Auburn was the first to offer **[Nikau Hepi](https://247sports.com/Player/Nikau-Hepi-46156578)** earlier this year, something that meant a lot. Despite never playing a snap of football before, Hepi released a video doing football drills and a story was released by a local New Zealand newspaper about how he was attempting to make it as a college athlete, set to start working with the NFL Academy. The Tigers took a chance from his video and enormous measurables at over 6-foot-7 and 353 pounds to extend an offer to him.
That offer helped get Hepi and a group of international players on campus for a visit last Saturday and go through the Elite Camp on Sunday.