A recalcitrant jokester, Neff Maiava often saved his best pranks for his family. “One Saturday, he woke us up and said, ‘Hey, come downstairs. I made you breakfast,’” Pamela Maiava said.

Sol-Jay Maiava’s family moved from Laie, Hawaii so that he could play quarterback for St. John’s in D.C., in support of his dreams of playing major college football on the mainland.

Before he played the position, Jayden Maiava had a sense of what a Samoan quarterback could mean to his community. Growing up in Oahu’s Palolo Valley in a big Samoan family, he’d felt that ...

Jayden Maiava shows his skill but also his inexperience as USC overcomes miscues to defeat Nebraska 28-20 and move closer to qualifying for a bowl game. ... where his family is from, ...

Maiava was 13-of-18 passing for 247 yards. White pulled in eight passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Dylan Hopkins was 15 of 23 for 187 yards and Jacory Croskey-Merritt added 86 yards on 21 ...