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The next Ed Oliver: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Ed Oliver

DT · Houston, class of 2016 · drafted 2019, round 1, No. 9 by Buffalo

14offers at signing

90strength of his top 3 offers

6-2, 277size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Sione Felila

DL · Hesperia, CA · committed to Oklahoma · 17 offers

Both offered by Oklahoma, Notre Dame and UCLA; both about 6-2, 285

78match

Isaia Vandermade

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

6 offers from top-25 programs; Oliver had 10; both about 6-2, 290

74match

Seth Tillman

DL · Rock Hill, SC · committed to Clemson · 23 offers

Both offered by LSU and Texas A&M; 6-2, 294

67match

Segun Alexander

DL · Rabun Gap, GA · committed to Notre Dame · 25 offers

Both offered by Texas A&M and Notre Dame; 6-2, 295

64match

Elijah Brown

DL · Prattville, AL · committed to Kentucky · 17 offers

Both offered by LSU, Alabama and Texas A&M; both about 6-3, 290

63match

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.

Ed's board when he signed with Houston

14 offers, strongest first

LSU

Alabama

Texas A&M

Oklahoma

Notre Dame

Baylor

Texas

UCLA

TCU

Louisville

Oklahoma State

Houston

The offers on record for the class of 2016, 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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