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The next Nick Nelson: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Nick Nelson

CB · Hawai'i, class of 2014 · drafted 2018, round 4, No. 110 by Las Vegas

8offers at signing

41strength of his top 3 offers

5-11, 182size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Tyler Walker Jr.

S · Tallahassee, FL · committed to UCF · 8 offers

8 offers; Nelson had 8; both about 5-10, 175

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Isaiah Chong

S · Ewa Beach, HI · committed to Sacramento State · 11 offers

11 offers; Nelson had 8; both about 6-0, 175

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Tony Brown

S · Neptune Beach, FL · committed to South Florida · 5 offers

5 offers; Nelson had 8; both about 6-0, 180

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Kevin Grant

CB · Arlington, TX · committed to Arkansas · 4 offers

4 offers; Nelson had 8; both about 5-11, 195

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Bryce Tolliver

CB · Hobart, IN · committed to Northern Illinois · 7 offers

7 offers; Nelson had 8; both about 6-0, 170

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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.

Nick's board when he signed with Hawai'i

8 offers, strongest first

Temple

Hawai'i

James Madison

Coastal Carolina

Towson

Stony Brook

North Carolina Central

North Carolina A&T

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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