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The next Ito Smith: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Ito Smith

RB · Southern Miss, class of 2014 · drafted 2018, round 4, No. 126 by Atlanta

13offers at signing

58strength of his top 3 offers

5-10, 187size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Abdul Turay

RB · Jersey City, NJ · uncommitted · 13 offers

13 offers; Smith had 13; both about 5-11, 180

68match

Trenton Lynch

RB · Spartanburg, SC · committed to Rutgers · 14 offers

14 offers; Smith had 13; both about 5-9, 185

64match

Preston Beckham

RB · Ruskin, FL · committed to Cincinnati · 13 offers

13 offers; Smith had 13; both about 5-10, 175

60match

JoJo Accelus

RB · Monticello, AR · committed to App State · 14 offers

Both offered by Navy and Louisiana Tech; both about 5-11, 190

59match

Christian Freeman

RB · Raleigh, NC · committed to NC State · 10 offers

10 offers; Smith had 13; both about 5-9, 190

58match

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.

Ito's board when he signed with Southern Miss

13 offers, strongest first

Northern Illinois

Louisiana

Georgia Tech

Duke

Navy

Louisiana Tech

Western Kentucky

Tulane

Southern Miss

Arkansas State

South Alabama

Middle Tennessee

The offers on record for the class of 2014, 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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