Class of 2027 · linebacker
JT Austin
LB
6-2, 210 lb · Sandy Creek HS · Tyrone, GA
Committed to Cincinnati since Jun 1581Model gradeiBetter offers than 88% 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
31 offers · visited 5
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
CincinnatiCommittedoffered Mar 14Notre Damecoldoffered Apr 27Georgiacooloffered Jun 18Alabamacoldoffered Oct 6, 2025Miamicoldoffered Jan 14Missouriwarmoffered Sep 17Florida Statecoldjunior day Jan 24Purduecoldoffered Jan 16Western Michigancoldoffered Mar 14South Floridacoolofficial visit May 29East Carolinacoldoffered Nov 4, 2025Jacksonville Statecoldoffered Mar 14Delawarecoldoffered Mar 14Florida Internationalcoldoffered Jan 27Florida Atlanticcoldoffered Mar 14Libertycoldoffered Apr 20Georgia Southerncoldoffered Jan 28App Statecoolofficial visit Jun 18Western Kentuckycooloffered May 29Colorado Statecoldoffered Feb 26UNLVcoolofficial visit Jun 5Miami (OH)coldoffered Mar 14Charlottecoldoffered Nov 4, 2025Coastal Carolinacoldoffered Mar 14Kennesaw Statecoldoffered Oct 6, 2025Georgia Statecoldoffered Oct 6, 2025Middle Tennesseecoldoffered Mar 14Eastern Kentuckycoldoffered Nov 4, 2025Howardcoldoffered Mar 14Mississippi Valley Statecoldoffered Oct 6, 2025Samfordcoldoffered Mar 14Strongest 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
Oct 2025 to todayOct 2025DecFebAprJunAugOctNov 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
38 dated moves since Oct 6, 2025Offered MissouriSep 17Official visit App StateJun 18Offered GeorgiaJun 18Committed CincinnatiJun 15Official visit CincinnatiJun 12Official visit UNLVJun 5Official visit South FloridaMay 29Offered Western KentuckyMay 29Offered Notre DameApr 27Offered LibertyApr 20Offered CincinnatiMar 14Offered Coastal CarolinaMar 14Offered DelawareMar 14Offered Florida AtlanticMar 14Offered HowardMar 14Offered Jacksonville StateMar 14Offered Miami (OH)Mar 14Offered Middle TennesseeMar 14Offered SamfordMar 14Offered Western MichiganMar 14Offered Colorado StateFeb 26Offered South FloridaFeb 9Offered UNLVFeb 5Offered Georgia SouthernJan 28Offered Florida InternationalJan 27Junior day Florida StateJan 24Offered PurdueJan 16Offered MiamiJan 14Offered CharlotteNov 4, 2025Offered East CarolinaNov 4, 2025Offered Eastern KentuckyNov 4, 2025Offered Florida StateNov 3, 2025Unofficial visit Florida StateNov 1, 2025Offered AlabamaOct 6, 2025Offered App StateOct 6, 2025Offered Georgia StateOct 6, 2025Offered Kennesaw StateOct 6, 2025Offered Mississippi Valley StateOct 6, 2025Newest 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 JT 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 31 offersNotre DameA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 5 starters his size since 20222Cincinnati CommittedA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size8 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 4 starters 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 · 4 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 linebacker6-2, 210 lb: safety-sized. Built like Jack Kiser (6-2, 215), a starter at Notre Dame in 2024.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doNotre DameAlabamaMiamiMissouriFlorida StateDelaware+9 more
- The rest9 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 31Fit for him
No. 2of 31 offers
No. 1of 31 offers
No. 3of 31 offers
Program strength
65of 100
96of 100
66of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 1closest: Mouhon, 2014
1 of 5Smith, round 2
0 of 1closest: Lee, 2014
Players like him there: a real season by year two
-college seasons not on record
0 of 1
-the box score does not cover them
Room at linebacker
Average8 with 2+ years left
Thin6 with 2+ years left
Thin6 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
1
2
1
2027 commits at linebacker
0
1Roman Igwebuike
1Kobe Rhymes
Starts players his size
4starters his size since 2022
5starters his size since 2022
4starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-4DC Nate Woody (Wofford) / 1st year since 2026
4-2-5DC Chris Ash since 2025
4-2-5DC Corey Batoon since 2024
Coaches linebacker
Adam Braithwaite (William & Mary) / 2nd year
Brian Jean-Mary
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From home
391 miOH
575 miIN
573 miMO
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered Apr 27
Warmoffered Sep 17
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of JT's 31 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
10 that have not offered
Georgia Tech Thin at linebackerOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by October of junior year2
Tennessee Thin at linebackerOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of sophomore year · linebackers coach William Inge3
Virginia Tech Thin at linebackerOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Jan Johnson Jr.4
Auburn Even at linebackerOffered 8 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year5
West Virginia Stocked at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by October of junior year · linebackers coach Andrew Warwick6
Florida Stocked at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by June of sophomore year · linebackers coach Greg Gasparato7
Mississippi State Even at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Vincent Dancy8
Kansas Even at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by November of junior year9
Wake Forest Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year10
NC State Stocked at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year
Florida Stocked at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by June of sophomore year · linebackers coach Greg Gasparato7Mississippi State Even at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year · linebackers coach Vincent Dancy8Kansas Even at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by November of junior year9Wake Forest Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year10NC State Stocked at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January 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
562of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-1 to 6-3, 195 to 225 lb
- Most in
SEC95
Big Ten83
ACC74 - Start his size mostGeorgia9
Minnesota9
Northwestern9 - His offers that doGeorgia9South Florida6Miami (OH)6Georgia State6
Who needs him
Purdue is thinnest at linebacker of his 31 offersThin- 4 with 2+ years left of 9
- 10 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereMissouri6Notre Dame6
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 2011-202220%Produced by year two2 of 10 had a real season by his second year
2%Transferred1 of 40 played for a second school
20%Drafted10 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. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 40 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 10 of those, because the box score has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
1 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Kaleb Spencer LBNot drafted yetmatch
Dee Crayton LBNot drafted yetmatchRichard McBryde LBNot draftedmatch
Trey Johnson LBNot draftedmatch
Michael Hutchings LBNot draftedmatch
Dominic Sheppard LBNot draftedmatch
Asmar Bilal LBNot draftedmatch
Raaquan Davis LBNot draftedmatch
Skai Moore LBNot 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 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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