Class of 2027 · defensive lineman
Carter Napier
DL
6-3, 270 lb · Springboro, OH
Committed to Pittsburgh since May 3170Model gradeiBetter offers than 79% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
21 offers · visited 6
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
PittsburghCommittedoffered Feb 26Iowacoldoffered Mar 4Illinoiscoolofficial visit Jun 19Iowa Statecoolofficial visit Jun 19Minnesotacoolofficial visit Jun 12West Virginiacoolofficial visit Jun 5Michigan Statecoolofficial visit Jun 5Western Michigancoldoffered Apr 14Toledocoldoffered Feb 26Central Michigancoldoffered Feb 22Ohiocoldoffered Feb 27UConncoldoffered Mar 10Eastern Michigancoldoffered Feb 3Armycoldoffered Mar 6Miami (OH)coldoffered Mar 9Air Forcecoldoffered Mar 27Kent Statecoldoffered Jan 21Columbiacoldoffered Mar 6Cornellcoldoffered Jan 9Dartmouthcoldoffered Jan 9Harvardcoldoffered Jul 8, 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
Jul 2025 to todayJul 2025OctJan 2026AprJulNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
28 dated moves since Jul 8, 2025Official visit IllinoisJun 19Official visit Iowa StateJun 19Official visit MinnesotaJun 12Official visit Michigan StateJun 5Official visit West VirginiaJun 5Committed PittsburghMay 31Official visit PittsburghMay 28Offered MinnesotaMay 8Offered IllinoisApr 29Offered Michigan StateApr 14Offered Western MichiganApr 14Offered Iowa StateApr 10Offered Air ForceMar 27Offered West VirginiaMar 23Offered UConnMar 10Offered Miami (OH)Mar 9Offered ArmyMar 6Offered ColumbiaMar 6Offered IowaMar 4Offered OhioFeb 27Offered PittsburghFeb 26Offered ToledoFeb 26Offered Central MichiganFeb 22Offered Eastern MichiganFeb 3Offered Kent StateJan 21Offered CornellJan 9Offered DartmouthJan 9Offered HarvardJul 8, 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 Carter 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. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 21 offersMichigan StateA spot opens at defensive line and they start players his size9 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 4 starters his size since 20222IllinoisThin at defensive line, and they start players his size10 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 2 starters his size since 20223Pittsburgh CommittedA spot opens at defensive line and they start players his size10 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 6 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
Quick interior lineman6-3, 270 lb: light enough to shoot gaps. Built like Elijah Hughes (6-2, 265), a starter at Notre Dame in 2025.
- Fitsa 4-man front, as a 3-technique beside the guard
- His offers that doPittsburghIowaIowa StateMinnesotaWest VirginiaMichigan State+4 more
- The rest5 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 21Fit for him
No. 3of 21 offers
No. 1of 21 offers
No. 2of 21 offers
Program strength
63of 100
46of 100
73of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 3closest: Scott, 2022
0 of 5closest: Williams, 2015
0 of 3closest: Carney, 2017
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 1
0 of 1
0 of 1
Room at defensive line
Average10 with 2+ years left
Thin9 with 2+ years left
Thin10 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
3
2
0
2027 commits at defensive line
3Jaheim Bond, Cam Aime +1
3Ohimai Ozolua, Lawrence Kanneh +1
1Ryan Paulsen
Starts players his size
6starters his size since 2022
4starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
Base defense
4-3DC Cory Sanders since 2026
4-2-5DC Joe Rossi since 2024
3-3-5DC Bobby Hauck since 2026
Coaches defensive line
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Winston DeLattiboudere III
Alex Panos
From home
232 miPA
220 miMI
216 miIL
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 5
Coolofficial visit Jun 19
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Carter's 21 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. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. 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
8 that have not offered
Virginia Tech Stocked at defensive lineOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year · defensive line coach Derrick Tangelo2
Louisville Even at defensive lineOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by June of sophomore year3
Kentucky Thin at defensive lineOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year · defensive line coach Rob Snyder4
Boston College Stocked at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year5
Purdue Even at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by November of junior year · defensive line coach Jake Trump6
Wisconsin Thin at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by August of junior year7
Ohio State Even at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by September of junior year · defensive line coach Larry Johnson8
Cincinnati Even at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by February of junior year · defensive line coach Walter Stewart
Wisconsin Thin at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by August of junior year7Ohio State Even at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by September of junior year · defensive line coach Larry Johnson8Cincinnati Even at defensive lineOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by February of junior year · defensive line coach Walter StewartPrograms 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
353of 1,953 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size6-2 to 6-4, 251 to 289 lb
- Most in
ACC57
SEC57
Big 1237 - Start his size most
Fresno State10
NC State10
Buffalo7 - His offers that doPittsburgh6Michigan State4Ohio4Kent State4
Who needs him
Illinois is thinnest at defensive line of his 21 offersThin- 10 with 2+ years left of 18
- 14 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereMichigan State9
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 2010-202211%Transferred4 of 36 played for a second school
16%Drafted8 of 50, 6 in rounds 1-3
10%NFL starter5 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. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 36 of 50. No rate for a real season here: the stats can judge only 7 of those, because the box score has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 drafted
Markus Strong DLNot drafted yetmatch
Darious Cummings EDGENot draftedmatch
Jordan Thompson IDLNot draftedmatch
Jimmy Scott DLNot drafted yetmatch
Brian Harris DLIn college nowmatch
Connor Humphreys EDGENot draftedmatch
Edwin Delva IDLNot draftedmatch
Trevon McAlpine DLNot drafted yetmatch
DaVonte Lambert EDGENot draftedmatch
Christian Rector EDGENot draftedmatchPast 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 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 6 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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