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Virginia Tech Football: Analyzing Three-Star Tackle Xavier Chaplin

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 10: The Virginia Tech Hokies offensive line waits to go back into the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Kenan Stadium on October 10, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 56-45. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

This 2022 Recruiting Class is getting much bigger, physically and metaphorically. On Monday, July 5th, the Virginia Tech Hokies football team got a commitment from a mountain of a player in three-star offensive tackle Xavier Chaplin from Seabrook, South Carolina.

In his junior high school highlights, Chaplin measures in at 6-6, 315 pounds, making him the biggest recruit for the Hokies in several years.