Class of 2027 · edge rusher
Malik Ward
6-5, 223 · Gautier, MS
Committed to Tulane since Jun 15
23offer strength · No. 1759
0.8400composite · 3-star
6offers · 0 power
His offers
6 offers · visited 1TulaneCommitted
offered Jun 15
South Alabamacold
offered Nov 1, 2025
Jacksonville Statecold
offered May 23, 2025
Southern Misscold
offered Jan 28
Alcorn Statecold
offered May 6
Jackson Statecold
offered May 4
Best programs first, by what each offer is worth in our grade: program strength times how rarely that program offers (how it is made). Warm means 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. A count is the offers on record, not every offer the staffs made.
Where he fits
best 3 of 6 offers
Best fits
Tulane CommittedNo. 1South AlabamaNo. 2Jacksonville StateNo. 3Need (how thin the program is at his spot) x fit (whether it starts players his size) x room (who leaves after this season), and while he is uncommitted, STM odds. How it is made. Not advice, and never a dollar figure.
Where his size starts
214 of the 892 FBS starters at edge rusher since 2022 were his size (6-4 to 6-6, 207 to 239 pounds): most in the Big 12 (37), Big Ten (37) and SEC (31). Programs that start it most: Vanderbilt (8), Wyoming (7) and Duke (6). Of his offers, South Alabama (1) and Jacksonville State (1) have started it.
Who needs him
None of his 6 offers is from a program on the need map yet (the power conferences and Notre Dame).
Starter seasons 2022-2026: six or more games in one of the position's starting slots by volume (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is 2+ years left plus 2027 commits at the spot against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame); exits are the 2024-2026 portal feeds. How it is made.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 drafted
Brett KulkaNot drafted
match 72
Will ColmeryNot drafted
match 71
Trent Simpson
Not drafted
match 67
J.J. Jackson
Not drafted
match 65
Yazeed AtariwaNot drafted
match 65
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Calvin AllenNot drafted
match 64
Dequone ShawNot drafted
match 63
Colton KmetzNot drafted
match 62
Dasmond McCullum
Not drafted
match 61
Shaun JamesNot drafted
match 61
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 2, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2026 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2015. 10 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
His board on any day
May 2025 to today
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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.
Timeline
8 dated moves since May 23, 2025
Committed TulaneJun 15Offered TulaneJun 15Official visit TulaneJun 11Offered Alcorn StateMay 6Offered Jackson StateMay 4Offered Southern MissJan 28Offered South AlabamaNov 1, 2025Offered Jacksonville StateMay 23, 2025Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
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