Class of 2027 · linebacker
Telly Simmons
6-1, 220 · Bessemer City · Bessemer, AL
Committed to South Alabama since Jun 12
26offer strength · No. 1686
0.8400composite · 3-star
9offers · 1 power
His offers
9 offersSouth AlabamaCommitted
offered Jun 10
Baylorcold
offered May 15, 2025
North Texascold
offered May 6, 2025
UABcold
offered Jun 11, 2025
Middle Tennesseecool
offered Jun 10
Indiana Statecold
offered May 20, 2025
Show all 9 offers
Alabama Statecool
offered Jun 10
North Alabamacool
offered Jun 10
Southerncold
offered May 15, 2025
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
South Alabama CommittedNo. 1BaylorNo. 2UABNo. 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
606 of the 1,118 FBS starters at linebacker since 2022 were his size (6-0 to 6-2, 205 to 235 pounds): most in the SEC (89), ACC (87) and Big Ten (82). Programs that start it most: Notre Dame (10), Illinois (9) and SMU (9). Of his offers, South Alabama (6), Baylor (4), North Texas (4) and Middle Tennessee (4) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 9 offers, Baylor has the thinnest room at linebacker: 8 with 2+ years left of 10, 6 portal exits in 3 seasons, 2 commits this cycle.
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
Deonte ClyburnNot drafted
match 65
Tyler GobleNot drafted
match 61
Kyle Combs
Not drafted
match 61
Jake Lindsey
Not drafted
match 59
Sam EguavoenNot drafted
match 58
Show all 10
Luke HelmsNot drafted
match 58
Lawrence MontegutNot drafted
match 57
Mario Mathis
Not drafted
match 56
John PorchivinaNot drafted
match 55
Ervin AlstonNot drafted
match 55
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
10 dated moves since May 6, 2025
Committed South AlabamaJun 12Offered Alabama StateJun 10Offered Middle TennesseeJun 10Offered North AlabamaJun 10Offered South AlabamaJun 10Offered UABJun 11, 2025Offered Indiana StateMay 20, 2025Offered BaylorMay 15, 2025Show all 10 moves
Offered SouthernMay 15, 2025Offered North TexasMay 6, 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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