other guys did. A lot of kids would have just given up given that situation.

 

[RockyMountainOySker]

So is he our Braylon Heard/Charles Jackson of this year's class?

Looks like it. It will be interesting to see if we try and place him in a JuCo. I think his grades are the biggest issue so not going to school and studying for the ACT/SAT isn't going to do much.