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The next Carlos Watkins: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Carlos Watkins

DT · Clemson, class of 2012 · drafted 2017, round 4, No. 142 by Houston

18offers at signing

73strength of his top 3 offers

6-4, 290size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Cornelius Tims III

DL · Fort Myers, FL · committed to Louisville · 24 offers

24 offers; Watkins had 18; both about 6-4, 285

72match

Jaden Bayonne

DL · Alexandria, LA · committed to Mississippi State · 18 offers

Both offered by Florida and Arkansas; both about 6-4, 290

71match

Corey Randolph

DL · Chicago, IL · committed to Boston College · 20 offers

20 offers; Watkins had 18; both about 6-3, 305

66match

Hunter Eligon

DL · Anaheim, CA · committed to Vanderbilt · 22 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Watkins had 7; both about 6-3, 285

63match

Zai'Vion Meads

DL · Louisville, KY · committed to West Virginia · 31 offers

31 offers; Watkins had 18; both about 6-3, 280

60match

Matched on position, size, the strength of the programs that offered and how many did: his board at signing day against the 2027 boards today (Nov 2, 2026). The month-by-month cut waits for the dated history, landing now. Recruits are shown with recruiting facts only. History, not a forecast.

Carlos's board when he signed with Clemson

18 offers, strongest first

Clemson

Alabama

Georgia

Auburn

Georgia Tech

Florida

Notre Dame

Arkansas

Miami

North Carolina

South Carolina

Nebraska

The offers on record for the class of 2012, ordered by program strength as each program stood that year. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.

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