With early offers from Alabama, USC, Michigan, Stanford, and Oregon, among others, rising junior 4-star OT Kingsley Suamataia is already well-aware of what it means to be a highly-pursued recruit. Considered one of the class of 2021’s top 15 players, the Orem High (UT) standout added another bid from a powerhouse school when the Miami Hurricanes got in touch with Suamataia’s head coach and came in with an offer late last month.
“It was very exciting to get this offer,” Suamataia said. “I always thought of Miami as a powerhouse program producing big-time players.”
The 6’5” 290 pound prospect has already been down to Miami in the recent past for a camp event and got a chance to see the outside of the campus. Now that he has an offer from the U, Suamataia plans to return in the future and get a better feel of Hecht from the inside.
“My interest is very high,” Suamataia said “I did attend the Miami Opening last year and my dad and I drove around the school, so we do have Miami on our list of visits. Love the weather, like home in Hawaii.”
A common issue for recruits on the west coast is the distance from home. Will it be a factor for Suamataia?
“No, my mom works for the airlines, so we fly free,” he said.
Aside from the warm temperatures and breezeways, Suamataia says what attracts him to a school like Miami is the history behind where the program has been in the past, and where they can go in the future.
“The tradition of winning,” Suamataia said of what he likes about UM. “I’m not really familiar with the education yet, but I saw video of the weight room, I liked that.”
In terms of visits to other schools, Suamataia has nothing planned at the moment, but does expect to hit some campuses on his list this spring.
“My dad handles setting the visits, so not sure where exactly yet, but we are going to visit schools during spring break,” Suamataia said.
For now, Suamataia is keeping things open and wants to check out all his options before narrowing down his list or making a decision, so a commitment is a long way off at this point.
“It’s still early and we’re still looking at everyone,” Suamataia said. “No one can really contact us directly yet, but lots of coaches are coming to our school this spring. But we won’t really know where schools stand until we can talk more to the coaches.”
Along with 4-star LB teammate Noah Sewell, Suamataia helped lead Orem to a second consecutive state championship as a sophomore, where the Tigers took home the title over Dixie. In just Suamataia’s second year playing varsity ball, he enjoyed tons of accolades both local and national, and did not allow a sack in 2018.
“I’m only a sophomore, but I’ve started 28 games since I was a freshman - last season I had 71 pancakes and didn’t allow a sack. I was a MaxPreps freshman and sophomore All-American,” Suamataia said. “We are back-to-back state champs, we’ve traveled to play Nevada Bishop Gorman, California Santa Margarita, California Bakersfield. I was All-Region and All-State as well.”
“It was very exciting to get this offer,” Suamataia said. “I always thought of Miami as a powerhouse program producing big-time players.”
The 6’5” 290 pound prospect has already been down to Miami in the recent past for a camp event and got a chance to see the outside of the campus. Now that he has an offer from the U, Suamataia plans to return in the future and get a better feel of Hecht from the inside.
“My interest is very high,” Suamataia said “I did attend the Miami Opening last year and my dad and I drove around the school, so we do have Miami on our list of visits. Love the weather, like home in Hawaii.”
A common issue for recruits on the west coast is the distance from home. Will it be a factor for Suamataia?
“No, my mom works for the airlines, so we fly free,” he said.
Aside from the warm temperatures and breezeways, Suamataia says what attracts him to a school like Miami is the history behind where the program has been in the past, and where they can go in the future.
“The tradition of winning,” Suamataia said of what he likes about UM. “I’m not really familiar with the education yet, but I saw video of the weight room, I liked that.”
In terms of visits to other schools, Suamataia has nothing planned at the moment, but does expect to hit some campuses on his list this spring.
“My dad handles setting the visits, so not sure where exactly yet, but we are going to visit schools during spring break,” Suamataia said.
For now, Suamataia is keeping things open and wants to check out all his options before narrowing down his list or making a decision, so a commitment is a long way off at this point.
“It’s still early and we’re still looking at everyone,” Suamataia said. “No one can really contact us directly yet, but lots of coaches are coming to our school this spring. But we won’t really know where schools stand until we can talk more to the coaches.”
Along with 4-star LB teammate Noah Sewell, Suamataia helped lead Orem to a second consecutive state championship as a sophomore, where the Tigers took home the title over Dixie. In just Suamataia’s second year playing varsity ball, he enjoyed tons of accolades both local and national, and did not allow a sack in 2018.
“I’m only a sophomore, but I’ve started 28 games since I was a freshman - last season I had 71 pancakes and didn’t allow a sack. I was a MaxPreps freshman and sophomore All-American,” Suamataia said. “We are back-to-back state champs, we’ve traveled to play Nevada Bishop Gorman, California Santa Margarita, California Bakersfield. I was All-Region and All-State as well.”
