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.

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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."

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For more info on Tufono, visit his profile page on our Recruiting Tracker.
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TigerIT77 months
Samoan inside linebacker? Do want.
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takemking77 months
Check your geography. Not Samoan...Hawaiian....they are literally thousands of miles from each other. Still a great get.
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luciouslou77 months
come on down, there aint much difference between pinapple chicken and chicken fricassee
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Deltatiger77 months
anybody else notice that his tweet about LSU was sent from Alabama?
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Vastmind77 months
I hope we load up on Samoans
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GeologyGrad8877 months
Ironically, this is my favorite Girl Scout cookie. Could it be???
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BayouBengal9977 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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VooDude77 months
Ucla lock. Why wouldn’t you go there?
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DlineU77 months
Liberal country and it's expensive to live.
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DlineU77 months
Liberal country and it's expensive to live.
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tbabino77 months
trojan lock
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LSU FSU Grad77 months
If by Trojan you mean Huskie, then yes.
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Spankum77 months
Wow...O is really getting the attention of these future Tigers!
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BayouTiga77 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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Tigerfan23277 months
Don’t be dumb bawwww comon down
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