PROVO — BYU linebacker Sione Takitaki has spoken openly and even enthusiastically of how his wife, Alyssa, has saved him from his early troubles at BYU and with life in general. But turns out Alyssa isn't the only family that has helped him through hard times.
Cougar wide receiver Aleva Hifo doesn't share the same last name as Takitaki, although, according to both players, they consider one another brothers, and for good reason.
Although the two lived about an hour away from one another, Takitaki found himself moving in with the Hifo family just prior to his sophomore year in high school due to some difficult circumstances.