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The next Gardner Minshew: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Gardner Minshew

PRO · Hudson Valley, class of 2015 · drafted 2019, round 6, No. 178 by Jacksonville

4offers at signing

24strength of his top 3 offers

6-2, 210size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Zachary Benitez

QB · El Cajon, CA · committed to San José State · 5 offers

5 offers; Minshew had 4; both about 6-2, 210

70match

Kade Goodin

QB · Shelbyville, KY · committed to Ball State · 6 offers

6 offers; Minshew had 4; both about 6-2, 200

62match

Zane Johnson

QB · Louisville, KY · committed to Buffalo · 7 offers

7 offers; Minshew had 4; both about 6-1, 210

60match

Johnny Hamilton III

QB · Longview, TX · committed to UTEP · 5 offers

5 offers; Minshew had 4; both about 6-2, 215

58match

Caiden Wade

QB · Kosciusko, MS · committed to Southern Miss · 3 offers

3 offers; Minshew had 4; both about 6-1, 205

55match

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.

Gardner's board when he signed with Hudson Valley

4 offers, strongest first

UAB

Troy

AkronHudson Valley

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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