Class of 2027 · linebacker
Ja'Bios Smith
LBTop 250
6-3, 195 lb · Swainsboro, GA
Committed to Florida since May 29
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27Offers22 from Power 4 · 8 visits
Industry0.9279 composite · Top 250
His offers, dated
His offers
27 offers · visited 8
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
FloridaCommittedoffered Apr 12, 2025Ohio Statecoldoffered Oct 3, 2025Texascoolofficial visit Jun 12Georgiacoolofficial visit Jun 19Texas A&Mcoolofficial visit Jun 12Alabamacoldoffered May 20, 2025Texas Techcoldoffered Mar 27South Carolinacoldofficial visit May 1Michigancoldoffered Apr 17, 2025Tennesseecoldvisited May 31, 2025Auburncoldoffered May 9, 2025Kentuckycoldoffered Jan 22Missouricoldoffered Sep 11, 2025Mississippi Statecoldoffered Jun 3, 2025NC Statecoldoffered Mar 14Virginia Techcoldoffered Mar 14Florida Statecoldvisited Apr 2North Carolinacoldoffered Jun 21, 2025Vanderbiltcoldoffered Jan 29, 2025West Virginiacoldoffered Jun 4, 2025Kansascoldoffered Sep 21, 2025Georgia Techcoldvisited Oct 11, 2025South Floridacoldoffered Sep 8, 2025Georgia Southerncoldoffered Mar 14Miami (OH)coldoffered Jun 2, 2025Georgia Statecoldoffered Sep 3, 2024Kennesaw Statecoldoffered Jan 30, 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 2024 to todayJun 2024NovAprSepFebJulNov 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
39 dated moves since Jun 9, 2024Official visit GeorgiaJun 19Official visit TexasJun 12Official visit Texas A&MJun 12Committed FloridaMay 29Official visit FloridaMay 28Official visit South CarolinaMay 1Unofficial visit Florida StateApr 2Offered Texas TechMar 27Offered Georgia SouthernMar 14Offered NC StateMar 14Offered Virginia TechMar 14Offered KentuckyJan 22Offered TexasOct 16, 2025Unofficial visit Georgia TechOct 11, 2025Offered Ohio StateOct 3, 2025Unofficial visit GeorgiaSep 27, 2025Offered KansasSep 21, 2025Unofficial visit South CarolinaSep 13, 2025Offered MissouriSep 11, 2025Offered South FloridaSep 8, 2025Offered North CarolinaJun 21, 2025Offered West VirginiaJun 4, 2025Offered Mississippi StateJun 3, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Jun 2, 2025Unofficial visit TennesseeMay 31, 2025Offered AlabamaMay 20, 2025Offered AuburnMay 9, 2025Offered MichiganApr 17, 2025Offered FloridaApr 12, 2025Offered Texas A&MApr 12, 2025Offered TennesseeMar 25, 2025Offered Georgia TechMar 18, 2025Offered Florida StateJan 30, 2025Offered Kennesaw StateJan 30, 2025Offered GeorgiaJan 29, 2025Offered VanderbiltJan 29, 2025Offered Georgia StateSep 3, 2024Offered South CarolinaSep 1, 2024Camp Florida StateJun 9, 2024Newest 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 Ja'Bios 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 27 offersTexasA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size4 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 3 starters his size since 20222Georgia TechA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size2 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 20223MissouriA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 2 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 linebacker6-3, 195 lb: safety-sized. Built like DeMarvion Overshown (6-4, 200), a starter at Texas in 2022.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doOhio StateTexasTexas A&MAlabamaSouth CarolinaMichigan+12 more
- The rest5 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 27Fit for him
No. 22of 27 offers
No. 1of 27 offers
No. 2of 27 offers
Program strength
84of 100
91of 100
47of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
1 of 3Anzalone, round 3
1 of 3Jefferson, round 3
-none with his board signed there
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 3
2 of 3
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Room at linebacker
Stocked8 with 2+ years left
Thin4 with 2+ years left
Thin2 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
1
1
3
2027 commits at linebacker
1Ellis McGaskin
2Raymond Hudson, Jason Crenshaw Jr.
2Cole Crawford, Noah Renes
Starts players his size
0starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
Base defense
MultipleDC Brad White since 2026
4-2-5DC Pete Kwiatkowski since 2021
4-2-5DC Jason Semore since 2026
Coaches linebacker
Greg Gasparato
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From home
204 miFL
921 miTX
In state144 miles
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 12
Coldvisited Oct 11, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Ja'Bios's 27 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
5 that have not offered
Wake Forest Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year2
Ole Miss Stocked at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by June of sophomore year3
Louisville Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Adam Mueller4
Miami Even at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by August of junior year5
LSU Thin at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by March 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
171of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-2 to 6-4, 181 to 209 lb
- Most in
Big 1234
Big Ten24
ACC22 - Start his size most
TCU6Texas Tech6
Temple5 - His offers that doTexas Tech6Virginia Tech5Texas3Kentucky3
Who needs him
Georgia Tech is thinnest at linebacker of his 27 offersThin- 2 with 2+ years left of 7
- 3 leave after this season
- 9 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 2 commits this cycle
- Also thin thereTexas4Virginia Tech5Missouri6Tennessee5
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 2011-202218%Produced by year two7 of 40 had a real season by his second year
10%Transferred4 of 40 played for a second school
18%Drafted9 of 50, 6 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 40 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Tyrell Robinson LBNot draftedmatchKeion Joyner LBNot draftedmatch
Josh Brown LBNot draftedmatch
Matthew Thomas LBNot draftedmatch
Otaro Alaka LBNot draftedmatch
Caleb Kelly LBNot draftedmatch
Dawson Merritt LBIn college nowmatchPast 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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