Class of 2027 · running back
Cecil Smith
5-7, 165 · Miami Columbus · Miami, FL
Committed to Northern Illinois since Jun 17
43offer strength · No. 1317
0.8533composite · 3-star
15offers · 4 power
His offers
15 offersNorthern IllinoisCommitted
offered Jun 17
Pittsburghcold
offered May 1
Louisvillecold
offered Jan 27
UCFcold
offered Mar 5
SMUcold
offered Jan 21
Jacksonville Statecold
offered Jan 27
Show all 15 offers
South Floridacold
offered Oct 9, 2025
UNLVcool
offered May 27
Western Michigancold
offered Jan 24
Florida Atlanticcold
offered Jan 23
App Statecold
offered Jan 29
Coastal Carolinacool
offered May 27
Libertycold
offered Mar 5
Samfordcold
offered May 4
West Georgiacold
offered Mar 29
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 15 offers
Best fits
LouisvilleNo. 1PittsburghNo. 2South FloridaNo. 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
18 of the 529 FBS starters at running back since 2022 were his size (5-6 to 5-8, 153 to 177 pounds): most in the Mid-American (4), Big 12 (3) and Conference USA (2). Programs that start it most: Houston (2), Miami (OH) (2) and Kent State (2). Of his offers, South Florida (1) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 15 offers, Louisville has the thinnest room at running back: 3 with 2+ years left of 5, 9 portal exits in 3 seasons, 1 commit this cycle. Also thin there: SMU.
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
Ruben GarnettNot drafted
match 66
John ArmstrongNot drafted
match 64
Jeremy HesterNot drafted
match 62
Taylor ThomasNot drafted
match 61
Kyron CumbyNot drafted
match 60
Show all 10
Jamie GilmoreNot drafted
match 58
Deshawn McCleaseNot drafted
match 56
Raymond SandersNot drafted
match 56
Devonte WilliamsNot drafted
match 54
Samuel StewartNot drafted
match 52
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.
His board on any day
Oct 2025 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
16 dated moves since Oct 9, 2025
Committed Northern IllinoisJun 17Offered Northern IllinoisJun 17Offered Coastal CarolinaMay 27Offered UNLVMay 27Offered SamfordMay 4Offered PittsburghMay 1Offered West GeorgiaMar 29Offered LibertyMar 5Show all 16 moves
Offered UCFMar 5Offered App StateJan 29Offered Jacksonville StateJan 27Offered LouisvilleJan 27Offered Western MichiganJan 24Offered Florida AtlanticJan 23Offered SMUJan 21Offered South FloridaOct 9, 2025Newest 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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