Class of 2027 · linebacker
Prince Goldsby
LBTop 100
6-3, 205 lb · Blue Springs South HS · Blue Springs, MO
Committed to Ohio State since May 25
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13Offers13 from Power 4 · 2 visits
Industry0.9568 composite · Top 100
His offers, dated
His offers
13 offers · visited 2
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
Ohio StateCommittedoffered Feb 27Oregoncoldoffered Jan 2Alabamacoldoffered Nov 14, 2025Miamicoldoffered Jan 28Penn Statecoldoffered Jan 27Ole Misscoldoffered Jan 27Kentuckycoldoffered Jan 6Wisconsincoldoffered Jan 23Indianacoldoffered Mar 5Missouricoldvisited Mar 14Kansas Statecoldoffered Nov 7, 2025Kansascoldoffered Nov 18, 2025Purduecoldoffered Jan 29Strongest 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
Nov 2025 to todayNov 2025Jan 2026MarMayJulSepNov 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
16 dated moves since Nov 7, 2025Official visit Ohio StateMay 29Committed Ohio StateMay 25Unofficial visit MissouriMar 14Offered IndianaMar 5Offered Ohio StateFeb 27Offered PurdueJan 29Offered MiamiJan 28Offered Ole MissJan 27Offered Penn StateJan 27Offered WisconsinJan 23Offered KentuckyJan 6Offered OregonJan 2Offered KansasNov 18, 2025Offered AlabamaNov 14, 2025Offered MissouriNov 14, 2025Offered Kansas StateNov 7, 2025Newest 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 Prince 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 13 offersMissouriA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 3 starters his size since 20222IndianaA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size4 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 5 starters his size since 20223MiamiA spot opens at linebacker and they start players his size6 at linebacker with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 2 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
Hybrid linebacker6-3, 205 lb: safety-sized. Built like Jaylen Sneed (6-2, 210), a starter at Notre Dame in 2026.
- Fitsa defense with five defensive backs, at the nickel or star spot
- His offers that doOhio StateAlabamaMiamiOle MissKentuckyWisconsin+4 more
- The rest2 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 13Fit for him
No. 6of 13 offers
No. 1of 13 offers
No. 2of 13 offers
Program strength
92of 100
71of 100
73of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
1 of 5Shazier, round 1
0 of 1closest: Lee, 2014
-none with his board signed there
Players like him there: a real season by year two
1 of 4
0 of 1
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Room at linebacker
Stocked9 with 2+ years left
Thin6 with 2+ years left
Thin4 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
0
1
2
2027 commits at linebacker
2Quinton Cypher, James Conrad
1Kobe Rhymes
2Jalaythan Mayfield, Cain Brackney
Starts players his size
3starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
5starters his size since 2022
Base defense
4-2-5DC Matt Patricia since 2025
4-2-5DC Corey Batoon since 2024
4-2-5DC Bryant Haines since 2024
Coaches linebacker
James Laurinaitis
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From home
604 miOH
In state105 miles
416 miIN
Where it stands
Committed
Coldvisited Mar 14
Coldoffered Mar 5
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Prince's 13 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
9 that have not offered
Iowa State Even at linebackerOffered 7 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of junior year2
Nebraska Even at linebackerOffered 6 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year · linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek3
Oklahoma Even at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by April of sophomore year · linebackers coach Wes Goodwin4
Minnesota Even at linebackerOffered 5 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by October of junior year · linebackers coach Mariano Sori-Marin5
Iowa Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of junior year6
Michigan Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year · linebackers coach Tyler McLaurin7
Tennessee Thin at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of sophomore year · linebackers coach William Inge8
Illinois Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by July of sophomore year · linebackers coach Matt Ellerbrock9
Arkansas Thin at linebackerOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of sophomore year
Michigan Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by May of sophomore year · linebackers coach Tyler McLaurin7Tennessee Thin at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by February of sophomore year · linebackers coach William Inge8Illinois Stocked at linebackerOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by July of sophomore year · linebackers coach Matt Ellerbrock9Arkansas Thin at linebackerOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers linebackers by January of sophomore yearPrograms 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
334of 1,101 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size6-2 to 6-4, 191 to 219 lb
- Most in
SEC54
Big Ten52
Big 1247 - Start his size most
Virginia Tech8Minnesota7
Mississippi State7 - His offers that doIndiana5Ole Miss4Kentucky4Kansas4
Who needs him
Purdue is thinnest at linebacker of his 13 offersThin- 4 with 2+ years left of 9
- 10 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 1 commit this cycle
- Also thin thereIndiana4Kansas State5Missouri6
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 2012-202220%Produced by year two8 of 40 had a real season by his second year
8%Transferred3 of 40 played for a second school
20%Drafted10 of 50, 6 in rounds 1-3
16%NFL starter8 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2012 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 40 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
1 of 10 drafted, 1 in rounds 1-2
Keion Joyner LBNot draftedmatch
Josh Brown LBNot draftedmatchTyrell Robinson LBNot draftedmatch
Matthew Thomas LBNot draftedmatch
Otaro Alaka LBNot draftedmatchAdrian Jackson LBNot draftedmatch
Dawson Merritt LBIn college nowmatch
Richard McBryde LBNot 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. 8 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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