Class of 2027 · safety
Elijah Burns-Crump
S
6-2, 165 lb · Trinity HS · Louisville, KY
Committed to Duke since Jun 972Model gradeiBetter offers than 80% 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
23 offers · visited 4
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
DukeCommittedoffered Jan 20Penn Statecoolofficial visit Jun 4Northwesterncoldoffered Sep 2, 2025Auburncoldoffered Apr 24Louisvillecoldoffered Jan 31Wake Forestcoldoffered Jan 30Kentuckycoldjunior day Jan 17Missouricoldoffered Feb 3Cincinnaticoldoffered Feb 20Pittsburghcoldoffered Mar 6Virginia Techcoldoffered Feb 4Stanfordcoolofficial visit Jun 19Arizona Statecoldoffered Jun 20, 2025Vanderbiltcoldoffered Jun 13, 2025Memphiscoldoffered Aug 14, 2025Purduecoldoffered Apr 16James Madisoncoldoffered Mar 20Toledocoldoffered Jun 19, 2025Western Kentuckycoldoffered Mar 13Colorado Statecoldoffered Feb 22Miami (OH)coldoffered Jul 18, 2025Dartmouthcoldoffered May 14Eastern Kentuckycoldoffered Jun 13, 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
Jun 2025 to todayJun 2025SepDecMarJunSepNov 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 Jun 13, 2025Official visit StanfordJun 19Official visit DukeJun 11Committed DukeJun 9Official visit Penn StateJun 4Offered DartmouthMay 14Offered AuburnApr 24Offered PurdueApr 16Offered James MadisonMar 20Offered Western KentuckyMar 13Offered PittsburghMar 6Offered Colorado StateFeb 22Offered CincinnatiFeb 20Offered Penn StateFeb 19Offered Virginia TechFeb 4Offered MissouriFeb 3Offered LouisvilleJan 31Offered StanfordJan 30Offered Wake ForestJan 30Offered DukeJan 20Junior day KentuckyJan 17Offered NorthwesternSep 2, 2025Offered MemphisAug 14, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Jul 18, 2025Offered Arizona StateJun 20, 2025Offered ToledoJun 19, 2025Offered KentuckyJun 18, 2025Offered Eastern KentuckyJun 13, 2025Offered VanderbiltJun 13, 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 Elijah 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 23 offersPenn StateThin at defensive back, and a spot opens next season12 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · no starter his size since 20222NorthwesternA spot opens at defensive back and they start players his size10 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 4 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 20223LouisvilleThin at defensive back, and a spot opens next season10 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 4 leave after this season · no starter 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
Safety6-2, 165 lb. Built like Jordan Hancock (6-1, 170), a starter at Ohio State in 2023.
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 23Fit for him
No. 4of 23 offers
No. 1of 23 offers
No. 2of 23 offers
Program strength
52of 100
78of 100
73of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 2closest: Edwards, 2013
3 of 3Oruwariye, round 5
0 of 3closest: Westphal, 2014
Players like him there: a real season by year two
-the box score does not cover them
-the box score does not cover them
1 of 2
Room at defensive back
Thin8 with 2+ years left
Thin12 with 2+ years left
Thin10 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
1
2
4
2027 commits at defensive back
3Alex Patton, Kasen Jammer +1
2Kei'Shjuan Telfair, Dhillon McGee
3Cristian Mbamarah, Kingston Thornton +1
Starts players his size
0starters his size since 2022
0starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
Base defense
MultipleDC Jonathan Patke since 2024
4-3DC D'Anton Lynn since 2026
4-3DC Tim McGarigle since 2024
Coaches defensive back
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Deon Broomfield
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From home
407 miNC
457 miPA
282 miIL
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 4
Coldoffered Sep 2, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Elijah's 23 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. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
8 that have not offered
Tennessee Even at defensive backOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by April of sophomore year2
Indiana Thin at defensive backOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by May of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Ola Adams3
Maryland Even at defensive backOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by June of sophomore year · defensive backs coach James Thomas Jr.4
Arkansas Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by July of sophomore year5
SMU Thin at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by May of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Jonathan McGill6
Wisconsin Even at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by July of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Chris Worley7
Florida Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by January of junior year · defensive backs coach Chris Collins8
Alabama Thin at defensive backOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by September of junior year
Wisconsin Even at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by July of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Chris Worley7Florida Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by January of junior year · defensive backs coach Chris Collins8Alabama Thin at defensive backOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by September of junior yearPrograms 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
66of 1,110 FBS starters at safety since 2022 were his size6-1 to 6-3, 153 to 177 lb
- Most in
ACC11Pac-1210Mountain West8 - Start his size most
Georgia Tech4
LSU4
Air Force3 - His offers that doMiami (OH)2Northwestern1Wake Forest1Memphis1
Who needs him
Duke is thinnest at defensive back of his 23 offersThin- 8 with 2+ years left of 16
- 1 leaves after this season
- 15 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 4 commits this cycle (him included)
- Also thin thereLouisville10Northwestern10Penn State12
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 2010-20223%Transferred1 of 31 played for a second school
16%Drafted8 of 50, 1 in rounds 1-3
4%NFL starter2 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 31 of 50. No rate for a real season here: the stats can judge only 1 of those, because the box score has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
3 of 10 drafted
Derrick Baity CBNot draftedmatch
Kenneth Crawley DBNot draftedmatchJonathan Crawford SNot draftedmatchT.J. Davis CBNot draftedmatch
Gary Simon CBNot draftedmatchJulian Wilson CBNot draftedmatch
Yuri Wright CBNot draftedmatch
Jaylen Watkins CBDrafted 2014, round 4, No. 101 · 1 NFL season as a startermatchPast 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. 10 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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