The Washington transfer, who recorded three sacks in Saturday’s win over Colorado, missed two years after a neck injury. Now the Huskies arrive Friday.
BOULDER, Colo. — Laiatu Latu thought his career was over after a neck injury sidelined him for two years. The linebacker medically retired in December but made a comeback with a different team.
Latu played eight games for Washington as a freshman in 2019 but a neck injury suffered on a hit during a practice cost him two seasons. He thought his playing days were over, but he has revived his career after transferring to the Bruins in the offseason. “I know I came from there, but we want to win every game just as much and that’s how I’m looking at it” Latu said. “It’s going to be fun seeing them though. But I’m treating it like any other game.”“They’ll probably say something, but knowing those guys it’s all love at the end of the day,” Latu said.on Saturday, he could have an impact on the outcome. In just his third game in two years, he had three sacks and created havoc in the Buffaloes’ backfield.
“It’s everything. There’s a mindset that we talk about all the time, how we feel, how we train, how we recover,” Kelly said. “We’re pretty dialed in in terms of how we do it, and I think it’s paid off.”