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The next Dean Lowry: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Dean Lowry

WDE · Northwestern, class of 2012 · drafted 2016, round 4, No. 137 by Green Bay

10offers at signing

59strength of his top 3 offers

6-5, 230size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Joshua Simmons

DL · New Rochelle, NY · committed to Wake Forest · 10 offers

10 offers; Lowry had 10; both about 6-5, 240

61match

Jadell Carter

EDGE · Fort Myers, FL · committed to NC State · 14 offers

14 offers; Lowry had 10; 6-5, 210

57match

Miko Greer

DL · Berkeley, CA · committed to UNLV · 9 offers

9 offers; Lowry had 10; 6-5, 255

56match

Nasir Braxton

EDGE · Decatur, GA · uncommitted · 11 offers

11 offers; Lowry had 10; both about 6-4, 230

50match

Kemper Castro

EDGE · Herriman, UT · committed to San Diego State · 9 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Lowry had 1; both about 6-4, 235

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.

Dean's board when he signed with Northwestern

10 offers, strongest first

Iowa

Northern Illinois

Northwestern

Indiana

Minnesota

Western Michigan

Ball State

Vanderbilt

Purdue

Illinois State

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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