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The next Ryan Kelly: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Ryan Kelly

OC · Alabama, class of 2011 · drafted 2016, round 1, No. 18 by Indianapolis

14offers at signing

68strength of his top 3 offers

6-4, 264size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first

Hudson Whitenight

IOL · Dripping Springs, TX · committed to Baylor · 8 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 3; both about 6-4, 270

64match

Nicholas Schurman

IOL · Westfield, IN · committed to Purdue · 21 offers

21 offers; Kelly had 14; 6-4, 280

59match

Sire Stewart

OT · Chandler, AZ · committed to Utah · 13 offers

2 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 3; both about 6-5, 255

58match

Barrett Kitrell

IOL · Ashland, NE · committed to Nebraska · 10 offers

1 offers from top-25 programs; Kelly had 3; both about 6-4, 270

56match

Gavin Ericson-Staton

IOL · Lombard, IL · committed to Illinois · 14 offers

14 offers; Kelly had 14; both about 6-5, 270

55match

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.

Ryan's board when he signed with Alabama

14 offers, strongest first

Alabama

Florida State

Michigan

Florida

Tennessee

Louisville

Boston College

Arizona

Syracuse

NC State

Indiana

Cincinnati

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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