Class of 2027 · safety
Karnell James
STop 250
- Height
- 6-0
- Weight
- 175 lb
- Hometown
- Manvel, TX
Committed to LSU since Jul 2
100Offer strength, our gradeBetter offers than 99% of the 2027 class. How it is made
0.9196Industry composite
Top 250, the recruiting sites' average
Top 250, the recruiting sites' average
29Offers24 from Power 4 schools · 1 visit
His offers
His offers
29 offers · visited 1LSUCommittedoffered Apr 4
Notre Damecoldoffered Feb 24
Ohio Statecoldoffered Apr 17
TexasDecommittedJul 2
Georgiacoldoffered Apr 15
Oregoncoldoffered May 1
Utahcoldoffered May 6, 2025
Iowacoldoffered May 14, 2025
Texas A&Mcoldoffered Jun 4, 2025
Floridacoldoffered Jun 9, 2025
Texas Techcoldoffered Jun 16, 2025
TCUcoldoffered Jun 1, 2024
Houstoncoldoffered Jan 13, 2025
Wisconsincoldoffered May 9, 2025
Kentuckycoldoffered Jan 20
Missouricoldoffered Apr 30, 2025
Minnesotacoldoffered Jan 7, 2025
Baylorcoldoffered Jan 31, 2025
Florida Statecoldoffered May 5
SMUcoldoffered Jan 28, 2025
Arizona Statecoldoffered Jun 15, 2025
Washington Statecoldoffered Jun 1, 2024
Vanderbiltcoldoffered May 21, 2025
Oklahoma Statecoldoffered May 12, 2025
Memphiscoldoffered May 22, 2025
Californiacoldoffered May 6, 2025
Oregon Statecoldoffered May 15, 2025
UNLVcoldoffered May 17, 2024
Tulsacoldoffered May 25, 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 recruitment, dated
His board on any day
May 2024 to todayMay 2024OctMarAugJan 2026JunNov 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
34 dated moves since May 17, 2024Committed LSUJul 2Decommitted TexasJul 2Official visit TexasJun 19Offered Florida StateMay 5Offered OregonMay 1Offered Ohio StateApr 17Offered GeorgiaApr 15Offered LSUApr 4Offered Notre DameFeb 24Offered KentuckyJan 20Committed TexasDec 3, 2025Offered Texas TechJun 16, 2025Offered Arizona StateJun 15, 2025Offered FloridaJun 9, 2025Offered Texas A&MJun 4, 2025Camp TexasJun 1, 2025Offered TexasJun 1, 2025Offered TulsaMay 25, 2025Offered MemphisMay 22, 2025Offered VanderbiltMay 21, 2025Offered Oregon StateMay 15, 2025Offered IowaMay 14, 2025Offered Oklahoma StateMay 12, 2025Offered WisconsinMay 9, 2025Offered CaliforniaMay 6, 2025Offered UtahMay 6, 2025Offered MissouriApr 30, 2025Offered BaylorJan 31, 2025Offered SMUJan 28, 2025Offered HoustonJan 13, 2025Offered MinnesotaJan 7, 2025Offered TCUJun 1, 2024Offered Washington StateJun 1, 2024Offered UNLVMay 17, 2024Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 29 offersBaylorA spot opens at defensive back and they start players his size10 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 5 leave after this season · 2 starters his size since 20222Oklahoma StateA spot opens at defensive back and they start players his size9 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 5 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20223CaliforniaA spot opens at defensive back and they start players his size9 at defensive back with 2+ years left · 4 leave 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.
Where his size starts
381of 1,104 FBS starters at safety since 2022 were his size5-11 to 6-1, 163 to 187 lb
- Most in
Big Ten48Sun Belt47American Athletic45 - Start his size most
Florida Atlantic9
App State7
Arkansas State7 - His offers that doFlorida State7LSU5Georgia5Houston5
Who needs him
SMU is thinnest at defensive back of his 29 offersThin- 9 with 2+ years left of 20
- 4 leave after this season
- 8 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 2 commits this cycle
- Also thin thereOklahoma State9California9Baylor10Texas Tech13
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.
Boards that looked like his
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2JJJakailin Johnson CBNot drafted yetmatch
Trey McNutt SIn college nowmatch
Jaylon Guilbeau CBNot drafted yetmatch
Jalen Kimber CBNot draftedmatch
Kendall Sheffield CBDrafted 2019, round 4, No. 111 from Ohio State · 2 NFL seasons as a startermatch
Tony Grimes CBNot draftedmatch
Ryan Turner CBNot drafted yetmatch
Bryce West CBIn college nowmatchTPToriano Pride Jr. CBNot drafted yetmatch
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 3, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 4 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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