Class of 2027 · receiver
Branden Sharpe
WRTop 500
5-9, 160 lb · Brownsburg, IN
Committed to Indiana since May 18
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22Offers11 from Power 4 · 4 visits
Industry0.8934 composite · Top 500
His offers, dated
His offers
22 offers · visited 4
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
IndianaCommittedoffered Jun 4, 2025Houstoncoldoffered Mar 9Northwesterncoldoffered Oct 22, 2025Iowa Statecoldoffered Jan 27Cincinnaticoolofficial visit Jun 12Virginia Techcoldoffered Mar 2Boston Collegecoldoffered Feb 14Vanderbiltcoolofficial visit Jun 4Marylandcoldoffered Mar 26West Virginiacoldoffered Sep 26, 2025Purduecoolofficial visit Jun 19Oregon Statecoldoffered Jan 21South Floridacoldoffered Mar 5Western Michigancoldoffered Sep 1, 2025Toledocoldoffered Jan 7, 2025UConncoldoffered Mar 9App Statecoldoffered Jun 14, 2025Colorado Statecoldoffered Jan 23Miami (OH)coldoffered Jan 9, 2025Troycoldoffered Apr 22, 2025Bowling Greencoldoffered Mar 24, 2025Kent Statecoldoffered Jan 22, 2025Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: 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. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
Jan 2025 to todayJan 2025MaySepJan 2026MaySepNov 2026
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.
Every dated move
29 dated moves since Jan 7, 2025Official visit PurdueJun 19Official visit CincinnatiJun 12Official visit VanderbiltJun 4Official visit IndianaMay 29Committed IndianaMay 18Offered MarylandMar 26Offered HoustonMar 9Offered UConnMar 9Offered South FloridaMar 5Offered Virginia TechMar 2Offered Boston CollegeFeb 14Offered Iowa StateJan 27Unofficial visit PurdueJan 24Offered Colorado StateJan 23Offered Oregon StateJan 21Offered CincinnatiOct 27, 2025Offered NorthwesternOct 22, 2025
Offered West VirginiaSep 26, 2025Offered VanderbiltSep 10, 2025Offered Western MichiganSep 1, 2025Offered PurdueJun 16, 2025Offered App StateJun 14, 2025Offered IndianaJun 4, 2025Offered TroyApr 22, 2025Offered Bowling GreenMar 24, 2025Offered Kent StateJan 22, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Jan 9, 2025Offered ToledoJan 7, 2025Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Branden yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. We never scrape recruiting or stats sites; every number here was sent by his family.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 22 offersPurdueA spot opens at receiver and they start players his size8 at receiver with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20222Indiana CommittedA spot opens at receiver and they start players his size8 at receiver with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 20223CincinnatiThin at receiver, and they start players his size8 at receiver with 2+ years left · 2 starters his size since 2022Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Slot receiver5-9, 160 lb. Built like Will Pauling (5-10, 165), a starter at Notre Dame in 2025.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doVirginia TechVanderbiltMarylandPurdueOregon StateApp State+2 more
- The rest14 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 22Fit for him
No. 2of 22 offers
No. 1of 22 offers
No. 3of 22 offers
Program strength
73of 100
50of 100
64of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 2closest: Jones, 2012
0 of 1closest: Davis, 2010
0 of 2closest: Lewis, 2015
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 1
-college seasons not on record
-college seasons not on record
Room at receiver
Average8 with 2+ years left
Thin8 with 2+ years left
Thin8 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
2
3
0
2027 commits at receiver
2Monshun Sales, Jordan Carrasquillo
1Trenton Yancey
1Ronnie Gomiller
Starts players his size
1starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
Offense
Pro spreadthrows 45%, 111th most
Multiplethrows 54%, 29th most
Spread optionthrows 45%, 105th most
Coaches receiver
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Bilal Marshall
Vijay Stingley (Sam Houston State) / 4th year
From home
In state46 miles
In state49 miles
112 miOH
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 19
Coolofficial visit Jun 12
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Branden's 22 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
9 that have not offered
Kentucky Even at receiverOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by July of sophomore year · receivers coach Joe Price III2
Wisconsin Thin at receiverOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by July of sophomore year · receivers coach Cam Odom3
Louisville Even at receiverOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Deion Branch4
Arizona State Thin at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year5
Michigan State Thin at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year · receivers coach Courtney Hawkins6
Pittsburgh Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year7
Illinois Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year · receivers coach Harper Cole8
Ole Miss Even at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year9
Iowa Thin at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Jon Budmayr
Pittsburgh Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year7Illinois Even at receiverOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by May of sophomore year · receivers coach Harper Cole8Ole Miss Even at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by February of sophomore year9Iowa Thin at receiverOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers receivers by June of sophomore year · receivers coach Jon BudmayrPrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
185of 1,591 FBS starters at receiver since 2022 were his size5-8 to 5-10, 149 to 171 lb
- Most in
ACC29
SEC23American Athletic23 - Start his size most
Georgia Tech7
Middle Tennessee6
Duke5 - His offers that doKent State5Virginia Tech4Vanderbilt4South Florida4
Who needs him
Northwestern is thinnest at receiver of his 22 offersThin- 5 with 2+ years left of 14
- 4 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereBoston College6Purdue8Cincinnati8
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2010-202238%Produced by year two15 of 39 had a real season by his second year
18%Transferred7 of 39 played for a second school
20%Drafted10 of 50, 4 in rounds 1-3
12%NFL starter6 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions; linemen are left out of that one because the box score does not count their work. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 39 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted, 2 in rounds 1-2
Marvin Bracy WRNot draftedmatch
Tacoi Sumler WRNot draftedmatch
KHKahlee Hamler WRNot draftedmatch
ECEdward Combs III WRNot drafted yetmatch
Jesus Wilson WRNot draftedmatch
James Louis WRNot draftedmatch
Desean Holmes WRNot draftedmatchAHAlton Howard WRNot draftedmatch
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 6, 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.
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