T.J. Alofipo Commits to UH

Stephen Tsai with the news:

T.J. Alofipo gave his verbal commitment this morning.
“That’s where I want to be,” Alofipo told The Advertiser.
Alofipo is 6 feet 1 and 235 pounds.
He said he has been timed at 4.7 seconds over 40 yards.
Last season, Alaofipo made 66 tackles, including 11.5 for sacks.
He also received scholarship offers from Arizona, Fresno State, Colorado State, Brigham Young and UNLV.

Congrats to T.J.!

UPDATE: Here's TJ's high school highlight reel. Check out that first play!



UPDATE 2: Here's some quotes from Alofipo from Dave Reardon's article.

"It's a perfect situation for me," said the 6-foot-2, 240-pound Alofipo, who will be reunited with former Silverado defensive coordinator Tony Tuioti. Tuioti, a former UH defensive tackle, joined the Warriors staff earlier this month.

Alofipo said he also received scholarship offers from Arizona, Fresno State, San Diego State, Army, Colorado State and Wyoming.

He has family in the islands.

"They tell me its beautiful there," Alofipo said.

And from Reardon's blog:

UH gets a “taller Pisa”

That’s how someone who has seen both play a lot described T.J. Alofipo, UH’s latest recruiting commitment. He sounds like the real deal. Big, strong, athletic and good speed.

One of his many scholarship offers was from Army, so that makes me assume he’s smart, too.

Woot woot!