Michael Mauti, shown here in 2007, was a standout linebacker at Mandeville High School, comes from a family of athletes. His father, Rich Mauti, attended Penn State and played for the Saints and Redskins; sister Rachel plays volleyball at the Univeristy of Louisiana at Lafayette; brother Patrick is a receiver at Penn State; and his mother, Nancy, had her shoes bronzed after training for two years and running the 26-mile New York City Marathon in 1978.