SB Nation Dallas - 2012 TCU Football Recruiting Coveragehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48887/dallas-fave.png2011-12-20T22:59:32-06:00http://dallas.sbnation.com/rss/stream/24153052011-12-20T22:59:32-06:002011-12-20T22:59:32-06:00Offensive Lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai Verbally Commits To TCU
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<p>TCU landed their second offensive lineman recruit for the 2012 class in Halapoulivaati Vaitai</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/tcu-horned-frogs">TCU Horned Frogs</a> are seeing the recruiting benefits of moving from the Mountain West and on to the Big 12. TCU already has <a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/tcu/football/recruiting/commitments/2012" target="_blank">five verbal commits who are rated as four star players</a> and that amount is the most TCU has received ever since recruiting services have starting tracking that information online. </p>
<p>The latest commitment for TCU came from offensive lineman <a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/tcu/football/recruiting/player-Halapoulivaati-Vaitai-105447" target="_blank">Halapoulivaati Vaitai</a> (Haltom City, Texas) when he verbally committed to TCU on Dec. 18. Vaitai is rated as a three-star and chose TCU over Arkansas, Arizona, Houston, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Baylor, Texas Tech and Utah. So, Vaitai had plenty of heavy hitters offer him a scholarship.</p>
<p>Halapoulivaati had been committed to Texas Tech ever since last April and as recently as one month ago, but made the change to be a Horned Frog so that <a href="http://tcu.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1308730" target="_blank">he could be closer to hom as did the move to the Big 12</a>.</p>
<p>Offensive line is a big need for TCU in the 2012 class and Vaitai is only the second offensive lineman to commit to the school; the other is Chad Childs (La Grange, Texas). </p>
<p>TCU is now up to 19 verbal commits for the 2012 class.</p>
<p><i><b>For more on the TCU Horned Frogs head over to <a href="http://frogsowar.com" target="_blank">Frogs O War</a>.</b></i></p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/tcu-horned-frogs/2011/12/20/2651229/2012-tcu-recruiting-halapoulivaati-vaitaiJeremy Mauss