Kekua Aumua flipped his dedication from Florida to Washington and can signal with the Huskies

[ad_1] Kahuku (Hawai) tight finish Kekua Aumua has flipped his dedication from Florida to Washington and can signal with the Huskies.

Aumua advised us Monday night time he was going to carry off signing on Wednesday, wanting extra time to mull over his determination. Along with the Gators and Huskies, Aumua was critically contemplating Auburn, the place he simply visited final weekend.

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In the long run, Aumua determined to remain out West and selected Washington over the 2 SEC applications.

“A giant a part of my determination was my relationship with coach (Jordan) Paopao, the tight finish coach,” Aumua mentioned. “We’ve been speaking for a few years now and I’m very snug with him.

“He’s not only a good man however a extremely good coach too. He has developed numerous actually good tight ends which have gone on to the NFL and that’s the purpose for me as nicely.”

Aumua took his official go to to Washington in late October and there was some robust buzz during the last month the Huskies had been the workforce to beat.

A part of that was as a result of reality Washington was the one fixed of his favorites that had a head coach in place. We all know his household was additionally very excessive on Washington all through this cycle.

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“My household beloved it on the market on my official go to,” Aumua mentioned. “I visited UW just a few different instances however on my official journey, they had been capable of come out and see the place up shut and so they actually loved the journey.

“I like the varsity and the placement and in addition the offense. They use the tight finish there and Washington simply felt like the very best throughout match for me.”

Aumua, who’s nicknamed, ‘Rhino,’ is an enormous tight finish prospect who seems to be like like he may simply develop in to an offensive lineman however his coronary heart has all the time been at tight finish.

We’ve seen him at a number of occasions over time together with the Beneath Armour Mix in Hawaii and the Polynesian Bowl mix in Las Vegas and he reveals pure fingers, runs nicely sufficient and makes use of his physique to create separation.