Class of 2027 · tight end
Jackson Ballinger
TETop 500
6-4, 225 lb · Centerburg, OH
Committed to Florida since Feb 24
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28Offers22 from Power 4 · 3 visits
Industry0.8911 composite · Top 500
His offers, dated
His offers
28 offers · visited 3
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
FloridaCommittedoffered Apr 4, 2025Washingtoncoldoffered May 14, 2025Ole Misscoldoffered May 1, 2025Auburncoldoffered Mar 11Northwesterncoldoffered Jun 29, 2025Kentuckycoldoffered Jun 12, 2024Wisconsincoldoffered May 8, 2025Indianacoldoffered Jun 18, 2024Missouricoldvisited Nov 15, 2025Louisvillecoldoffered Jan 23, 2025Pittsburghcoldoffered Mar 11Cincinnaticoldoffered Nov 9, 2024Arkansascoldoffered Jan 13Dukecoldoffered Mar 23, 2025Stanfordcoldoffered Sep 30, 2025Arizona Statecoldoffered May 21, 2025Coloradocoldoffered Jun 23, 2025Vanderbiltcoldoffered Mar 27, 2025Washington Statecoldoffered Mar 11Marylandcoldoffered Jan 25, 2025West Virginiacoldoffered Sep 21, 2024Rutgerscoldoffered Mar 11Purduecoldoffered May 7, 2025James Madisoncoldoffered Feb 4South Floridacoldoffered Apr 5, 2025Toledocoldoffered Jun 15, 2024UConncoldoffered Feb 18Miami (OH)coldoffered May 13, 2024Strongest 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
May 2024 to todayMay 2024OctMarAugJan 2026JunNov 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
32 dated moves since May 13, 2024Official visit FloridaJun 4Offered AuburnMar 11Offered PittsburghMar 11Offered RutgersMar 11Offered Washington StateMar 11Committed FloridaFeb 24Offered UConnFeb 18Offered James MadisonFeb 4Offered ArkansasJan 13Unofficial visit MissouriNov 15, 2025Offered StanfordSep 30, 2025Offered NorthwesternJun 29, 2025Offered ColoradoJun 23, 2025Offered Arizona StateMay 21, 2025Offered WashingtonMay 14, 2025Offered WisconsinMay 8, 2025Offered PurdueMay 7, 2025Offered MissouriMay 5, 2025Offered Ole MissMay 1, 2025Offered South FloridaApr 5, 2025Offered FloridaApr 4, 2025Offered VanderbiltMar 27, 2025Offered DukeMar 23, 2025Unofficial visit DukeMar 22, 2025Offered MarylandJan 25, 2025Offered LouisvilleJan 23, 2025Offered CincinnatiNov 9, 2024Offered West VirginiaSep 21, 2024Offered IndianaJun 18, 2024Offered ToledoJun 15, 2024Offered KentuckyJun 12, 2024Offered Miami (OH)May 13, 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 Jackson 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 28 offersAuburnA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size4 at tight end with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20222NorthwesternA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size2 at tight end with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 5 starters his size since 20223DukeA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size3 at tight end with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 5 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
Flex tight end6-4, 225 lb: built to split out. Built like Michael Mayer (6-4, 232), a starter at Notre Dame in 2022.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doWashingtonOle MissAuburnKentuckyPittsburghArkansas+7 more
- The rest15 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 28Fit for him
No. 8of 28 offers
No. 1of 28 offers
No. 2of 28 offers
Program strength
84of 100
74of 100
74of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
1 of 5Christian, round 7
0 of 5closest: Fulse, 2011
-none with his board signed there
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 3
0 of 3
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Room at tight end
Stocked6 with 2+ years left
Average4 with 2+ years left
Average2 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
0
3
2
2027 commits at tight end
1Tommy Douglas
1George Lamons Jr.
2Wyatt Frey, Brady Johnson
Starts players his size
3starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
5starters his size since 2022
Offense
Pro spreadthrows 46%, 99th most
Veer and shootthrows 54%, 27th most
Multiple spreadthrows 43%, 118th most
Coaches tight end
Dylan Dockery
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From home
-FL
-AL
-IL
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered Mar 11
Coldoffered Jun 29, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Jackson's 28 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
9 that have not offered
Michigan State Even at tight endOffered 9 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Brian Wozniak2
Michigan Even at tight endOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Ali'i Niumatalolo3
Ohio State Even at tight endOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year4
Virginia Tech Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by December of junior year · tight ends coach David Rocco5
Penn State Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by February of sophomore year · tight ends coach Sean Seonbuchner6
Miami Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Mike Viti7
Texas A&M Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Derek Shay8
Alabama Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year · tight ends coach Richard Owens9
Tennessee Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by March of sophomore year · tight ends coach Alec Abeln
Miami Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Mike Viti7Texas A&M Even at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Derek Shay8Alabama Stocked at tight endOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year · tight ends coach Richard Owens9Tennessee Even at tight endOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by March of sophomore year · tight ends coach Alec AbelnPrograms 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
281of 487 FBS starters at tight end since 2022 were his size6-3 to 6-5, 209 to 241 lb
- Most in
ACC43
Big Ten41
SEC40 - Start his size most
Boise State5
Clemson5Duke5 - His offers that doNorthwestern5Kentucky5Duke5Ole Miss4
Who needs him
Colorado is thinnest at tight end of his 28 offersThin- 2 with 2+ years left of 6
- 6 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 0 commits this cycle
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 2010-202214%Produced by year two5 of 37 had a real season by his second year
21%Transferred8 of 38 played for a second school
14%Drafted7 of 50, 2 in rounds 1-3
10%NFL starter5 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. 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 38 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 draftedJacob Mathis TENot draftedmatch
Mike Heuerman TENot draftedmatch
Garrett Williams TENot draftedmatchJake Hausmann TENot draftedmatch
Markus Dixon TENot drafted yetmatch
Bryce Dixon TENot draftedmatch
Jack Nickel TENot drafted yetmatchAdam Breneman TENot draftedmatch
Jeb Blazevich TENot 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 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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