Clemson offers 5-star DT while on campus

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Jun 15, 2017, 7:29 PM

Faatui Tuitele - Defensive Tackle
TigerNet: (4.74)

Height: 6-2 Weight: 304 Hometown: Honolulu, HI (St. Louis HS) Class: 2019

ESPN:

#88 Overall, #11 DT, #1 HI

Rivals:

#100 Overall, #6 DT, #1 HI

24/7:

#122 Overall, #11 DT, #2 HI

Clemson has offered elite 2019 defensive tackle Faatui Tuitele from Honolulu, HI on Thursday according to his Twitter account.

"I SERVE AN AWESOME LORD!!Tuitele posted. "Absolutely Blessed to have received my 16th offer from the National Champs, Clemson!" #ALLin

Tuitele and his family came down Wednesday night and visited Clemson's campus, met some of the coaches including Dabo Swinney, Todd Bates, Brent Venables, and toured the new facilities. The Clemson coaches liked what they saw and offered him a scholarship today.

The recruiting site 247 has him ranked as the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation for the 2019 cycle.

He has national offers from BYU, Clemson, Hawaii, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon, Stanford, Syracuse, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt, Washington, and others.

I SERVE AN AWESOME LORD!! Absolutely Blessed to have received my 16th offer from the National Champs, Clemson! #ALLin ?? pic.twitter.com/Q761cyY30A
— FAATUI TUITELE (@tuitele87) June 15, 2017

Clemson Tigers coaches & staff already starting this visit off GREAT. Can't wait to get this tour started in the morning. #Blessed?? #TIGERS?? pic.twitter.com/OI05iqfGBB
— Justin Tuitele (@shackz43) June 15, 2017