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The next Jaylen Samuels: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Jaylen Samuels

FB · NC State, class of 2014 · drafted 2018, round 5, No. 165 by Pittsburgh

7offers at signing

32strength of his top 3 offers

6-0, 225size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Caleb Peagler

RB · Spring Branch, TX · committed to UTSA · 4 offers

4 offers; Samuels had 7; 5-11, 200

47match

AJ McBean

RB · Gardena, CA · committed to Stanford · 7 offers

7 offers; Samuels had 7; both about 5-11, 215

38match

Zamaurri Brown

RB · Mamou, LA · uncommitted · 4 offers

4 offers; Samuels had 7; 5-10, 200

36match

Adonyae Brown

RB · San Francisco, CA · committed to UNLV · 6 offers

6 offers; Samuels had 7; 5-10, 245

36match

Ashton Turner

RB · Loganville, GA · uncommitted · 3 offers

3 offers; Samuels had 7; 5-10, 200

34match

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.

Jaylen's board when he signed with NC State

7 offers, strongest first

Ball State

NC State

Charlotte

Georgia State

Gardner-Webb

Elon

Bucknell

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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