Class of 2027 · defensive lineman
Khyren Haywood
DL
6-1, 260 lb · Denton Guyer HS · Denton, TX
Committed to Texas Tech since Jun 194Model gradeiBetter offers than 96% of his classTop 300 board. Past boards here: 96% signed at a Power 4 school, 16% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
35 offers · visited 4
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
Texas TechCommittedoffered May 13, 2024Texascoldoffered Jun 8, 2024Oregoncoldoffered May 31, 2024LSUcoldoffered Jun 11, 2024USCcoldoffered Jan 31, 2025Utahcoldoffered Apr 30Texas A&Mcoldoffered Jun 11, 2024Washingtoncoldoffered May 16, 2025UCLAcoldoffered Feb 22TCUcoldoffered Apr 27, 2024Ole Misscoldoffered May 14, 2024Northwesterncoldoffered Nov 5, 2025Houstoncoldoffered Jan 19, 2024Mississippi Statecoldoffered Mar 9Pittsburghcoldoffered May 31, 2024Arizonacoldoffered Feb 18, 2025Florida Statecoldoffered May 12, 2025Baylorcoldoffered Nov 5, 2023Kansas Statecoolofficial visit Jun 12SMUcoldoffered Jan 19, 2024Arkansascoldoffered May 14, 2024Stanfordcoldoffered Sep 15, 2025Arizona Statecoldoffered Jun 6, 2023Oklahoma Statecoldoffered Feb 2Memphiscoldoffered Jul 16, 2025Kansascoldoffered Apr 24, 2025Syracusecoldoffered Jun 20, 2024Coloradocoldofficial visit May 15Purduecoldoffered Jun 11, 2024Californiacoldoffered Jan 28, 2025Washington Statecoldoffered Sep 15, 2025Tulanecoldoffered Jan 23, 2025North Texascoldoffered Jan 26, 2024UTSAcoldoffered May 31, 2024Sacramento Statecoldoffered May 8, 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 2023 to todayJun 2023DecJunDecJunDecJunNov 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
40 dated moves since Jun 6, 2023Official visit Kansas StateJun 12Committed Texas TechJun 1Official visit ColoradoMay 15Offered UtahApr 30Offered Mississippi StateMar 9Offered UCLAFeb 22Offered ColoradoFeb 10Offered Oklahoma StateFeb 2Offered NorthwesternNov 5, 2025Offered StanfordSep 15, 2025Offered Washington StateSep 15, 2025Offered MemphisJul 16, 2025Offered WashingtonMay 16, 2025Offered Florida StateMay 12, 2025Offered Sacramento StateMay 8, 2025Offered KansasApr 24, 2025Offered ArizonaFeb 18, 2025Offered USCJan 31, 2025Offered CaliforniaJan 28, 2025Offered TulaneJan 23, 2025Offered SyracuseJun 20, 2024Camp Texas A&MJun 11, 2024Offered LSUJun 11, 2024Offered PurdueJun 11, 2024Offered Texas A&MJun 11, 2024Camp TexasJun 8, 2024Offered TexasJun 8, 2024Offered Kansas StateJun 1, 2024Offered OregonMay 31, 2024Offered PittsburghMay 31, 2024Offered UTSAMay 31, 2024Offered ArkansasMay 14, 2024Offered Ole MissMay 14, 2024Offered Texas TechMay 13, 2024Offered TCUApr 27, 2024Offered North TexasJan 26, 2024Offered HoustonJan 19, 2024Offered SMUJan 19, 2024Offered BaylorNov 5, 2023Offered Arizona StateJun 6, 2023Newest 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 Khyren 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 35 offersTexas Tech CommittedA spot opens at defensive line and they start players his size4 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 2 starters his size since 20222HoustonA spot opens at defensive line and they start players his size8 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 20223Oklahoma StateA spot opens at defensive line and they start players his size9 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 4 leave after this season · 1 starter 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
Quick interior lineman6-1, 260 lb: light enough to shoot gaps. Built like Elijah Hughes (6-2, 265), a starter at Notre Dame in 2025.
- Fitsa 4-man front, as a 3-technique beside the guard
- His offers that doTexasLSUUSCUtahTexas A&MWashington+14 more
- The rest14 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 35Fit for him
No. 1of 35 offers
No. 2of 35 offers
No. 3of 35 offers
Program strength
83of 100
72of 100
55of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 1closest: Fehoko, 2015
1 of 1Oliver, round 1
0 of 1closest: Daniels, 2015
Players like him there: a real season by year two
-college seasons not on record
1 of 1
-the box score does not cover them
Room at defensive line
Thin4 with 2+ years left
Thin8 with 2+ years left
Thin9 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
1
2
4
2027 commits at defensive line
5Jalen Brewster, Anthony Sweeney +3
2Raiden Cook, Cael Thigpen
3Keilan Neal, DJ Williams +1
Starts players his size
2starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
1starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-4DC Shiel Wood since 2025
3-3-5DC Austin Armstrong since 2025
3-4DC Skyler Cassity since 2026
Coaches defensive line
Imarjaye Albury Sr.
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Ike Eguae
From home
In state275 miles
In state263 miles
201 miOK
Where it stands
Committed
Coldoffered Jan 19, 2024
Coldoffered Feb 2
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Khyren's 35 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
3 that have not offered
Miami Stocked at defensive lineOffered 9 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by July of sophomore year · defensive line coach Jason Taylor2
Missouri Thin at defensive lineOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year · defensive line coach David Blackwell3
Virginia Tech Stocked at defensive lineOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year · defensive line coach Derrick TangeloPrograms 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
163of 1,953 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size6-0 to 6-2, 242 to 278 lb
- Most in
ACC29American Athletic26Conference USA20 - Start his size mostTulane6
Boston College5
Texas State5 - His offers that doTulane6Pittsburgh4Memphis4Texas Tech2
Who needs him
Baylor is thinnest at defensive line of his 35 offersThin- 7 with 2+ years left of 19
- 4 leave after this season
- 14 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereColorado6Houston8Oregon5Texas Tech4
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 2013-20228%Produced by year two1 of 12 had a real season by his second year
22%Transferred8 of 36 played for a second school
18%Drafted9 of 50, 3 in rounds 1-3
10%NFL starter5 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2013 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 36 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 12 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 1-2NHNyckoles Harbor EDGENot drafted yetmatch
KSKeith Sampson Jr. DLNot drafted yetmatch
James Lockhart EDGENot draftedmatchEOEyabi Okie EDGENot draftedmatch
Taron Vincent IDLNot draftedmatch
Deuce Geralds DLIn college nowmatch
Peyton Newell IDLNot draftedmatchJaron Willis EDGENot drafted yetmatch
Adam McLean IDLNot 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. 6 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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