Class of 2027 · linebacker
Brayden Watson
6-3, 200 · Buford, GA
Committed to Michigan since May 29
40offer strength · No. 1398
0.8822composite · 3-star
9offers · 3 power
His offers
9 offers · visited 2MichiganCommitted
offered Jan 29
Pittsburghcool
official visit Jun 11
Vanderbiltcold
offered Apr 30
UConncold
offered Mar 14
Florida Internationalcold
offered Mar 14
Colorado Statecold
offered Jan 22
Show all 9 offers
Eastern Michigancold
offered Mar 14
Kennesaw Statecold
offered Mar 14
Massachusettscold
offered Mar 14
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 9 offers
Best fits
Michigan CommittedNo. 1VanderbiltNo. 2PittsburghNo. 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
258 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-2 to 6-4, 186 to 214 pounds): most in the Big 12 (43), Big Ten (39) and SEC (35). Programs that start it most: Virginia Tech (8), Minnesota (7) and Arkansas (6). Of his offers, Colorado State (5), Michigan (2), Vanderbilt (2) and UConn (2) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 9 offers, Vanderbilt has the thinnest room at linebacker: 6 with 2+ years left of 11, 1 in his last year, 4 portal exits in 3 seasons, 2 commits this cycle.
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
Ty Anderson
Not drafted yet
match 60
Tavon CoxNot drafted
match 57
Rashawn Smith
Not drafted
match 56
Wendell DunnNot drafted
match 55
Show all 10
Clay JohnstonNot drafted
match 51
Justin Bridges-Thompson
Not drafted
match 49
Marcus WardNot drafted
match 49
Torey BoozerNot drafted
match 49
Rodney Young
Not drafted
match 48
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
12 dated moves since Jan 22, 2026
Official visit MichiganJun 19Official visit PittsburghJun 11Committed MichiganMay 29Offered VanderbiltApr 30Offered Eastern MichiganMar 14Offered Florida InternationalMar 14Offered Kennesaw StateMar 14Offered MassachusettsMar 14Show all 12 moves
Offered PittsburghMar 14Offered UConnMar 14Offered MichiganJan 29Offered Colorado StateJan 22Newest 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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