Class of 2027 · cornerback
Kaiden Watkins
CB3-star
5-8, 190 lb · Rock Hill, SC
Committed to James Madison since Jun 26
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19Offers7 from Power 4 · 1 visit
Industry0.8550 composite · 3-star
His offers, dated
His offers
19 offers · visited 1
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
James MadisonCommittedoffered Apr 28, 2025Penn Statecoldvisited Mar 24UCLAcoldoffered Apr 7Auburncoldoffered Feb 4, 2025Wake Forestcoldoffered Jan 16NC Statecoldoffered Nov 1, 2025West Virginiacoldoffered Jun 23, 2024Georgia Techcoldoffered Feb 4, 2025East Carolinacoldoffered Jan 20Jacksonville Statecoldoffered Apr 29, 2025Libertycoldoffered May 13, 2025App Statecoldoffered Oct 18, 2024Old Dominioncoldoffered Apr 25Marshallcoldoffered Feb 4, 2025Coastal Carolinacoldoffered Jan 28, 2025Delawarecoldoffered Feb 26Kennesaw Statecoldoffered May 2, 2025Austin Peaycoldoffered Mar 18, 2025Delaware Statecoldoffered Apr 29, 2025Strongest 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 2024 to todayJun 2024NovAprSepFebJulNov 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
22 dated moves since Jun 23, 2024Committed James MadisonJun 26Offered Old DominionApr 25Offered UCLAApr 7Unofficial visit Penn StateMar 24Offered DelawareFeb 26Offered East CarolinaJan 20Offered Wake ForestJan 16Offered NC StateNov 1, 2025Offered LibertyMay 13, 2025Offered Kennesaw StateMay 2, 2025Offered Delaware StateApr 29, 2025Offered Jacksonville StateApr 29, 2025Offered James MadisonApr 28, 2025
Offered Austin PeayMar 18, 2025Offered Penn StateMar 18, 2025Offered AuburnFeb 4, 2025Offered Georgia TechFeb 4, 2025Offered MarshallFeb 4, 2025Offered Coastal CarolinaJan 28, 2025Offered App StateOct 18, 2024Offered West VirginiaJun 23, 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 Kaiden 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 19 offersPenn StateThin at defensive back, and a spot opens next season12 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · no starter his size since 20222UCLAThin at defensive back, and a spot opens next season6 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · no starter his size since 20223East CarolinaThey start players his size3 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
Slot corner5-8, 190 lb. Built like Juan Salas (5-9, 185), a starter at Eastern Michigan in 2026.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, covering the slot
- His offers that doJames MadisonUCLAWake ForestWest VirginiaGeorgia TechApp State+5 more
- The rest4 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 19Fit for him
No. 12of 19 offers
No. 1of 19 offers
No. 2of 19 offers
Program strength
44of 100
86of 100
79of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
2 of 4Reid, round 4
0 of 3closest: Adams, 2012
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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2 of 3
1 of 2
Room at defensive back
-no roster on record
Thin12 with 2+ years left
Thin6 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
-no roster on record
2
3
2027 commits at defensive back
-no roster on record
2Kei'Shjuan Telfair, Dhillon McGee
5Jerry Outhouse Jr., Pole Moala +3
Starts players his size
0starters his size since 2022
0starters his size since 2022
0starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-3-5DC Robert Bala since 2026
4-3DC D'Anton Lynn since 2026
4-2-5DC Colin Hitschler since 2026
Coaches defensive back
Kyle Barnes
Jordan Lucas
Eddie Whitley Jr
From home
270 miVA
442 miPA
2,102 miCA
Where it stands
Committed
Coldvisited Mar 24
Coldoffered Apr 7
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Kaiden's 19 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
7 that have not offered
Virginia Tech Even at defensive backOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by January of junior year · defensive backs coach Brayden DeVault-Smith2
Kentucky Even at defensive backOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by September of junior year · defensive backs coach Allen Brown3
North Carolina Even at defensive backOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by August of junior year · defensive backs coach Armond Hawkins4
Florida State Even at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by August of junior year · defensive backs coach Greg Moss5
Syracuse Even at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by June of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Brandon Napoleon6
Kansas State Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by February of junior year7
Arkansas Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by July of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Eddie Hicks
Kansas State Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by February of junior year7Arkansas Stocked at defensive backOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive backs by July of sophomore year · defensive backs coach Eddie HicksPrograms 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
10of 1,106 FBS starters at cornerback since 2022 were his size5-7 to 5-9, 177 to 203 lb
- Most inAmerican Athletic3
Big 122Sun Belt1 - Start his size mostEast Carolina3
Georgia State1
TCU1 - His offers that doEast Carolina3
Who needs him
UCLA is thinnest at defensive back of his 19 offersThin- 6 with 2+ years left of 23
- 3 leave after this season
- 17 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 5 commits this cycle
- Also thin therePenn State12
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 2010-202238%Produced by year two9 of 24 had a real season by his second year
12%Transferred3 of 24 played for a second school
6%Drafted3 of 50, 1 in rounds 1-3
2%NFL starter1 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 24 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 draftedRDRyan Dunn SNot drafted yetmatch
Troy Vincent CBNot draftedmatch
Ross Douglas CBNot draftedmatchMHMalek Harris SNot draftedmatch
George Baltimore SNot draftedmatch
T.J. Griffin CBNot draftedmatchRBRJ Barrett SNot draftedmatch
RLRamel Lloyd Jr. SNot drafted yetmatch
JBJordan Burks SNot drafted yetmatch
Ronnie Hoggins CBNot 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. 7 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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