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Class of 2027 · linebacker

Darrian Tomlin

6-2, 217 · Woodford County · Versailles, KY

Committed to Louisville since Jun 8

25offer strength · No. 1719
0.8578composite · 3-star
5offers · 2 power

His offers

5 offers
Louisville logoLouisville
ACC · strength 70
Committed
offered Feb 1
Miami logoMiami
ACC · strength 86
cool
offered May 21
Toledo logoToledo
Mid-American · strength 42
cold
offered Apr 22, 2025
Eastern Kentucky logoEastern Kentucky
cold
offered Apr 3, 2024
Kent State logoKent State
Mid-American · strength 2
cool
offered May 20
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 5 offers
Best fits
Louisville logoLouisville Committed
Has started 6 linebackers his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at linebacker (6 with 2+ years left)
No. 1Miami logoMiami
Has started 5 linebackers his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at linebacker (6 with 2+ years left)
No. 2Toledo logoToledo
Has started 6 linebackers his size 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

629 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-1 to 6-3, 202 to 232 pounds): most in the SEC (105), Big Ten (92) and ACC (83). Programs that start it most: Alabama (9), California (9) and Georgia (9). Of his offers, Louisville (6), Toledo (6), Miami (5) and Kent State (4) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 5 offers, Louisville has the thinnest room at linebacker: 6 with 2+ years left of 10, 2 in their last year, 7 portal exits in 3 seasons, 2 commits this cycle (him included). He committed to a spot that is even by our count.

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
Keree Renchie
Class of 2013 · OLB · signing not on record
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 210
Not drafted
match 57
B.J. GoodsonB.J. Goodson
Class of 2011 · ILB · signed Clemson
2 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 225
Drafted 2016, round 4, No. 109 · 3 NFL seasons as a starter
match 56
Texas Tech logoJoe Carmical
Class of 2010 · ILB · signed Texas Tech
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 225
Not drafted
match 54
Malcolm Walker
Class of 2011 · LB · signing not on record
6 offers; Tomlin had 5; both about 6-2, 215
Not drafted
match 50
Washington State logoKache Palacio
Class of 2012 · OLB · signed Washington State
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 225
Not drafted
match 49
Show all 10
Josh WalkerJosh Walker
Class of 2014 · OLB · signed Texas A&M
3 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-1, 220
Not drafted
match 48
Virginia logoConnor Wingo-Reeves
Class of 2013 · ILB · signed Virginia
4 offers; Tomlin had 5; both about 6-3, 220
Not drafted
match 48
Clemson logoColton Walls
Class of 2011 · ILB · signed Clemson
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 230
Not drafted
match 47
Brandon Golson
Class of 2013 · LB · signing not on record
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-3, 220
Not drafted
match 47
Wisconsin logoJake Whalen
Class of 2015 · ILB · signed Wisconsin
1 offers from top-25 programs; Tomlin had 1; both about 6-2, 220
Not drafted
match 46
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

6 dated moves since Apr 3, 2024
Louisville logoCommitted LouisvilleJun 8
Miami logoOffered MiamiMay 21
Kent State logoOffered Kent StateMay 20
Louisville logoOffered LouisvilleFeb 1
Toledo logoOffered ToledoApr 22, 2025
Eastern Kentucky logoOffered Eastern KentuckyApr 3, 2024
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