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Class of 2027 · linebacker

Max Bates

6-3, 215 · Palos Verdes · Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

Committed to UNLV since Mar 11

37offer strength · No. 1465
0.8000composite · 3-star
9offers · 4 power

His offers

9 offers
UNLV logoUNLV
Mountain West · strength 32
Committed
offered Feb 3
Colorado logoColorado
Big 12 · strength 55
cold
offered Jan 2
Syracuse logoSyracuse
ACC · strength 51
cool
offered May 15
Arizona State logoArizona State
Big 12 · strength 56
cold
offered Oct 25, 2025
San Diego State logoSan Diego State
Mountain West · strength 42
cold
offered Feb 19
SMU logoSMU
ACC · strength 58
cold
offered Dec 16, 2025
Show all 9 offersFlorida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic
American Athletic · strength 30
cool
offered May 15
Georgia State logoGeorgia State
Sun Belt · strength 18
cold
offered Dec 4, 2025
Sacramento State logoSacramento State
FCS · strength 6
cool
offered May 15
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 9 offers
Best fits
Colorado logoColorado
Thin at linebacker (3 with 2+ years left); has started 2 linebackers his size since 2022
No. 1Syracuse logoSyracuse
Thin at linebacker (5 with 2+ years left); has started 4 linebackers his size since 2022
No. 2Arizona State logoArizona State
Has started 5 linebackers his size since 2022; 1 in his last year, so a spot opens for his first season; even at linebacker (7 with 2+ years left)
No. 3
Need (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

476 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-2 to 6-4, 200 to 230 pounds): most in the SEC (76), Big Ten (71) and Big 12 (70). Programs that start it most: Alabama (9), Mississippi State (9) and TCU (9). Of his offers, Arizona State (5), UNLV (4), Syracuse (4) and Georgia State (4) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 9 offers, Colorado has the thinnest room at linebacker: 3 with 2+ years left of 9, 13 portal exits in 3 seasons, 2 commits this cycle. Also thin there: Syracuse and SMU.

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
Gary Wooten
Class of 2011 · OLB · signing not on record
11 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-3, 210
Not drafted
match 69
Chris Calhoun
Class of 2015 · ILB · signing not on record
12 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-3, 220
Not drafted
match 68
Malik CarneyMalik Carney
Class of 2014 · OLB · signing not on record
11 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-2, 215
Not drafted
match 66
Matthew Draper
Class of 2015 · OLB · signing not on record
8 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-2, 215
Not drafted
match 65
Michael Copeland
Class of 2010 · OLB · signing not on record
7 offers; Bates had 9
Not drafted
match 65
Show all 10
UConn logoTui Brown
Class of 2020 · OLB · signed UConn
15 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-3, 215
Not drafted
match 61
Kent State logoJim Jones
Class of 2015 · OLB · signed Kent State
12 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-2, 215
Not drafted
match 60
Chris Frey
Class of 2014 · OLB · signing not on record
13 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-3, 215
Not drafted
match 59
Virginia logoEric Gallon
Class of 2015 · OLB · signed Virginia
12 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-2, 220
Not drafted
match 59
Boise State logoGabe Perez
Class of 2013 · OLB · signed Boise State
7 offers; Bates had 9; both about 6-4, 215
Not drafted
match 58
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.

Timeline

10 dated moves since Oct 25, 2025
Florida Atlantic logoOffered Florida AtlanticMay 15
Sacramento State logoOffered Sacramento StateMay 15
Syracuse logoOffered SyracuseMay 15
UNLV logoCommitted UNLVMar 11
San Diego State logoOffered San Diego StateFeb 19
UNLV logoOffered UNLVFeb 3
Colorado logoOffered ColoradoJan 2
SMU logoOffered SMUDec 16, 2025
Show all 10 moves
Georgia State logoOffered Georgia StateDec 4, 2025
Arizona State logoOffered Arizona StateOct 25, 2025
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