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

Nick Niemann

OLB · Iowa, class of 2016 · drafted 2021, round 6, No. 185 by Los Angeles

8offers at signing

59strength of his top 3 offers

6-3, 205size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Brayden Watson

LB · Buford, GA · committed to Michigan · 9 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Niemann had 1; both about 6-3, 200

58match

Elliott Neff

LB · Middleville, MI · committed to Kansas · 9 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Niemann had 1; both about 6-3, 200

56match

Terrell Pinkney II

LB · Jacksonville, FL · committed to South Florida · 8 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Niemann had 1; both about 6-3, 190

52match

Max Bates

LB · Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA · committed to UNLV · 9 offers

9 offers; Niemann had 8; both about 6-3, 215

52match

Special Henry

LB · Melissa, TX · committed to Iowa State · 7 offers

7 offers; Niemann had 8; both about 6-2, 195

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.

Nick's board when he signed with Iowa

8 offers, strongest first

Iowa

Northwestern

Illinois

Florida Atlantic

Bowling Green

Miami (OH)

Iowa State

Montana State

The offers on record for the class of 2016, 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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