While offseason news about college football players is normally dominated by items in the police blotter thread, occasionally there is a story like this.
The Beavers 2nd-leading tackler, and honorable mention all-Pac Ten performer, is heading into military service.
Best of luck making it into the Navy SEAL program, Bubba, and stay safe.
OregonLive.com
The Beavers 2nd-leading tackler, and honorable mention all-Pac Ten performer, is heading into military service.
Best of luck making it into the Navy SEAL program, Bubba, and stay safe.
OregonLive.com
Starting middle linebacker David Pa'aluhi leaves Oregon State football team
OSU's David Pa'aluhi (45) brings down Stanford's Toby Gerhart
Pa'aluhi, who has a wife and child, was wrestling with personal issues and had been thinking about leaving school for some time. He wants to join the military (to try and be a Navy Seal?) and thus will be giving up a promising college career.
The 5-11, 233-pound junior-to-be made 13 career starts and was 2009 all Pac-10 honorable mention. He was No. 2 on the team with 77 tackles (he had a career-high 12 tackles vs. Arizona) and forced a fumble in OSU's loss to BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl. He had 96 career tackles.
Pa'aluhi, who everyone around the program called "Bubba'' was an interesting athlete, because of his background in wrestling and martial arts, and didn't play high school football until his senior year.
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“We fully support David’s decision,” OSU coach Mike Riley said. “He’s a terrific young man with a great future, and all of us in the Beaver football program thank him for his contributions and wish him the very best.”
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