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The next Mike Edwards: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Mike Edwards

S · Kentucky, class of 2014 · drafted 2019, round 3, No. 99 by Tampa Bay

19offers at signing

80strength of his top 3 offers

5-11, 180size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Brennan Drummond

S · Charlotte, NC · committed to Nebraska · 16 offers

Both offered by Vanderbilt and Nebraska; both about 6-0, 185

63match

Deontay Malone

CB · Massillon, OH · committed to Ohio State · 16 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Edwards had 1; both about 6-0, 180

61match

Jake Thies

S · Oak Park, IL · committed to Iowa · 21 offers

Both offered by Iowa, Vanderbilt and West Virginia; both about 6-0, 185

61match

Tyler Butler-Simpson

CB · Washington, DC · uncommitted · 13 offers

13 offers; Edwards had 19; both about 5-11, 185

59match

John Catlin IV

CB · Denton, TX · committed to Arkansas · 23 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Edwards had 1; both about 5-11, 165

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.

Mike's board when he signed with Kentucky

19 offers, strongest first

Wisconsin

Missouri

Iowa

Vanderbilt

Nebraska

Cincinnati

Georgia Tech

West Virginia

Bowling Green

Louisville

Illinois

Kentucky

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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