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The next Christian Hackenberg: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Christian Hackenberg

PRO · Penn State, class of 2013 · drafted 2016, round 2, No. 51 by New York

8offers at signing

79strength of his top 3 offers

6-4, 210size 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; Hackenberg had 8; both about 6-3, 210

51match

William Jackson

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

1 offers from top-25 programs; Hackenberg had 4; both about 6-4, 195

49match

Kevin Verpaele

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

Both offered by South Carolina, Florida and Rutgers; 6-2, 197

44match

Brayden Santibanez

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

1 offers from top-25 programs; Hackenberg had 4; 6-2, 205

43match

Cooper Newman

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

17 offers; Hackenberg had 8; 6-2, 208

41match

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.

Christian's board when he signed with Penn State

8 offers, strongest first

Alabama

South Carolina

Florida

Tennessee

Virginia

Penn State

Rutgers

UConn

The offers on record for the class of 2013, 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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