Class of 2027 · running back
Elijah Kimble
RBTop 500
5-10, 180 lb · Canisius HS · Buffalo, NY
Committed to Syracuse since Jul 3
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39Offers31 from Power 4 · 7 visits
Industry0.8976 composite · Top 500
His offers, dated
His offers
39 offers · visited 7
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
SyracuseCommittedoffered Oct 19, 2023Notre Damecoldoffered Mar 17, 2025Ohio Statecoldoffered Nov 9, 2024Georgiacoldoffered May 20, 2025Oregoncoldoffered Oct 11, 2023Miamicoolofficial visit Jun 5Penn Statecoldoffered Oct 14, 2023Floridacoldoffered May 28, 2025Washingtoncoolofficial visit May 29Texas Techcoldoffered Feb 19, 2025Ole Misscoldoffered Nov 21, 2024South Carolinacoldoffered Mar 26, 2025UCLAcoldoffered Aug 3, 2025Michigancoldoffered Jun 17, 2024Tennesseecoldoffered Feb 24, 2025Wisconsincoldoffered Feb 20, 2025Indianacoldofficial visit Apr 17Minnesotacoldoffered Mar 3, 2025Pittsburghcoldoffered Feb 2, 2024Florida Statecoldoffered Jan 9Arkansascoldoffered Mar 14, 2025Boston Collegecoldoffered Nov 19, 2024North Carolinacoolofficial visit Jun 12SMUcoldoffered Apr 25, 2025Arizona Statecoldoffered Feb 18, 2025Oklahoma Statecoldoffered Mar 26, 2025Marylandcoldoffered Dec 12, 2024West Virginiacoldoffered Jan 21, 2024Kansascoldoffered Feb 19, 2025Purduecoldoffered May 30, 2024Michigan Statecoldoffered Mar 18, 2025Oregon Statecoldoffered Feb 4, 2025UTSAcoldoffered Jan 10, 2024Toledocoldoffered Apr 24, 2024UConncoolofficial visit Jun 12Libertycoldoffered Mar 31, 2025Marshallcoldoffered Mar 6, 2024Buffalocoldoffered Nov 22, 2023Delaware Statecoldoffered May 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
Oct 2023 to todayOct 2023AprOctAprOctAprNov 2026
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.
Every dated move
48 dated moves since Oct 11, 2023Committed SyracuseJul 3Unofficial visit SyracuseJun 19Official visit North CarolinaJun 12Official visit UConnJun 12Official visit MiamiJun 5Official visit SyracuseMay 29Official visit WashingtonMay 29Offered UConnMay 18Official visit IndianaApr 17Offered Florida StateJan 9Offered UCLAAug 3, 2025Offered IndianaJul 24, 2025Offered North CarolinaJun 6, 2025Offered FloridaMay 28, 2025Offered GeorgiaMay 20, 2025Offered Delaware StateMay 8, 2025Offered MiamiMay 8, 2025Offered SMUApr 25, 2025Offered LibertyMar 31, 2025Offered Oklahoma StateMar 26, 2025Offered South CarolinaMar 26, 2025Offered Michigan StateMar 18, 2025Offered Notre DameMar 17, 2025Offered ArkansasMar 14, 2025Offered MinnesotaMar 3, 2025Offered TennesseeFeb 24, 2025Offered WisconsinFeb 20, 2025Offered KansasFeb 19, 2025Offered Texas TechFeb 19, 2025Offered Arizona StateFeb 18, 2025Offered Oregon StateFeb 4, 2025Offered WashingtonFeb 4, 2025Offered MarylandDec 12, 2024Offered Ole MissNov 21, 2024Offered Boston CollegeNov 19, 2024Offered Ohio StateNov 9, 2024Offered MichiganJun 17, 2024Offered PurdueMay 30, 2024Offered ToledoApr 24, 2024Offered MarshallMar 6, 2024Offered PittsburghFeb 2, 2024Offered West VirginiaJan 21, 2024Offered UTSAJan 10, 2024Offered BuffaloNov 22, 2023Offered SyracuseOct 19, 2023Unofficial visit Penn StateOct 14, 2023Offered Penn StateOct 14, 2023Offered OregonOct 11, 2023Newest 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. We never scrape recruiting or stats sites; every number here was sent by his family.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 39 offersSyracuse CommittedThey start players his size4 at running back with 2+ years left · 1 starter his size since 20222MiamiThey start players his size4 at running back with 2+ years left · 2 starters his size since 20223FloridaA spot opens at running back and they start players his size3 at running back with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 1 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
Space back5-10, 180 lb. Built like Dilin Jones (5-11, 180), a starter at LSU in 2026.
- Fitsa spread that gets him the ball in space
- His offers that doSyracuseOregonWashingtonOle MissSouth CarolinaMinnesota+10 more
- The rest22 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 39Fit for him
No. 1of 39 offers
No. 2of 39 offers
No. 3of 39 offers
Program strength
50of 100
86of 100
84of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
0 of 1closest: Citizen, 2022
1 of 1Scarlett, round 5
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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0 of 1
1 of 1
Room at running back
Average4 with 2+ years left
Average4 with 2+ years left
Thin3 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
0
0
1
2027 commits at running back
1Tylek Lewis
1Ty Keys
1Andrew Beard II
Starts players his size
1starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
Offense
Spreadthrows 51%, 57th most
Air raidthrows 49%, 75th most
Pro spreadthrows 46%, 99th most
Coaches running back
Dennis Thomas
Favian Upshaw
Chris Foster
From home
In state139 miles
1,172 miFL
935 miFL
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 5
Coldoffered May 28, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Elijah's 39 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. 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
4 that have not offered
Kentucky Stocked at running backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers running backs by January of junior year · running backs coach Kolby Smith2
Virginia Tech Even at running backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers running backs by December of junior year · running backs coach Norval McKenzie3
Wake Forest Even at running backOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers running backs by January of junior year4
Nebraska Even at running backOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers running backs by November of sophomore year · running backs coach E. J. BarthelPrograms 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
164of 529 FBS starters at running back since 2022 were his size5-9 to 5-11, 167 to 193 lb
- Most in
ACC26
SEC21Sun Belt20 - Start his size most
Georgia Tech4
Temple4Wake Forest4 - His offers that doOregon3West Virginia3Miami2Tennessee2
Who needs him
Florida State is thinnest at running back of his 39 offersThin- 2 with 2+ years left of 6
- 4 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereOklahoma State3Florida3Arizona State4SMU4
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 2011-202270%Produced by year two26 of 37 had a real season by his second year
27%Transferred10 of 37 played for a second school
36%Drafted18 of 50, 9 in rounds 1-3
14%NFL starter7 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2011 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions; linemen are left out of that one because the box score does not count their work. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 37 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2Ryan Green RBNot draftedmatchDontre Wilson RBNot draftedmatchTaj Griffin RBNot draftedmatch
Kameron Martin RBNot draftedmatch
Elijah Holyfield RBNot draftedmatchGreg Bryant RBNot draftedmatch
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 6, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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