Notre Dame offers 2025 Hawaiian linebacker

The Notre Dame football program has a reach that many schools don’t possess.

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There is solid history in almost every state and that includes Hawaii.

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The list is long for the Irish recruiting in The Aloha State, including former star linebacker Manti Te’o.

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Currently on the roster from the state is defensive end Jordan Botelho and linebackers Marist Liufau and Kahanu Kia.

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There very well could be another Hawaiian linebacker on their way to South Bend, Josiah “Ko’o” Kia.

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The six-foot-two-inch and 190-pounder just finished his sophomore year,

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but it was all that the Irish staff needed to see.

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Kia tagged linebackers coach james laurinaitis and special teams coordinator brian mason when announcing the offer.

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