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Meet Talanoa Hufanga
April 11, 2018 | Football, USC Ripsit Blog, Features
Name: Talanoa HufangaPosition: DB
Age: 18
Size: 6-foot-1, 215 lbs.
High School (Hometown): Crescent Valley HS (Corvallis, Ore.)
Prep Career: Hufanga made 2017 PrepStar Dream Team, Max Preps All-American second team, Tacoma News Tribune Northwest Nuggets and USA Today All-Oregon first team as a senior safety and wide receiver. In 2017, he had 44 tackles, with 7 for losses, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble and 1 blocked field goal on defense and 35 receptions for 696 yards (19.9 avg) with 11 TDs plus 490 yards on 39 carries (12.6 avg) with 7 TDs on offense. He was rated the No. 1 athlete in the nation during the 2018 recruiting cycle.
USC head coach Clay Helton on Hufanga: "Wow. To be still supposed to be in high school ... For him to only have been here a couple of months and to be doing what he's doing, he's a special talent."
Fun Fact: Hufanga is the cousin of USC rising redshirt freshman DL Marlon Tuipulotu.
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