Class of 2027 · linebacker
Josh McCarthy
LB
6-2, 217 lb · Farmington, MO
Committed to Iowa State since Jun 522Model gradeiBetter offers than 53% 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
5 offers · visited 1
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
Iowa StateCommittedoffered Jun 5Missouri Statedate not postedLindenwooddate not postedSouthern Illinoisdate not postedAkrondate not postedStrongest 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 2026 to todayJun 2026JulAugSepOctNov 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. 4 offers with no posted date (Missouri State, Lindenwood and Southern Illinois, ...) always show. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
3 dated moves since Jun 5, 2026Official visit Iowa StateJun 12Committed Iowa StateJun 5Offered Iowa StateJun 5Newest 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 Josh 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 5 offersIowa State CommittedA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20222AkronThey start players his size2 starters his size since 20223Missouri StateOn his board, with no need or size signal yetRanked 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
Off-ball linebacker6-2, 217 lb. Built like Jack Kiser (6-2, 215), a starter at Notre Dame in 2024.
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 5Fit for him
No. 1of 5 offers
No. 2of 5 offers
No. 3of 5 offers
Program strength
73of 100
4of 100
27of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
0 of 2closest: Williams, 2014
-none with his board signed there
Room at linebacker
Average6 with 2+ years left
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
Leaving after this season
2
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
2027 commits at linebacker
2Special Henry, Drew Bergfeld
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
Starts players his size
3starters his size since 2022
2starters his size since 2022
-no size data for this program
Base defense
4-3DC Jesse Bobbit since 2026
4-2-5DC Tim Tibesar since 2022
4-2-5DC Jack Curtis since 2026
Coaches linebacker
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Blake Shrader
From home
858 miIA
1,461 miOH
In state824 miles
Where it stands
Committed
Offereddate not posted
Offereddate not posted
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Josh's 5 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. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
2 that have not offered
Kent StateOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by June of sophomore year · linebackers coach Kevin Snyder2
Arizona Thin at linebackerOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Josh BringuelPrograms 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
623of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-1 to 6-3, 202 to 232 lb
- Most in
SEC106
Big Ten92
ACC83 - Start his size most
Alabama9
Georgia9
Minnesota9 - His offers that doIowa State3Akron2
Who needs him
Iowa State is thinnest at linebacker of his 5 offersEven- 6 with 2+ years left of 11
- 2 leave after this season
- 12 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 3 commits this cycle (him included)
He committed to a room that is even by our count.
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 2010-20190%Transferred0 of 14 played for a second school
0%Drafted0 of 50
0%NFL starter0 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2019, whose careers are over. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 14 of 50. No rate for a real season here: the stats can judge none 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 drafted
Robert Muschamp LBNot draftedmatchDDDylan Douglass LBNot draftedmatch
GHGrady Higgins LBNot draftedmatch
Max Busher LBNot draftedmatch
Jacob Matthew LBNot draftedmatch
Quintin Wirginis LBNot draftedmatch
Justin North LBNot draftedmatchDCDeVaughn Chollette LBNot draftedmatch
Cameron Stingily LBNot draftedmatchLSLavell Sanders LBNot draftedmatch
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 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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