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The next D.J. Reader: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

D.J. Reader

OG · Clemson, class of 2012 · drafted 2016, round 5, No. 166 by Houston

10offers at signing

69strength of his top 3 offers

6-3, 330size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Jajuan Graham

IOL · Tucker, GA · committed to West Virginia · 22 offers

22 offers; Reader had 10; both about 6-3, 320

59match

Matthias Burrell

IOL · Columbus, OH · committed to Kentucky · 13 offers

13 offers; Reader had 10; both about 6-3, 320

56match

Jalen Webb

IOL · Toledo, OH · committed to Cincinnati · 12 offers

12 offers; Reader had 10; both about 6-3, 315

53match

Sharontae Bailey

OT · Anniston, AL · committed to Tulane · 14 offers

14 offers; Reader had 10; 6-4, 305

53match

Kaden Buchanan

IOL · Lebanon, TN · committed to Virginia Tech · 15 offers

Both offered by North Carolina and NC State; 6-4, 330

51match

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.

D.J.'s board when he signed with Clemson

10 offers, strongest first

Clemson

Auburn

Georgia Tech

Miami

North Carolina

South Carolina

Duke

NC State

Maryland

Wake Forest

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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