‘21 DT Fatafehi Vailea (Nevada) [SIGNED LOI]

BillySee58 · January 23, 2020

6’2” 290 lb defensive tackle from Desert Pines high school in Las Vegas, Nevada. Teammate of 2020 offer Jonathan Pickett. Also holds an early offer from Charlotte.

https://247sports.com/Player/Fatafehi-Vailea-46083144/

Edited December 16, 2020 by BillySee58

DeepGreen · January 23, 2020

Samoan? Good ball players.

97and03 · January 23, 2020

UNTLifer · January 23, 2020

Interesting that we seem to be targeting Nevada/Arizona area. Wonder what led to this?

UNTLifer · January 23, 2020

https://www.hudl.com/profile/9946969/Fatafehi-JR-Vailea

UNTLifer · February 12, 2020

6'2" 290 lbs.

no composite, rated 82 by 247

Also has an offer from Charlotte.

meangreen11 · June 9, 2020

UNTLifer · June 12, 2020

On 6/9/2020 at 6:00 PM, meangreen11 said:

https://247sports.com/college/north-texas/Article/Fatafehi-Vailea-Jaylen-Lane-North-Texas-Mean-Green-football-recruiting-rundown-UNT-makes-top-4-top-8-pair-of-offers-148051231/

GrayEagle · June 12, 2020

His Top 4 are Colorado State, Nevada, North Texas and San Diego State. Since the other three are in the West and he is in the West, I don't feel good about this one.

Coach Andy Mac · July 26, 2020

Big pick up!!!

BillySee58 · July 26, 2020

Woah! Huge

Green Crazy · July 26, 2020

Wag Tag · July 26, 2020

Awesome! Congrats to all! GMG

bstnsportsfan3 · July 26, 2020

1 hour ago, BillySee58 said:

Woah! Huge

Parks And Recreation GIF

Marty · July 26, 2020

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2021/fatafehi-vailea-239041

Brett Vito · July 26, 2020

greenminer · July 26, 2020

Anyone wanna run down memory lane and name past players from Nevada?

Marty · July 27, 2020

7 hours ago, greenminer said:

Anyone wanna run down memory lane and name past players from Nevada?

Billy Cox

NorthTexasSportsNetwork · July 27, 2020

Well he’s gone! Fastest decommit I’ve ever seen!

BillySee58 · July 27, 2020

18 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Well he’s gone! Fastest decommit I’ve ever seen!

We’ve had this happen to us before. And it’s usually a situation where the parents/family talk the recruit out of the commitment. Usually because they want the recruit to go somewhere with higher program profile or somewhere closer to home. Maybe that’s not exactly the case here but he said he went over it with his family and ends up decommitting so there was some measure of him being talked out of it.

Hopefully we have the chance to bring him and his family on an official visit and get everyone on the same page. Because it seems pretty clear we have been successful in selling him on the program.

Green Crazy · July 27, 2020

Not so fast! Has this ever happened before? 🙂☹🙂

Edited July 27, 2020 by Green Crazy

MeanGreenTexan · July 27, 2020

This is really weird. I do hope he sticks, and yeah, Definitely need to bring his family in on an official to see everything going on here.

BillySee58 · July 27, 2020

Glad to see he’s back. Also noticed this graphic from the coaches says “OL” under his name. Wonder if there is any chance that he is an offensive line commit.

UNTLifer · July 27, 2020

2 hours ago, BillySee58 said:

Glad to see he’s back. Also noticed this graphic from the coaches says “OL” under his name. Wonder if there is any chance that he is an offensive line commit.

In watching his video attached to his 247 profile, a majority of this video has him playing OL, guard to be specific.