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The next Carter Coughlin: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Carter Coughlin

OLB · Minnesota, class of 2016 · drafted 2020, round 7, No. 218 by New York

7offers at signing

82strength of his top 3 offers

6-4, 223size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Sam Ngata

LB · Salt Lake City, UT · committed to Oregon · 11 offers

5 offers from top-25 programs; Coughlin had 3; both about 6-3, 215

41match

Jackson Ross

LB · Columbia, SC · committed to South Carolina · 14 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Coughlin had 3; both about 6-3, 215

40match

Bryce Kish

LB · Howell, MI · committed to Clemson · 20 offers

Both offered by Wisconsin and Minnesota; both about 6-4, 220

37match

Brayden Rose

LB · Taylor, PA · uncommitted · 9 offers

Both offered by Minnesota and Pittsburgh; 6-4, 205

37match

Matthew Brady

LB · Bloomington, IL · committed to Michigan State · 19 offers

Both offered by Wisconsin, Michigan State and Minnesota; both about 6-4, 220

36match

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.

Carter's board when he signed with Minnesota

7 offers, strongest first

Oregon

Ohio State

Iowa

Wisconsin

Michigan State

Minnesota

Pittsburgh

The offers on record for the class of 2016, 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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