College football recruiting is a never-ending thing in football-crazed Hawaii.
Every year, the Division I offers accumulate for some of the top players, who then weigh their decisions and choose where they want to play.
The Class of 2021 is pretty much packed up and gone to their chosen destinations.
But the Class of 2022’s decisions will be heating up, with official high school football drills slated to start sometime in July and games beginning in August.
Two recruits — Punahou senior linebacker Tevarua Tafiti — leads the way. for the Class of ’22 with 20 offers. Tausili Akana, a junior linebacker from the Class of ’23, is already up to 28 offers.
Punahou’s Tevarua Tafiti will be deciding where to go to college from among 20 offers to date. (Image credit: 247sports.com).
Bedrock Sports Hawaii is in the process of verifying exactly where Akana will be playing his junior season.
In various internet recruiting profiles, Akana is listed as a Kahuku player. He also played football at Wasatch High in Heber City, Utah, during the 2020 pandemic season, is a former student at Kamehameha Schools, and is the brother of two former Kamehameha standout girls volleyball players Braelyn and Keonilei Akana.
MaxPreps’ Kamehameha roster lists Akana on it for 2022, and Hawaii Prep World reported that Akana is also listed on the Skyridge High (Lehi, Utah) roter for ’22.
Tausili Akana, only a junior, already has 28 Division I college offers. (Image credit: 247sports.com).
Usually people guess where recruits will go to college. That will likely happen in Akana’s case over the next two years, since he has those 28 offers, but it will also be interesting to find out where he’s going to play in high school now.
Among Akana’s offers are Ohio State, Michigan, USC and Washington.
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Punahou’s Tafiti has reeled in 20 offers, and among those schools are Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Laakea Kapoi, a Saint Louis tackle, has 19 offers.
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Four of the nine known recruits from Hawaii in the Class of ’22 have already given oral commitments: Roosevelt linebacker Kaeo Akana and Moanalua wide receiver Keenan McCaddy to Boise State, Saint Louis offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea to Arizona, and Kaimuki quarterback Jayden Maiava to UNLV.
Bedrock Sports Hawaii is also keeping tabs on two players who, it appears, are staying on the mainland to continue their high school careers — former Campbell quarterback Blaine Hipa (Chandler High in Arizona) and former Kahuku linebacker Liona Lefau (Sammamish High in Washington).
Here’s the latest list of offers and commitments for 14 Hawaii high school athletes from the Class of ’22 and Class of ’23.
Class of 2022
Source: 247sports.com
Note: Additions, deletions and corrections , if applicable, can be made by emailing BedrockSportsHawaii.com to [email protected].
20
TEVARUA TAFITI, LB/DE, Punahou, 6-3, 222
Uncommitted four-star recruit.
Offers: Arizona State, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisville, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Syracuse, Tulane, UCLA, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin.
19
LAAKEA KAPOI, OT, Saint Louis, 6-4, 305
Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offers: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, California, Colorado, Colorado State, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Southern Utah, Syracuse, UCF, UNLV, Utah State, Washington State.
16
KAEO AKANA, LB/DE, Roosevelt, 6-3, 205
Three-star recruit committed to: Boise State.
Other offers: Arizona, Colorado, Dartmouth, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, San Diego State, UCLA, UNLV, Utah, Washington, Washington State.
7
JONAH SAVAIINAEA, OL, Saint Louis, 6-3, 330
Three-star recruit committed to: Arizona.
Other offers: Arizona State, Hawaii, San Diego State, Syracuse, UCF, UNLV.
5
TAVO MOTUAPUAKA, OT, Mililani, 6-5, 280
Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offers: Hawaii, San Diego State, Utah, Utah State, Washington State.
4
JAYDEN MAIAVA, QB, Kaimuki, 6-4, 205
Three-star recruit committed to: UNLV.
Other offers: Auburn, Louisville, Tennessee.
3
AJ BIANCO, QB, Saint Louis, 6-3, 210
Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offers: Hawaii, Nebraska, Washington State.
2
BLAINE HIPA, QB, Chandler, Ariz. (formerly Campbell), 6-2, 192 Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offers: Hawaii, Tennessee.
KEENAN McCADDY, WR, Moanalua, 6-3, 180
Committed to Boise State.
Other offer: Navy.
Class of 2023
28
TAUSILI AKANA, LB, (Wasatch/Kahuku/Kamehameha), 6-4, 225
Uncommitted four-star recruit.
Offers: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, California, Colorado, Hawaii, LSU, Michigan, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, UNLV, USC, Utah, Utah State, Virginia, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin.
13
LIONA LEFAU, LB, Sammamish, Wash. (formerly Kahuku), 6-1, 210
Uncommitted four-star recruit.
Offers: Arizona State, BYU, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin.
2
LEONARD AH YOU, LB, Kahuku, 6-2, 180
Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offers: Arizona State, BYU
1
BROCK FONOIMOANA, S, Kahuku, 6-1, 190
Uncommitted three-star recruit.
Offer: Virginia
IAPANI LALOULU, OL, Farrington, 6-2, 265
Uncommitted four-star recruit.
Offer: Oregon.
