MOBILE, Ala. _ The kids are watching. They’re always watching. Kids on both sides of the ball here at the Senior Bowl. North and South. They know the Bengals.
Kids like Stevie Tu’ikolovatu, USC nose tackle playing for the North this week. He’s been watching the middle of the Bengals defense since he was a kid growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tu’ikolovatu is Tongan and he looked up to the pair of Samoans that give the Bengals their fire, nose tackle Domata Peko and USC’s own Rey Maualuga at middle linebacker.
“First time I met Rey was this year when he came out to a game,” Tu’ikolovatu said after Tuesday’s practice.