UCLA’s Laiatu Latu goes from medically retired player to hot NFL prospect
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Like your last” has become a mantra for Latu to do everything like it’s the last time he’s going to do it, without regrets that he didn’t give it his best, every time. “All the while when I wasn’t playing football, I just had the determination and the mind-set that I was going to be able to come back and play football and prove to the world what I could do,” said Latu, who was picked as one of the comeback players of the year in 2022. He became one of college football’s top pass rushers the past two seasons at UCLA and is a likely first-round draft pick. “He did, and so his whole mindset was like every single day, he’s going to make sure he attacks it and competes.” The two participated in a Bible study together, and both shed tears over the apparent end to Latu’s football career and the struggles to cope with that prospect.
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