Twin brothers Javen, Jamarion Augustus eager to play final season together at Idaho
Apr. 4—MOSCOW, Idaho — Brothers playing on the University of Idaho football team is nothing new. Twins playing together as Vandals happened as recently as 2023, when Idaho's all-time leading receiver and All-American Hayden Hatten and his brother Hogan, now the Detroit Lions' long snapper, led Idaho to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
But if it has ever ...
Apr. 4—MOSCOW, Idaho — Brothers playing on the University of Idaho football team is nothing new. Twins playing together as Vandals happened as recently as 2023, when Idaho's all-time leading receiver and All-American Hayden Hatten and his brother Hogan, now the Detroit Lions' long snapper, led Idaho to the quarterfinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
But if it has ever happened, it has been a long time since twins came from different schools to reunite for a senior season at Idaho. Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. said enticing Javen and Jamarion Augustus from the transfer portal involved presenting a compelling argument to their mother, Laquanda Augustus.
"We sold them on the idea they had one year left," Ford said. "Their mom could go to one place to see both of them, and we wanted both. " The brothers agree this is pretty much how it went down.