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The next Melvin Gordon: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Melvin Gordon

RB · Wisconsin, class of 2011 · drafted 2015, round 1, No. 15 by Los Angeles

12offers at signing

66strength of his top 3 offers

6-1, 206size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Tylek Lewis

RB · Zachary, LA · committed to Syracuse · 14 offers

14 offers; Gordon had 12; both about 6-0, 210

65match

Mekhi Graham

RB · Pottstown, PA · committed to Maryland · 10 offers

10 offers; Gordon had 12; both about 6-0, 210

63match

Steven Alexis

RB · St. Petersburg, FL · committed to Illinois · 19 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Gordon had 2; both about 6-0, 205

54match

Da'Jon Talley-Rhodes

RB · Washington, DC · committed to Indiana · 10 offers

Both offered by Michigan State and Indiana; both about 6-0, 215

53match

Keyon Thomas

RB · Indianapolis, IN · committed to Iowa · 16 offers

Both offered by Michigan State, Iowa and Indiana; both about 6-0, 205

52match

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.

Melvin's board when he signed with Wisconsin

12 offers, strongest first

Michigan State

Iowa

Wisconsin

Michigan

Washington State

Louisville

Syracuse

Indiana

Iowa State

Cincinnati

Minnesota

Illinois

The offers on record for the class of 2011, 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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