Fehoko up to a Baker's Dozen

V.J. Fehoko is already a wanted man, and in the best possible sense. Three big-time schools have recently offered the 6-foot, 225-pound linebacker from Farrington High School in Honolulu, Hawai'i, and Fehoko is soaking up all the attention that's coming his way.

"It's really been crazy," Fehoko told Scout.com Tuesday. "Coaches have been telling me they are going to come down and watch my games and stuff." He added that UCLA has been big on trying to see him soon, and Alabama, Auburn and Nebraska have also expressed serious interest. "Alabama wants to see film and as soon as they do they'll offer me," said V.J.

Nebraska is one of three schools to recently offer Fehoko, the other two being Tennessee and Notre Dame. Stanford, BYU, Utah, Cal, Colorado, Texas Tech, UCLA and Hawai'i are some of the other schools that have already offered. V.J. is currently claiming 13 offers.

Farrington's regular season just finished up, but the Governors are just getting started. "I've had a great season so far," Fehoko said, noting he's racked up 12 sacks, an interception, four forced fumbles and close to 100 tackles in 2008. During Farrington's last game against Kaimuki Fehoko had a dozen stops and nine tackles against perennial power Kahuku. He'll be taking the Governors to face big Stan Hasiak, Chad Lopati, Simione Vehekite and Kapolei.

On the recruiting front, Fehoko isn't listing any top schools yet. "I'm pretty wide open," he said. He added that he's planning on coming to the mainland after the season. "I want to come over to California and visit some schools," he said. "USC, they are really interested in me and calling me to come to their camp. I'm going to stop over there. UCLA and Cal, I'm going to make a couple of stops over there."

But don't think that it's only the west coast for Fehoko. One of his older brothers, Sam, signed out of high school to play defense for Texas Tech. "Location is still pretty broad, because I'm still looking to go to Alabama," he said. "So east, west, north, south - it doesn't matter to me."

And he also hasn't discounted the idea of staying home either. "I'm not forgetting about UH (Hawai'i)," Fehoko said. "I love UH and go to all of their home games. But it all boils down to what fits me the best."

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