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By Mark Anderson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

December 2, 2018 - 10:58 pm

Leif Fautanu, a center from Honolulu, tweeted Sunday that he had committed to play football at UNLV.

I AM COMMITTED‼️ #InJesusName pic.twitter.com/x9rE5ew9Uk

— Leif Fautanu (@FautanuLeif) December 3, 2018

Fautanu (6 feet 2 inches, 290 pounds), who attends Education Laboratory, also received a scholarship offer from Hawaii, according to 247Sports.

Contact Mark Anderson at manderson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @markanderson65 on Twitter.

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