Adoree’ Jackson was still practicing with the track and field team this summer when USC’s defensive tackle transfer, Stevie Tu’ikolovatu, first showed up on campus.
“This guy named Stevie is coming to school,” Jackson said. “So I'm trying to figure out: Who is Stevie?”
He was told that Tu’ikolovatu was a big, strong player of Polynesian descent. But USC had a lot of similar players, and Jackson kept mistaking people for Tu’ikolovatu. One day, he saw another man who sort of fit the description.
“He had on some flip-flops, a hoodie and his hair is up,” Jackson said.