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The next Chad Kelly: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Chad Kelly

DUAL · Clemson, class of 2012 · drafted 2017, round 7, No. 253 by Denver

9offers at signing

73strength of his top 3 offers

6-3, 205size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Furian Inferrera

QB · San Marcos, CA · committed to Minnesota · 9 offers

9 offers; Kelly had 9; both about 6-3, 210

67match

Cooper Newman

QB · Sevierville, TN · committed to UConn · 17 offers

17 offers; Kelly had 9; both about 6-2, 210

55match

Kevin Verpaele

QB · Merritt Island, FL · committed to South Florida · 17 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 2; both about 6-2, 195

54match

Brayden Santibanez

QB · Collierville, TN · committed to Iowa · 23 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 2; both about 6-2, 205

49match

William Jackson

QB · Orlando, FL · committed to Maryland · 18 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 2; 6-4, 196

47match

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.

Chad's board when he signed with Clemson

9 offers, strongest first

Clemson

Alabama

Michigan State

Florida State

Louisville

Syracuse

Cincinnati

Rutgers

Purdue

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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