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The next Daron Payne: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Daron Payne

DT · Alabama, class of 2015 · drafted 2018, round 1, No. 13 by Washington

10offers at signing

85strength of his top 3 offers

6-2, 325size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Anitoni Tahi

DL · Chandler, AZ · committed to Kansas State · 15 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Payne had 5; both about 6-2, 310

61match

Antwan McKoy

DL · St. Pauls, NC · committed to Georgia · 14 offers

Both offered by South Carolina and Ole Miss; 6-3, 295

52match

Joseph Graves

DL · Tulsa, OK · committed to Kansas State · 23 offers

5 offers from top-25 programs; Payne had 5; both about 6-2, 310

51match

Isaia Vandermade

DL · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · committed to USC · 15 offers

6 offers from top-25 programs; Payne had 5; 6-2, 290

50match

Stanley Montgomery

DL · Philadelphia, PA · committed to Penn State · 20 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Payne had 5; 6-3, 300

48match

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.

Daron's board when he signed with Alabama

10 offers, strongest first

Alabama

Clemson

Florida State

Texas

Auburn

South Carolina

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Kentucky

South Alabama

The offers on record for the class of 2015, 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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