Class of 2027 · linebacker

Aston Whiteside

6-2, 205 · Burleson Centennial · Burleson, TX

Uncommitted since Oct 21, after decommitting from Texas A&M

79offer strength · No. 490

0.8997composite · 4-star, top 500

13offers · 13 power

Where he is likely to commit

STM odds · provisional

Texas A&M

official visit May 29; he decommitted from them Oct 21; the strongest program on his board

54%

TCU

close to home; in-state; one of the stronger programs on his board

11%

Texas Tech

one of the stronger programs on his board; in-state; last contact Mar 2

11%

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Baylor

in-state; 70 miles from home; last contact May 15

Iowa State

last contact Feb 24; out of state; no official visit yet

Shares of 100% across his offers, from dated offers, visits, distance, need and recent contact; no expert picks or rankings. On 212 held-out commits the top pick was right 42% of the time (visits alone 23%). How the odds are made.

Every offer

13 offers · visited 1

Big Ten · strength 78

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Big Ten · strength 50

cold

offered Jan 17, 2025

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 13 offers

Best fits

Kansas State

Thin at linebacker (5 with 2+ years left); has started 3 linebackers his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season

No. 1

Oklahoma State

Thin at linebacker (3 with 2+ years left); has started 3 linebackers his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season

No. 2

Texas A&M

Has started 4 linebackers his size since 2022; STM odds 54%; even at linebacker (6 with 2+ years left)

No. 3

Need (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

480 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-1 to 6-3, 191 to 219 pounds): most in the SEC (78), Big Ten (72) and ACC (57). Programs that start it most: Minnesota (9), Northwestern (9) and Oklahoma (8). Of his offers, Texas Tech (6), TCU (6), Texas A&M (4) and Iowa State (4) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 13 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: Purdue and Kansas State.

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

0 of 10 drafted

Adrian Jackson

Class of 2018 · OLB · signed Oregon

8 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-2, 210

Not drafted

match 79

Richard McBryde

Class of 2015 · OLB · signed Auburn

6 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-2, 210

Not drafted

match 73

Asmar Bilal

Class of 2015 · ILB · signed Notre Dame

Both offered by Texas A&M and Michigan; both about 6-2, 205

Not drafted

match 73

Gyasi Akem

Class of 2014 · OLB · signed Oklahoma State

Both offered by Texas Tech and TCU; both about 6-2, 210

Not drafted

match 71

Josh Brown

Class of 2016 · OLB · signed Florida State

7 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-2, 205

Not drafted

match 69

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Cameron Hampton

Class of 2014 · OLB · signing not on record

7 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-1, 205

Not drafted

match 68

P.J. Blue

Class of 2016 · OLB · signed Louisville

5 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-2, 210

Not drafted

match 66

Otaro Alaka

Class of 2014 · OLB · signed Texas A&M

Both offered by Texas A&M and Michigan; both about 6-3, 205

Not drafted

match 63

Michael Hutchings

Class of 2013 · OLB · signed USC

Both offered by Texas A&M and Michigan; both about 6-2, 215

Not drafted

match 63

Sh'mar Kilby-Lane

Class of 2015 · OLB · signed Florida State

5 offers from top-25 programs; Whiteside had 5; both about 6-1, 210

Not 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. 10 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.

Timeline

18 dated moves since Jan 17, 2025

Committed MiamiOct 21

Decommitted Texas A&MOct 21

Official visit MiamiJun 12

Committed Texas A&MJun 1

Official visit Texas A&MMay 29

Offered Texas TechMar 2

Offered Iowa StateFeb 24

Offered KentuckyJan 25

Show all 18 moves

Offered ArizonaJan 22

Offered Texas A&MNov 20, 2025

Offered Arizona StateSep 16, 2025

Offered Kansas StateSep 16, 2025

Offered TCUSep 16, 2025

Offered MichiganMay 21, 2025

Offered Florida StateMay 17, 2025

Offered BaylorMay 15, 2025

Offered Oklahoma StateFeb 20, 2025

Offered PurdueJan 17, 2025

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Where he is likely to commit

Every offer

Where he fits

Boards that looked like his

His board on any day

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