Livai plans to attend Colorado satellite camp

Freddy Livai has made Fontana (Calif.) A.B. Miller a popular stop for college recruiters during the spring evaluation period. The three-star prospect already claims offers from Colorado and Weber State, and according to his coach, his offer list might grow in the near future.

"To be honest with you, we are in the building process with our team. We're trying to change a culture here at the school," said A.B. Miller head coach Justin Nast. "In the past, when I first got here, recruiters wouldn't be coming in looking for a specific player. Now it is a lot more in-depth because of Freddy. They want to see him practice, they want to see his transcripts.

"He is blowing up right now. He is starting to get a ton of interest from a lot of schools. He has a lot of interest from the Pac-12 schools and it sounds like in the next couple weeks he'll have a bunch more offers on the table."

In addition to Pac-12 interest, Livai has been hearing from Boise State, UTEP, San Diego State, Colorado State, Sacramento State and Weber State. Colleges have also taken notice of A.B. Miller sophomore athlete Malik Flowers, who received his first offer from Weber State on Wednesday.

Livai plans to attend as many camps as possible this summer. He will be at the Buffaloes' satellite camp at the University of Redlands on June 1.

"He really likes Colorado and everything they have to say," Nast said. "[Buffs special teams] coach [Toby] Neinas stopped by here recently and they are very interested in him. I can't see why they wouldn't be. He is just a physical specimen.

"He has exceeded my expectations as his high school coach. He has really taken this to heart. For him to get a scholarship, it means so much to his family and he is really putting in the work to make his family proud. He has been a real leader, a high character type guy."

Livai was ranked as one of the top 10 defensive performers at the Rivals Camp Series event in Las Vegas in late February. He played primarily at defensive end during his junior campaign but is expected to play multiple roles, on both sides of the ball, as a senior.

"He is such a hybrid and he has just blown up in the weight room," Nast said. "He is benching 355 [pounds], squatting 495, power cleaning 295 and his forty time is still a 4.57. He is a really lean 250, too. His brother is I want to say 6-foot-7 and his dad is 6-foot-9 so he is still going to grow and get bigger. He hasn't even filled out yet.

"Colleges see him as a defensive end or a linebacker, just depending on the team and the scheme. Some people are looking at him as a tight end, too. He can catch. He has been out at our spring practices playing tight end and fullback, doing offense half the time, and he looks good."

Nast does not expect Livai to make a commitment anytime soon, as he continues to listen to every college that is recruiting him.

"He is kind of wide open, taking it all in," Nast said. "He is a young kid and to him this is all new. Coming from here, I don't think he even thought in his wildest dreams this would ever happen to him. He is just taking it all in stride and working his best to see what options are out there for him."

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