It’s greater than two hours earlier than Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s soccer workforce performs in a Southern Part playoff recreation, and there’s one large teenager mendacity on his again on the 50-yard line with headphones on. Samson Fatu, 6 toes 5 and 305 kilos, is utilizing the all-weather turf as his “Sleep Quantity mattress.”
“Right here I Am,” a tune by J Boog, taking part in on his headphones. That is the way in which Fatu focuses earlier than a recreation.
He’s a beginning offensive sort out for Notre Dame, which hosts Chino Hills in a Division 3 playoff recreation on Friday. His father, Rikishi, is within the WWE Corridor of Fame. Three brothers are professional wrestlers and don’t be shocked if Samson in the future turns into the most recent Samoan member of the family to begin throwing folks down. He’s that large and robust and anybody named Samson has star energy.
He’s lastly wholesome after getting injured final season. Get your images of the massive child with plenty of hair. In the future you is perhaps watching him on TV in soccer or wrestling.
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