JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?b ʡAjvԌz D*d"(*EҚ{SBJxQVF7[s+tyolqP|PdX$n<kd%&)I8cGiBM 0Ɠ(ELEF4(J='ZSESJsQ!Jj5*5JޥZ]-/af{;bf'q=a_CruzVqf(hihmF)3L^ZkYtoE=q\]^ =9ʺ+x?{ަ2mե sE3#h?S[BHh'ޓ>1JZ@ lMDƀEN=*<Ԩi2 O"Ԋ٠ T+G?f{in85҆y(`O٭GӺll29) ;Vkj R=+j5Mf[f)|+N<.%tYofqȦUXqV x#K/)dRDƓ'R}G@Lf>54BIE03C8Nڤ ֜x#(`iA?F>q@nVACW,I໘DQyj4Tן)̚ü+,r*/ 1^j=6uX!'# xѵ HB!Cl+FqSHʯH7(8ڹi1isj$v:T],WsνTr;8GvH㵹DP2:QۋũqHA܁~Td{VLj.h'M& i CtE01WSTIYj<6z/F?Q׭QjO^-i͟OBpyqT jpaܼN2~GCʄ3Ҕ9>,}L˻-s +R.1Q`nx~޺"cڹUb+SHB`YGsm:z@P(\0٦sҷr?zS+GsUNFcSQa\u54}0!mҐڐ 'Kz)JL]8 4EHQ~#@đ0=N8=TY*ٵe]!Gz]J]]\lɒJʻ\EveojӹԟPwnO])#Iq[>H5; x[6H$ EOj{sv#baF_$I۷$W^Cz <P>Chris weighed 185 pounds when in the 9th grade but then added a whopping 65-pounds in the next year.&nbsp; He did not lift regularly in high school but did Bench 225 for 10 reps.&nbsp; Chris topped out at 260 pounds for his senior year at St. Louis High School, where he was named Most Valuable Running Back.&nbsp; "I was used mostly as a blocker," remembered Chris.&nbsp; "I think I only had about 6 carries per game.&nbsp; I like carrying the ball but sometimes I get tired."</P> <P>Family ties run deep especially with Chris' mother Lusia Ma'afala.&nbsp; "My mom," said Chris.&nbsp; "That's why I'm here at the University of Utah.&nbsp; She's why I play football.&nbsp; I play football for my mom and family.&nbsp; If&nbsp;I ever were to make money in pro football, I would take care of my mom first."</P> <P>Chris' dad died of a heart attack when he was in the second grade.&nbsp; He has 10 brothers and sisters with Chris being the youngest.&nbsp; Chris' two oldest brothers took on the responsibility of a father figure.&nbsp; The whole family is very close and that helped to ease the burden of the loss of their father.&nbsp; Roy, Chirs' oldest brother, was a four-year starting offensive lineman for Utah.</P> <P>Chris threw the shot but only as a sophomore where he heaved it 50 feet.&nbsp; "Wow," I exclaimed to Chris, "you could have gone over 60 of you'd stuck with it and lifted properly."&nbsp; Chris just shrugged his huge shoulders and told me he's got a little cousin who just threw 52-feet as a 9th grader.&nbsp; See what I mean about that Samoan blood.</P> <P>Samoan life in Hawaii is good according to Chris.&nbsp; "You can climb mountains and trees and go to the beach.&nbsp; There are always chores to do."&nbsp; However, there is a darker side.&nbsp; "I have a lot of friends who are huge and could be playing, but grades and the SAT screw them up.&nbsp; The ones on scholarship are real lucky."</P> <P>As an 18