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Class of 2027 · edge rusher

Braylon Otis

6-5, 235 · Jones · Orlando, FL

Committed to Syracuse since Jun 7

26offer strength · No. 1694
0.8678composite · 3-star
3offers · 3 power

His offers

3 offers · visited 1
Syracuse logoSyracuse
ACC · strength 51
Committed
offered May 8
Virginia logoVirginia
ACC · strength 60
cold
offered Jun 29, 2025
Kentucky logoKentucky
SEC · strength 74
cold
offered Mar 9
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 3 offers
Best fits
Syracuse logoSyracuse Committed
Has started 6 defensive lines his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at defensive line (10 with 2+ years left)
No. 1
Kentucky logoKentucky
Thin at defensive line (5 with 2+ years left); has started 5 defensive lines his size since 2022; 1 in his last year, so a spot opens for his first season
No. 2
Virginia logoVirginia
Thin at defensive line (7 with 2+ years left); 4 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; has not started his size at defensive line since 2022
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

278 of the 892 FBS starters at edge rusher since 2022 were his size (6-4 to 6-6, 219 to 251 pounds): most in the SEC (46), ACC (46) and Big Ten (45). Programs that start it most: Penn State (7), Vanderbilt (7) and Colorado (6). Of his offers, Syracuse (6) and Kentucky (5) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 3 offers, Kentucky has the thinnest room at defensive line: 5 with 2+ years left of 10, 1 in his last year, 15 portal exits in 3 seasons, 4 commits this cycle. Also thin there: Virginia.

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
Keymiya Harrell
Class of 2011 · WDE · signing not on record
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 235
Not drafted
match 77
Jarvis Lewis
Class of 2012 · WDE · signing not on record
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 245
Not drafted
match 74
Marquis Jackson
Class of 2010 · DE · signing not on record
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-4, 240
Not drafted
match 70
Hunter DimickHunter Dimick
Class of 2012 · WDE · signed Utah
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-4, 240
Not drafted
match 67
Minnesota logoDrew Goodger
Class of 2011 · SDE · signed Minnesota
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 230
Not drafted
match 66
Show all 10
Dasmond McCullum
Class of 2010 · DE · signing not on record
4 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 230
Not drafted
match 65
Georgia Tech logoKenderius Whitehead
Class of 2014 · WDE · signed Georgia Tech
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 220
Not drafted
match 62
Daumantas Venckus
Class of 2012 · DE · signing not on record
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-4, 220
Not drafted
match 62
Wesley Flowers
Class of 2010 · DT · signing not on record
3 offers; Otis had 3; 6-4, 257
Not drafted
match 62
Central Michigan logoJoe Wirth
Class of 2010 · WDE · signed Central Michigan
3 offers; Otis had 3; both about 6-5, 230
Not drafted
match 61
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

7 dated moves since Jun 29, 2025
Boston College logoDecommitted Boston CollegeJun 7
Syracuse logoCommitted SyracuseJun 7
Syracuse logoOfficial visit SyracuseJun 5
Syracuse logoOffered SyracuseMay 8
Kentucky logoOffered KentuckyMar 9
Boston College logoCommitted Boston CollegeFeb 9
Virginia logoOffered VirginiaJun 29, 2025
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