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Allan Mwata, a class of 2018 defensive back from Liberty High in Las Vegas, verbally committed to BYU football today.
It’s not the first time BYU has secured a committed from a Liberty defender. Time will tell if Mwata pans out like the other — Kai Nacua, arguably Liberty’s best all-time player.
Nacua was a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist last fall for BYU and finished his career with 14 interceptions — the most for a BYU player since the 1980s.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Mwata had 48 tackles and three interceptions in 2016 for Liberty, which won the Sunrise Regional championship and was ranked for most of the season in the national top-25.
Mwata also has a scholarship offer from Florida Atlantic.
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