{"id":374216,"date":"2024-03-09T01:17:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374216"},"modified":"2024-03-09T03:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T03:01:55","slug":"wisconsin-commit-samuel-lateju-is-locked-in-following-his-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=374216","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin commit Samuel Lateju is locked-in following his decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samuel Lateju committed to Wisconsin this week, landing the Big Ten program a linebacker with some big upside.<\/p>\n

Lateju has only played two years of organized football but has shown plenty of promise and potential during that time.<\/p>\n

Lateju is a 6-foot-5, 230-pound edge from the Lawrenceville School (Princeton, New Jersey). He holds offers from Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Wake Forest in addition to Wisconsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He is ranked the No. 27 player in New Jersey by 247Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 3 while on an unofficial visit to Wisconsin, Lateju committed.<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t say exactly what made me commit to Wisconsin,” Lateju told USA TODAY High School Sports.<\/p>\n

“I believe I fell in love with Wisconsin on my Junior Day (visit). The coaches were really great, the people and Madison were perfect. I fell in love with Wisconsin just as soon as I landed at the airport and I just knew that’s where I want to spend my college career.”<\/p>\n

With great length, Lateju has a good first step. He has the ability to change direction well and is fluid in his movement.<\/p>\n

The Junior Day visit was a success for Lateju in that he felt comfortable with the program.<\/p>\n

“The people, the coaches, the city – it just felt different,” Lateju said.<\/p>\n

“The coaches were welcoming, the teammates were welcoming. Wisconsin looks so beautiful and nothing felt forced.”<\/p>\n

He said that he isn’t planning any other visits – “Just my official visit to Madison.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samuel Lateju breaks down his recent commitment to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=374216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374217,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374216\/revisions\/374217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=374216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=374216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=374216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}