Class of 2027 · linebacker
Jerrell Bridges
LB
6-0, 190 lb · Midlothian, TX
Committed to Houston since May 3077Model gradeiBetter offers than 85% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
20 offers · visited 4
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
HoustonCommittedoffered Mar 17Texascoolofficial visit Jun 19Northwesterncoldoffered Apr 30Louisvillecoldoffered May 14Mississippi Statecoldoffered Apr 29Wake Forestcoldoffered Apr 13NC Statecoldoffered Apr 16Baylorcoldoffered May 5SMUcoldofficial visit May 15Arkansascoolofficial visit Jun 12Vanderbiltcoldoffered Apr 27Purduecoldoffered Apr 28Michigan Statecoldoffered Apr 27New Mexicocoldoffered Apr 27Texas Statecoldoffered Apr 27UConncoldoffered Apr 27Jacksonville Statecoldoffered Apr 27Ricecoldoffered Mar 17UTEPcoldoffered Mar 17Coastal Carolinacoldoffered Apr 27Strongest 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
Mar 2026 to todayMar 2026MayJulSepNov 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. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
25 dated moves since Mar 17, 2026Official visit TexasJun 19Offered TexasJun 17Official visit ArkansasJun 12Committed HoustonMay 30Official visit HoustonMay 28Official visit SMUMay 15Offered LouisvilleMay 14Offered BaylorMay 5Offered SMUMay 3Offered NorthwesternApr 30Offered Mississippi StateApr 29Offered ArkansasApr 28Offered PurdueApr 28Offered Coastal CarolinaApr 27Offered Jacksonville StateApr 27Offered Michigan StateApr 27Offered New MexicoApr 27Offered Texas StateApr 27Offered UConnApr 27Offered VanderbiltApr 27Offered NC StateApr 16Offered Wake ForestApr 13Offered HoustonMar 17Offered RiceMar 17Offered UTEPMar 17Newest 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 Jerrell 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 20 offersHouston CommittedA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size7 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 20222TexasThin at linebacker, and a spot opens next season4 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · no starter his size since 20223Michigan StateA 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 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 linebacker6-0, 190 lb: safety-sized. Built like Max Tooley (6-1, 193), a starter at BYU in 2023.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doHoustonTexasLouisvilleMississippi StateWake ForestBaylor+8 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 20Fit for him
No. 1of 20 offers
No. 2of 20 offers
No. 3of 20 offers
Program strength
72of 100
91of 100
46of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
0 of 4closest: Townsend, 2015
0 of 2closest: Jones, 2013
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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0 of 1
-the box score does not cover them
Room at linebacker
Average7 with 2+ years left
Thin4 with 2+ years left
Thin4 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
3
1
1
2027 commits at linebacker
1Kamryn Harris
2Raymond Hudson, Jason Crenshaw Jr.
1Matthew Brady
Starts players his size
1starters his size since 2022
0starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-3-5DC Austin Armstrong since 2025
4-2-5DC Pete Kwiatkowski since 2021
4-2-5DC Joe Rossi since 2024
Coaches linebacker
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Max Bullough
From home
In state214 miles
In state158 miles
983 miMI
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 19
Coldoffered Apr 27
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Jerrell's 20 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
8 that have not offered
Arizona State Even at linebackerOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year2
North TexasOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year3
Oklahoma State Thin at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Robbie Gordon4
Kansas State Thin at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by November of junior year5
Arizona Thin at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Josh Bringuel6
Texas Tech Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by December of junior year · linebackers coach Taylor Young7
Pittsburgh Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year8
MemphisOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of junior year
Texas Tech Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by December of junior year · linebackers coach Taylor Young7Pittsburgh Stocked at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year8MemphisOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February 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
90of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size5-11 to 6-1, 177 to 203 lb
- Most inSun Belt12Conference USA12Mountain West12
- Start his size most
South Florida5
App State4
Oklahoma4 - His offers that doMichigan State3NC State2Texas State2Houston1
Who needs him
Arkansas is thinnest at linebacker of his 20 offersThin- 3 with 2+ years left of 9
- 2 leave after this season
- 14 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereMichigan State4Purdue4Texas4SMU5
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 2010-20223%Transferred1 of 35 played for a second school
12%Drafted6 of 50, 4 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. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 35 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
2 of 10 drafted, 2 in rounds 1-2
Jermaine Grace LBNot draftedmatch
Jordan Perez LBNot draftedmatch
Keith Lewis LBNot draftedmatchCameron Townsend LBNot draftedmatch
Ben Humphreys LBNot draftedmatch
Kyahva Tezino LBNot draftedmatch
Marvin Robinson LBNot draftedmatch
Paul Whitmill LBNot draftedmatch
Ryan Shazier LBDrafted 2014, round 1, No. 15 · 2 NFL seasons as a startermatchPast 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. 10 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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