Class of 2027 · defensive lineman
Zai'Vion Meads
6-3, 280 · Atherton · Louisville, KY
Committed to West Virginia since May 31
64offer strength · No. 920
0.8600composite · 3-star
31offers · 13 power
His offers
31 offers · visited 6West VirginiaCommitted
offered Feb 26
Northwesterncold
offered May 2, 2025
Wake Forestcold
offered Jan 30
Stanfordcool
offered May 14
Kentuckycold
visited Sep 6, 2025
Cincinnaticool
offered May 14
Show all 31 offers
Mississippi Statecold
offered Feb 7
Missouricool
official visit Jun 19
Louisvillecold
offered Feb 1
Nebraskacool
official visit Jun 5
Baylorcold
offered Jan 14
Arkansascool
offered May 14
Purduecool
official visit Jun 19
James Madisoncool
offered May 14
UNLVcool
official visit Jun 12
Florida Internationalcold
offered Jan 22
Western Michigancool
offered May 14
Ball Statecold
offered Feb 20
Colorado Statecold
offered Jan 17
Toledocold
offered Apr 23, 2025
Coastal Carolinacool
offered May 14
Marshallcool
offered May 14
Western Kentuckycold
offered Feb 6
Miami (OH)cold
offered Mar 17, 2025
Southern Misscold
offered Jan 31, 2025
Morehead Statecool
offered May 14
Sacramento Statecold
offered Apr 4, 2025
Austin Peaycold
offered Feb 6, 2025
Eastern Kentuckycold
offered Jan 30, 2025
Akroncold
offered Jun 11, 2025
Kent Statecold
offered Apr 18, 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 31 offers
Best fits
MissouriNo. 1PurdueNo. 2KentuckyNo. 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
367 of the 1,993 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size (6-2 to 6-4, 260 to 300 pounds): most in the SEC (58), ACC (53) and Big 12 (43). Programs that start it most: Cincinnati (9), Fresno State (9) and Tennessee (8). Of his offers, Cincinnati (9), Missouri (5), Stanford (4) and Kentucky (4) have started it.
Who needs him
Of his 31 offers, Baylor has the thinnest room at defensive line: 7 with 2+ years left of 19, 4 in their last year, 14 portal exits in 3 seasons, 1 commit this cycle. Also thin there: Kentucky, Missouri and Stanford.
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
Aziz ShittuNot drafted
match 78
J.R. Ferguson
Not drafted
match 77
Ryan WatsonNot drafted
match 71
D.J. PettwayNot drafted
match 66
Korren KirvenNot drafted
match 65
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Tyrone PearsonNot drafted
match 63
Elijah TaylorNot drafted
match 63
Donovan MungerNot drafted
match 62
Faith EkakitieNot drafted
match 61
Torrea PetersonNot 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
Jan 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
38 dated moves since Jan 30, 2025
Official visit MissouriJun 19Official visit PurdueJun 19Official visit UNLVJun 12Official visit NebraskaJun 5Committed West VirginiaMay 31Official visit West VirginiaMay 29Offered ArkansasMay 14Offered CincinnatiMay 14Show all 38 moves
Offered Coastal CarolinaMay 14Offered James MadisonMay 14Offered MarshallMay 14Offered MissouriMay 14Offered Morehead StateMay 14
Offered StanfordMay 14Offered Western MichiganMay 14Offered West VirginiaFeb 26Offered Ball StateFeb 20Offered Mississippi StateFeb 7Offered Western KentuckyFeb 6Offered UNLVFeb 3Offered LouisvilleFeb 1Offered Wake ForestJan 30Offered NebraskaJan 28Offered PurdueJan 24Offered Florida InternationalJan 22Offered Colorado StateJan 17Offered BaylorJan 14Unofficial visit KentuckySep 6, 2025Offered AkronJun 11, 2025Offered KentuckyMay 16, 2025Offered NorthwesternMay 2, 2025Offered ToledoApr 23, 2025Offered Kent StateApr 18, 2025Offered Sacramento StateApr 4, 2025Offered Miami (OH)Mar 17, 2025Offered Austin PeayFeb 6, 2025Offered Southern MissJan 31, 2025Offered Eastern KentuckyJan 30, 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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