Class of 2027 · linebacker
Ian McDuffie
LB
6-2, 200 lb · Passaic County Tech HS · Wayne, NJ
Committed to UCF since Jun 1636Model gradeiBetter offers than 60% of his classOutside the top 1,000. Past boards here: 26% signed at a Power 4 school, 4% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
6 offers · visited 1
Strongest program firstCommittedBacked outVisited
UCFCommittedSyracuseDecommittedJun 16Templecoldoffered May 7, 2025James Madisoncoldoffered Jan 27, 2025UConncoldoffered Mar 7Monmouthcoldoffered Feb 1Strongest 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
Jan 2025 to todayJan 2025MaySepJan 2026MaySepNov 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. 1 offer with no posted date (UCF) always show. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
9 dated moves since Jan 27, 2025Decommitted SyracuseJun 16Committed UCFJun 16Official visit SyracuseMay 29Committed SyracuseApr 13Offered UConnMar 7Offered MonmouthFeb 1Offered SyracuseJan 24Offered TempleMay 7, 2025Offered James MadisonJan 27, 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 Ian 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 6 offersSyracuseThin at linebacker, and they start players his size5 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 starter his size since 20222UCF CommittedA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size5 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 1 starter his size since 20223UConnThey start players his size3 starters 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
Hybrid linebacker6-2, 200 lb: safety-sized. Built like Jaylan Ford (6-2, 205), a starter at Texas in 2023.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doSyracuseJames Madison
- The rest2 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 6Fit for him
No. 2of 6 offers
No. 1of 6 offers
No. 3of 6 offers
Program strength
57of 100
50of 100
37of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 4closest: Keller, 2013
0 of 2closest: Vigille, 2011
0 of 4closest: Williams, 2015
Players like him there: a real season by year two
-the box score does not cover them
-the box score does not cover them
0 of 1
Room at linebacker
Thin5 with 2+ years left
Thin5 with 2+ years left
-no roster on record
Leaving after this season
1
0
-no roster on record
2027 commits at linebacker
1Debonaire Johnson
1Matthew Schlenhardt
-no roster on record
Starts players his size
1starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-4DC Alex Grinch since 2025
4-2-5DC Vince Kehres since 2026
-not on record
Coaches linebacker
Mark D'Onofrio
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From home
939 miFL
174 miNY
101 miCT
Where it stands
Committed
DecommittedJun 16
Coldoffered Mar 7
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Ian's 6 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. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
5 that have not offered
Pittsburgh Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year2
Boston College Stocked at linebackerOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year3
BuffaloOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year4
North Carolina Stocked at linebackerOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by September of junior year · linebackers coach Jamie Collins5
West Virginia Stocked at linebackerOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by October of junior year · linebackers coach Andrew WarwickPrograms 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
359of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-1 to 6-3, 186 to 214 lb
- Most in
SEC53
Big Ten52
ACC44 - Start his size mostTemple8
Minnesota7West Virginia7 - His offers that doTemple8James Madison3UConn3UCF1
Who needs him
Syracuse is thinnest at linebacker of his 6 offersThin- 5 with 2+ years left of 12
- 11 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereUCF5
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 2010-20220%Transferred0 of 29 played for a second school
4%Drafted2 of 50
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 29 of 50. No rate for a real season here: the stats can judge only 2 of those, because the box score has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 draftedDevon Porchia LBNot draftedmatchOFOtha Foster LBNot draftedmatch
TJTrey Jamison LBNot drafted yetmatch
Naahlyee Bryant LBNot drafted yetmatch
Kimmie Carson LBNot draftedmatch
Jon Shelby LBNot draftedmatch
Joe Riggins LBNot draftedmatch
Kiel Robinson LBNot draftedmatch
Jay Henderson LBNot draftedmatch
Kaleb Hill LBNot draftedmatchPast 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. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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