Just four days after his Federal Way High School teammate Andre Barrington committed to play football at Washington State University, Andru Pulu did the football equivalent of the exact opposite — telling Tyrone Willingham he’s going to play for the University of Washington in the fall.

The 6-foot-3, 250-pound middle linebacker verbally committed to the Huskies on Saturday, the moment the school offered him a scholarship.

“It doesn’t happen every day,” Federal Way head coach John Meagher said about having two Division I recruits on his roster. “As a matter of fact, it (a Pac-10 scholarship) hasn’t happened since I have been a head coach (11 seasons).”

Barrington, a 6-1, 200-pound running back/linebacker, verbally committed to play for the Cougars on Sept. 2.

The soft-spoken Pulu, along with Barrington, were huge reasons why the Eagles won their first South Puget Sound League North Division championship for the first time in 31 years a season ago.

“He talks with his pads,” Meagher said. “His size and strength are very special for a high school football player.”

Last season, Pulu racked up 62 tackles, which was second on the team behind Barrington, despite missing a game with an injury. He also had two tackles for losses and two fumble recoveries. As a sophomore, Pulu had 74 total tackles — including seven for losses, one sack and two fumble recoveries.

WashingtonPreps.com lists Pulu as the 26th-ranked senior recruit from Washington state and gives him two out of five stars. He was a first-team, All-SPSL North Division linebacker both his sophomore and junior seasons. Pulu was listed on every major preseason all-state team in Washington and dished out numerous big hits in the Eagles’ season-opening loss to Auburn on Sept. 4 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

Pulu will most likely move onto the defensive line when he gets to the University of Washington. In fact, the Huskies list him as a defensive end.