Class of 2027 · safety
Hezikiah Kelley
6-2, 190 · Northwest · Cincinnati, OH
Committed to Temple since Jun 18
47offer strength · No. 1250
0.8767composite · 3-star
9offers · 4 power
His offers
9 offers · visited 4TempleCommitted
offered Apr 24
Illinoiscool
official visit Jun 5
Kentuckycool
official visit Jun 12
CincinnatiDecommitted
Dec 12, 2025
Pittsburghcold
offered Apr 16
UConncool
official visit May 29
Show all 9 offers
Miami (OH)cold
offered Jan 25, 2025
Bowling Greencold
offered Jan 28
Kent Statecold
offered May 1, 2025
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 9 offers
Best fits
IllinoisNo. 1KentuckyNo. 2CincinnatiNo. 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
403 of the 1,120 FBS starters at safety since 2022 were his size (6-1 to 6-3, 177 to 203 pounds): most in the Big Ten (65), SEC (59) and ACC (58). Programs that start it most: Missouri (9), Louisville (8) and Toledo (8). Of his offers, Pittsburgh (7), Temple (6), Illinois (6) and Miami (OH) (5) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 9 offers, Cincinnati has the thinnest room at defensive back: 10 with 2+ years left of 17, 2 in their last year, 21 portal exits in 3 seasons, 5 commits this cycle.
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
3 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Chanceller JamesNot drafted
match 60
Jamal ScottNot drafted
match 55
Show all 10
Will SunderlandNot drafted
match 55
Justin WilliamsNot drafted
match 55
Austin Jupe
Not drafted
match 55
Jakar Hamilton
Not drafted
match 55
Brishen MathewsNot drafted
match 54
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
Jan 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
17 dated moves since Jan 25, 2025
Committed TempleJun 18Official visit KentuckyJun 12Official visit TempleJun 12Official visit IllinoisJun 5Official visit UConnMay 29Offered IllinoisMay 13Offered TempleApr 24Offered PittsburghApr 16Show all 17 moves
Junior day KentuckyJan 31Offered KentuckyJan 31Offered Bowling GreenJan 28Offered UConnJan 28Decommitted CincinnatiDec 12, 2025Committed CincinnatiJul 14, 2025Offered CincinnatiJun 1, 2025Offered Kent StateMay 1, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Jan 25, 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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