Jahlani Tavai will be keeping a closer eye than normal on the NFL Draft later this week.
After all, the New England Patriots linebacker has some personal connections to the event: two of his brothers, Jonah and Justus, are trying to make the jump to the pro level.
“I have two younger brothers entering the draft this year,” Tavai explained at a Patriots Foundation community event on Monday (via patriots.com’s Alexandra Francisco). “They both play at San Diego State University, and both play defensive line.”
Coming out of Mira Costa High School in California and playing both football and rugby growing up, Jonah and Justus also entered college alongside one another.