"What the hell are you doing?"
As the sun rises outside Jesuit High School, Keleki Latu is abruptly woken up.
"Get your ass up and let's go work out."
It's his brother Laiatu Latu's voice. Keleki had slept the night in the high school's weight room, forcing himself to be on his older brother's rigorous schedule — one that propelled Laiatu toward Division I football.
The Latu brothers were both players for Jesuit's varsity football team at the time, Laiatu a top 100 recruit in the nation, and Keleki battling to find playing time. Keleki envied his older brother's success, choosing to sleep in the weight room so that when his brother got there bright and early, he'd be right there with him.
Laiatu worked out every morning to improve his game, taking his younger brother under his wing to help him reach his potential. Watching as his older brother earned a scholarship to play football at the University of Washington, Keleki dedicated his time to the workout regimen, hitting the gym every morning at 6 a.m.
"He was a beast," Keleki said of Laiatu in high school. "I was jealous of that in a good way. I wanted to be just like him, so he could be proud of me."
The predawn workouts became the foundation of his approach to football, a mentality that followed him from high school to the NFL. Keleki knew he had plenty of room to grow and sought out as much help as he could as a high schooler.
"I asked my high school coach; I was like, 'What can I do?' Because I was very skinny at the time. I was like 180, 190 pounds," Keleki said with a laugh. "But yeah, I needed to get bigger."
Keleki got up to roughly 205 pounds after his mindset change in high school, but despite not reaching his goal of 250 pounds, he never stopped working.