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The next Sheldon Rankins: the 2027 recruits whose offer boards look like his did.

Sheldon Rankins
Sheldon Rankins

SDE · Louisville, class of 2012 · drafted 2016, round 1, No. 12 by New Orleans

19offers at signing
64strength of his top 3 offers
6-3, 260size as a recruit

The 2027 recruits with boards like his

closest first
Virginia Tech logoBrock Frisby
DL · Severn, MD · committed to Virginia Tech · 13 offers
13 offers; Rankins had 19; both about 6-3, 265
67match
Rutgers logoDallas Ward
DL · Peachtree City, GA · committed to Rutgers · 27 offers
27 offers; Rankins had 19; both about 6-2, 250
65match
Oklahoma State logoKeilan Neal
DL · Nashville, TN · committed to Oklahoma State · 19 offers
19 offers; Rankins had 19; 6-2, 280
62match
Duke logoKing Kalama
DL · Pfafftown, NC · committed to Duke · 12 offers
Both offered by North Carolina, Louisville and Boston College; both about 6-2, 265
60match
Colorado logoDrew Sapp
EDGE · Lakeland, FL · committed to Colorado · 13 offers
13 offers; Rankins had 19; both about 6-3, 245
59match
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.

Sheldon's board when he signed with Louisville

19 offers, strongest first
Mississippi State logoMississippi StateStanford logoStanfordOle Miss logoOle MissNorth Carolina logoNorth CarolinaLouisville logoLouisvilleNebraska logoNebraskaBoston College logoBoston CollegeArkansas State logoArkansas StateDuke logoDukeIndiana logoIndianaNC State logoNC StateCincinnati logoCincinnati
The offers on record for the class of 2012, ordered by program strength as each program stood that year. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.