Cooper ultimately won that battle between the two Division I commits Friday, a 33-3 Lehi win over Olympus. But even on a 3-3 team, attention finds Latu. The University Alabama commit brought a level of recruitment to Olympus that the Class 4A-turned-5A program rarely has seen before, and it continues despite his commitment.
The 6-foot-5, 236-pound defensive end/outside linebacker hadn’t expected the offseason of his junior year to be filled with official visits around the country and his phone buzzing with texts and calls from some of the most respected football programs in the country. But that’s what the six months ahead of Latu’s commitment to Alabama were like.