Four-Star ILB Maninoa Tufono Announces Top 5 Schools

By Staff Reporter•Jul 11, 20185:33 pm•Discuss the story15
Elite four-star inside linebacker Maninoa Tufono from Honolulu, HI announced his top five schools on Wednesday and included LSU in the group.

His top schools are UCLA, Washington, LSU, Texas, and USC.


Tufono, a 6-3, 225-pound prospect, is rated the No. 5 inside linebacker in the country for the class of 2019, according to 247Sports and Rivals.

He recently visited Baton Rouge in June and described his trip and meeting with Ed Orgeron and Dave Aranda as "eye-opening."


For more info on Tufono, visit his profile page on our Recruiting Tracker.
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BayouBengal99•96 months
Man if we can get this dude or N Dean that would be a sick LB haul. We just need to land 2 more top 20 DLman and a top 15 OT to go along with them. This ending could be great for LSU!!!
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luciouslou•96 months
come on down, there aint much difference between pinapple chicken and chicken fricassee
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Vastmind•96 months
I hope we load up on Samoans
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GeologyGrad88•96 months
Ironically, this is my favorite Girl Scout cookie. Could it be???
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TigerIT•96 months
Samoan inside linebacker? Do want.
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takemking•96 months
Check your geography. Not Samoan...Hawaiian....they are literally thousands of miles from each other. Still a great get.
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BayouTiga•96 months
We are #5 of 5 but, a lot of time remaining to get him back on campus for an OV to seal the deal!!!
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Deltatiger•96 months
anybody else notice that his tweet about LSU was sent from Alabama?
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Spankum•96 months
Wow...O is really getting the attention of these future Tigers!
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Tigerfan232•96 months
Don’t be dumb bawwww comon down
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tbabino•96 months
trojan lock
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LSU FSU Grad•96 months
If by Trojan you mean Huskie, then yes.
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VooDude•96 months
Ucla lock. Why wouldn’t you go there?
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DlineU•96 months
Liberal country and it's expensive to live.
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DlineU•96 months
Liberal country and it's expensive to live.
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