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Class of 2027 · running back

Zack Shatek

6-0, 195 · Hastings, MN

Uncommitted since Oct 28, after decommitting from South Dakota State

19offer strength · No. 1859
-no composite rating yet
5offers · 1 power

Where he is likely to commit

STM odds · provisional
Minnesota logoMinnesota
last contact Oct 28; the strongest program on his board; in-state
95%North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State
one of the stronger programs on his board; last contact Jan 24; out of state
4%South Dakota logoSouth Dakota
weaker than most programs on his board; last contact Feb 10; out of state
0%
Show all 5 programsNorth Dakota logoNorth Dakota
weaker than most programs on his board; last contact Nov 12; out of state
0%South Dakota State logoSouth Dakota State
weaker than most programs on his board; he decommitted from them Oct 28; last contact Jan 17
0%
Shares of 100% across his offers, from dated offers, visits, distance, need and recent contact; no expert picks or rankings. On 212 held-out commits the top pick was right 42% of the time (visits alone 23%). How the odds are made.

Every offer

5 offers · visited 1Minnesota logoMinnesota
Big Ten · strength 71
warm
offered Oct 28
North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State
FCS · strength 68
cold
offered Jan 24
North Dakota logoNorth Dakota
cold
offered Nov 12, 2025
South Dakota logoSouth Dakota
cold
offered Feb 10
South Dakota State logoSouth Dakota State
Decommitted
Oct 28
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 5 offers
Best fits
Minnesota logoMinnesota
Has started 4 running backs his size since 2022; STM odds 95%; 1 in his last year, so a spot opens for his first season
No. 1North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State
STM odds 4%
No. 2South Dakota logoSouth Dakota
STM odds 0%
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

160 of the 529 FBS starters at running back since 2022 were his size (5-11 to 6-1, 181 to 209 pounds): most in the Big Ten (29), Big 12 (21) and ACC (20). Programs that start it most: Purdue (5), Iowa State (4) and Ohio (4). Of his offers, Minnesota (4) have started it.

Who needs him

Of his 5 offers, Minnesota has the thinnest room at running back: 5 with 2+ years left of 9, 1 in his last year, 8 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
Maika Polamalu
Class of 2011 · RB · signing not on record
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-0, 200
Not drafted
match 59
Taylor Walstad
Class of 2010 · RB · signing not on record
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 5-11, 205
Not drafted
match 57
Princeton Collins
Class of 2010 · RB · signing not on record
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-0, 185
Not drafted
match 56
Colorado logoMalcolm Creer
Class of 2011 · RB · signed Colorado
5 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 5-11, 200
Not drafted
match 51
Otis Wright
Class of 2011 · RB · signing not on record
5 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-0, 185
Not drafted
match 51
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Arkansas logoKorliss Marshall
Class of 2013 · RB · signed Arkansas
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-0, 190
Not drafted
match 51
Cedric Miller
Class of 2012 · RB · signing not on record
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-0, 200
Not drafted
match 50
Ryan Williams
Class of 2015 · RB · signing not on record
4 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 5-11, 185
Not drafted
match 50
Illinois logoJulian Hylton
Class of 2014 · RB · signed Illinois
Both offered by South Dakota and North Dakota; both about 6-1, 180
Not drafted
match 47
Jalen Randolph
Class of 2012 · RB · signing not on record
3 offers; Shatek had 5; both about 6-1, 210
Not drafted
match 47
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

9 dated moves since Nov 12, 2025
Minnesota logoCommitted MinnesotaOct 28
South Dakota State logoDecommitted South Dakota StateOct 28
Minnesota logoUnofficial visit MinnesotaOct 28
Minnesota logoOffered MinnesotaOct 28
South Dakota State logoCommitted South Dakota StateFeb 27
South Dakota logoOffered South DakotaFeb 10
North Dakota State logoOffered North Dakota StateJan 24
South Dakota State logoOffered South Dakota StateJan 17
Show all 9 moves
North Dakota logoOffered North DakotaNov 12, 2025
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