Class of 2027 · defensive lineman

Josh Fasbender

6-3, 260 · St. Xavier · Cincinnati, OH

Committed to Buffalo since May 31

37offer strength · No. 1466

0.8700composite · 3-star

10offers · 3 power

His offers

10 offers

Penn State

Big Ten · strength 86

Mid-American · strength 26

Committed

offered May 7

Toledo

Mid-American · strength 42

cold

offered Mar 20, 2025

Central Michigan

Mid-American · strength 27

cool

offered May 7

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Liberty

Conference USA · strength 32

cold

offered May 8, 2025

Miami (OH)

Mid-American · strength 23

cold

offered Jan 17

Eastern Michigan

Mid-American · strength 18

cold

offered Jun 5, 2025

Kent State

Mid-American · strength 2

cool

offered May 7

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 10 offers

Best fits

Penn State

Has started 2 defensive lines his size since 2022; 3 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at defensive line (12 with 2+ years left)

No. 1

Pittsburgh

Has started 5 defensive lines his size since 2022; 3 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at defensive line (10 with 2+ years left)

No. 2

Virginia Tech

Has started 3 defensive lines his size since 2022; 2 in their last year, so a spot opens for his first season; stocked at defensive line (16 with 2+ years left)

No. 3

Need (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

411 of the 1,993 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size (6-2 to 6-4, 242 to 278 pounds): most in the ACC (69), SEC (54) and Big 12 (48). Programs that start it most: NC State (11), Clemson (8) and Kansas (8). Of his offers, Pittsburgh (5), Buffalo (5), Liberty (4) and Virginia Tech (3) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 10 offers, Pittsburgh has the thinnest room at defensive line: 10 with 2+ years left of 19, 3 in their last year, 13 portal exits in 3 seasons, 4 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

0 of 10 drafted

Charles Walker

Class of 2013 · DT · signing not on record

1 offers from top-25 programs; Fasbender had 1; 6-3, 280

Not drafted

match 60

David Pfaff

Class of 2015 · SDE · signed Wisconsin

9 offers; Fasbender had 10; both about 6-2, 255

Not drafted

match 59

Joyan Williams

Class of 2014 · DT · signing not on record

1 offers from top-25 programs; Fasbender had 1; both about 6-3, 255

Not drafted

match 56

Dominique Henderson

Class of 2010 · DE · signing not on record

1 offers from top-25 programs; Fasbender had 1; both about 6-3, 260

Not drafted

match 56

Chad Childs

Class of 2012 · DT · signed TCU

2 offers from top-25 programs; Fasbender had 1; 6-4, 240

Not drafted

match 55

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Steven Clark

Class of 2015 · DT · signed Syracuse

1 offers from top-25 programs; Fasbender had 1; 6-3, 290

Not drafted

match 53

Walter Brady

Class of 2014 · WDE · signed Missouri

9 offers; Fasbender had 10; 6-4, 242

Not drafted

match 53

Justin Moody

Class of 2013 · DT · signing not on record

Both offered by Pittsburgh and Buffalo; both about 6-3, 265

Not drafted

match 50

Peter Angeh

Class of 2013 · SDE · signed Massachusetts

12 offers; Fasbender had 10; both about 6-3, 245

Not drafted

match 50

Kahlil Welsh

Class of 2015 · DT · signed Wake Forest

13 offers; Fasbender had 10; both about 6-3, 275

Not drafted

match 49

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.

Timeline

11 dated moves since Mar 20, 2025

Committed BuffaloMay 31

Offered BuffaloMay 7

Offered Central MichiganMay 7

Offered Kent StateMay 7

Offered Virginia TechJan 20

Offered Miami (OH)Jan 17

Offered PittsburghSep 16, 2025

Offered Penn StateSep 10, 2025

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Offered Eastern MichiganJun 5, 2025

Offered LibertyMay 8, 2025

Offered ToledoMar 20, 2025

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