Class of 2027 · linebacker
Anthony James
6-2, 200 · La Marque, TX
Committed to Illinois since Jun 13
63offer strength · No. 946
0.8567composite · 3-star
24offers · 10 power
His offers
24 offers · visited 2IllinoisCommitted
offered Jan 21
Wake Forestcold
offered Mar 5
Pittsburghcold
offered Apr 14
Baylorcold
offered Jan 28
Coloradocold
offered Mar 27
Tulanecold
offered Jan 22
Show all 24 offers
UCFcold
offered Mar 6
North Texascold
offered Jan 28
Marylandcold
offered Mar 5
North Carolinacold
offered Jan 28
Oklahoma Statecold
offered Jan 28
UTSAcold
offered Jan 21
Purduecool
official visit May 29
Texas Statecold
offered Feb 23
Memphiscool
offered May 11
UNLVcold
offered Feb 4
Tulsacold
offered Feb 17
Colorado Statecold
offered Apr 28
New Mexicocold
offered Jan 28
Arkansas Statecold
offered Feb 6
UTEPcold
offered Feb 4
Sam Houstoncold
offered Feb 12
Lamarcold
offered Apr 27
Samfordcold
offered Jan 16
Best programs first, by what each offer is worth in our grade: program strength times how rarely that program offers (how it is made). Warm means an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days or an official visit in the last 120; cool, contact in the last 180; cold, older or a decommit. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.
Where he fits
best 3 of 24 offers
Best fits
Oklahoma StateNo. 1PurdueNo. 2Illinois CommittedNo. 3Need (how thin the program is at his spot) x fit (whether it starts players his size) x room (who leaves after this season), and while he is uncommitted, STM odds. How it is made. Not advice, and never a dollar figure.
Where his size starts
366 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-1 to 6-3, 186 to 214 pounds): most in the SEC (54), Big Ten (52) and ACC (46). Programs that start it most: Minnesota (7), Temple (7) and West Virginia (7). Of his offers, Illinois (6), North Carolina (5), Colorado State (5) and Purdue (4) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 24 offers, Oklahoma State has the thinnest room at linebacker: 3 with 2+ years left of 11, 2 in their last year, 10 portal exits in 3 seasons, 1 commit this cycle. Also thin there: Colorado, Purdue and UCF.
Starter seasons 2022-2026: six or more games in one of the position's starting slots by volume (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is 2+ years left plus 2027 commits at the spot against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame); exits are the 2024-2026 portal feeds. How it is made.
Boards that looked like his
1 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Lateek TownsendNot drafted
match 69
Kaezon PughNot drafted
match 68
Jaylon White
Not drafted yet
match 68
Joseph Jackson
Not drafted
match 65
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Deaysean RippyNot drafted
match 64
Anthony McKeeNot drafted
match 63
Cameron JudgeNot drafted
match 62
Tyrone CorneliusNot drafted
match 62
Reggie NorthrupNot drafted
match 62
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 2, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 9 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
His board on any day
Jan 2026 to today
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Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline, the grade and the stars become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Timeline
27 dated moves since Jan 16, 2026
Committed IllinoisJun 13Official visit IllinoisJun 12Official visit PurdueMay 29Offered MemphisMay 11Offered Colorado StateApr 28Offered LamarApr 27Offered PittsburghApr 14Offered ColoradoMar 27Show all 27 moves
Offered UCFMar 6Offered MarylandMar 5Offered Wake ForestMar 5Offered Texas StateFeb 23Offered TulsaFeb 17Offered Sam HoustonFeb 12Offered Arkansas StateFeb 6Offered PurdueFeb 5Offered UNLVFeb 4Offered UTEPFeb 4Offered BaylorJan 28Offered New MexicoJan 28Offered North CarolinaJan 28Offered North TexasJan 28Offered Oklahoma StateJan 28Offered TulaneJan 22Offered IllinoisJan 21Offered UTSAJan 21Offered SamfordJan 16Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
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