Sol-Jay Maiava isn't old enough to drive a car and has not played a down of high school football yet, but Jim Harbaugh wants him on his team.
The Michigan head coach offered a football scholarship to the Hawaii native, the quarterback announced on his Twitter Wednesday morning.
BLESSED 2 say I received my FIRST scholarship offer from the University of ichigan! #WOLVERINES#GOBIGBLUE pic.twitter.com/hb38k1tS6V
— Sol-Jay Maiava (@Jay_4QB) June 29, 2016
Maiava certainly doesn't look like your typical eighth grader, standing 6-foot-1 and weighing 170 pounds. Harbaugh likely saw him at one of his 14 million satellite camps — the Wolverines held one for fourth through eighth graders in addition to another for high schoolers in the Aloha State earlier this week.
Michigan isn't the only program getting a head start on the 2020 class; Alabama extended a scholarship to Florida linebacker Jesus Machado, who also just completed eighth grade, in May. Machado also has offers from Michigan State, Iowa State, North Carolina State and West Virginia.
Source: @Jay_4QB
