He is listed as an active student in the university’s directory majoring in Human Development and Family Science ahead of the second summer session, which starts Tuesday.
Gaoteote — who’s defensive tackle Haskell Garrett’s cousin — spent the first three years of his college career at USC, where he recorded 105 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.
Their departure opened up a chance for OSU’s 2018 linebackers — Teradja Mitchell, Dallas Gant and K’Vaughan Pope — to finally breakthrough on the depth chart as fourth-year players.
The program’s been a benefactor of the transfer portal on numerous occasions in the Ryan Day era, finding plug-and-play guys at key positions.
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