Class of 2027 · defensive lineman
Zeke Walkup
DL3-star
6-4, 250 lb · Cannon County HS · Woodbury, TN
Committed to Maryland since Jun 21
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8Offers1 from Power 4 · 2 visits
Industry0.8689 composite · 3-star
His offers, dated
His offers
8 offers · visited 2
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
MarylandCommittedoffered May 11South Floridacoldoffered Apr 1Toledocoldoffered Apr 14Jacksonville Statecoldoffered Apr 2Libertycoolofficial visit May 29Western Kentuckycoolofficial visit Jun 5Bowling Greencoldoffered Apr 23Furmancoldoffered Apr 13Strongest 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
Apr 2026 to todayApr 2026JunAugOctNov 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. 1 offer with no posted date (Liberty) always show. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
10 dated moves since Apr 1, 2026Committed MarylandJun 21Official visit Western KentuckyJun 5Official visit LibertyMay 29Offered MarylandMay 11Offered Bowling GreenApr 23Offered ToledoApr 14Offered FurmanApr 13Offered Western KentuckyApr 13Offered Jacksonville StateApr 2Offered South FloridaApr 1Newest 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 Zeke 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 8 offersMaryland CommittedThin at defensive line, and a spot opens next season5 at defensive line with 2+ years left · 3 leave after this season · no starter his size since 20222Western KentuckyThey start players his size4 starters his size since 20223South FloridaThey start players his size3 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
Long defensive lineman6-4, 250 lb: tall and light for the interior. Built like Boubacar Traore (6-5, 245), a starter at Notre Dame in 2026.
- Fitsa 3-man front, at end over the tackle, where length beats bulk
- His offers that doMarylandSouth FloridaWestern Kentucky
- The rest3 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 8Fit for him
No. 1of 8 offers
No. 2of 8 offers
No. 3of 8 offers
Program strength
54of 100
25of 100
44of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
0 of 5closest: Tanyi, 2015
0 of 5closest: Pride, 2012
0 of 4closest: Mims, 2012
Players like him there: a real season by year two
0 of 3
0 of 3
0 of 3
Room at defensive line
Thin5 with 2+ years left
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
Leaving after this season
3
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
2027 commits at defensive line
2Dallas Pauldo, Jayden Agberodiola
-no roster on record
-no roster on record
Starts players his size
0starters his size since 2022
4starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
Base defense
3-4DC Ted Monachino since 2025
3-3-5DC Davis Merritt since 2026
3-4DC Josh Aldridge since 2026
Coaches defensive line
Randy Starks
Terrion Thompson (quality control
Keith Jones Jr.
From home
-MD
-KY
-FL
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 5
Coldoffered Apr 1
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Zeke's 8 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
CharlotteOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by February of junior year · defensive line coach Victor Cabral2
MemphisOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by February of junior year3
Georgia StateOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by February of junior year4
Middle TennesseeOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by March of junior year5
TulaneOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by January of junior year · defensive line coach Eric McDaniel6
App StateOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by August of junior year7
Missouri StateOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by May of junior year · defensive line coach Brett Kulka8
MarshallOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by March of junior year9
UConnOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by March of junior year · defensive line coach Dennis Dottin-Carter
App StateOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by August of junior year7Missouri StateOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by May of junior year · defensive line coach Brett Kulka8MarshallOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by March of junior year9UConnOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers defensive linemen by March of junior year · defensive line coach Dennis Dottin-CarterPrograms 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
493of 1,948 FBS starters at edge rusher and interior defender since 2022 were his size6-3 to 6-5, 232 to 268 lb
- Most in
ACC79
Big Ten77
Big 1263 - Start his size most
NC State9
Syracuse9
Florida State8 - His offers that doToledo5Liberty4Western Kentucky4South Florida3
Who needs him
Maryland is thinnest at defensive line of his 8 offersThin- 5 with 2+ years left of 13
- 3 leave after this season
- 8 portal exits in 3 seasons
- 3 commits this cycle (him included)
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 2010-20163%Produced by year two1 of 32 had a real season by his second year
3%Transferred1 of 32 played for a second school
2%Drafted1 of 50
2%NFL starter1 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2016, 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 32 of 50. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
0 of 10 drafted
Rondell McNair EDGENot draftedmatch
Joe Vitiello EDGENot draftedmatch
Kapil Fletcher EDGENot draftedmatch
Justyn Eddins EDGENot draftedmatch
Vernell Trent EDGENot draftedmatch
Shalom Ogbonda EDGENot draftedmatch
Paytron Hightower EDGENot draftedmatchDamani Mosby EDGENot draftedmatchKAKeontre Anderson EDGENot draftedmatch
Kevin Murphy IDLNot 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. 10 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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