What this page shows

The national average profile at each position, for this year's recruiting class specifically (not rostered players — see National Landscape for that). One row per position, sorted by highest average Overall first, so you can see at a glance which positions are loaded with talent this cycle and which are thin.

How it's calculated

• Avg OVR and the athletic ratings (Speed, Strength, Awareness, Agility, Acceleration, Jumping) are plain averages across every recruit at that position — filter by star rating first if you want, say, "average 4★ QB" instead of "average QB regardless of star level"
• Highlighted columns are the 2-3 ratings that matter most for that specific position (e.g. Speed/Agility/Jumping for WR, Strength/Awareness for offensive line) — everything else is shown too, just not emphasized
• Avg NIL is the game's internal valuation index, not a literal dollar figure. Individual recruits with a below-zero value are floored at 0 before averaging, so a position's average NIL is never negative even if a few recruits there have below-baseline value

Why it matters

Ratings only mean something in context. A recruit with 88 Speed sounds great in isolation — but if the average CB this cycle is sitting at 90 Speed, that recruit is actually below par for the position. This page gives you that baseline so you can judge whether a specific recruit you're evaluating on the Recruit Explorer sub-tab is genuinely a standout, or just looks good until you compare them to their actual peer group.

How to use this page

• Before committing to a target, check where their key ratings fall relative to this page's average for their position and star level
• Use the star filter to narrow the comparison — a 3★ recruit should be judged against other 3★s, not the whole position pool
• Watch for positions with unusually high or low Avg NIL — that tells you where the market is expensive or a bargain this cycle

What this page shows

This is the one page in the app that answers "who should I actually go sign," specifically for your team — not a generic top-recruits list, but 35 recruits selected and ranked by how well they fit your program right now. Every other tab shows you data; this tab turns it into a plan.

Position Need score

Every position gets a 0-100 need score, blended from three things:

• Quality gap (45%) — how far your roster's average at that position sits below the national average (see National Landscape)
• Succession risk (35%) — what fraction of your current starters there are Juniors or Seniors, about to graduate and need replacing
• Depth deficiency (20%) — whether your roster even has a realistic number of bodies at that position, regardless of quality

A position with zero rostered players (like a team carrying no Fullback) automatically maxes out at 100.

Talent and NIL value

Each recruit's Raw Rating and NIL Adjustment (from the Recruit Explorer tab) get converted to a percentile against every other eligible recruit nationally, so "talented" and "good NIL value" mean the same thing here as they do everywhere else in the app.

Interest and geography

Recruits already showing real interest in your specific program score higher — "Not on Radar" doesn't disqualify a recruit, it's just weighted lower, since a great enough fit can still be worth a longshot pursuit. Home-state recruits get the strongest geography bonus; recruits from one of your program's recruiting pipeline states get a smaller one scaled to how strong that pipeline actually is.

Gem/Bust status

On top of everything above, a "Gem" gets a further +8 and a "Bust" a further -8 directly on each tier's score (separate from, and larger than, Raw Rating's own small Gem bonus). Turn on "Ignore Gem/Bust Status" in Coordinator Settings to leave this out of scoring entirely and let a recruit stand purely on their measurables and fit; "Hide Gem/Bust Status" only hides the badge itself and doesn't change the score either way.

The three tiers use different formulas on purpose

• Day One Starters — must be 4-5★ or a top-20 national position rank to even qualify. Talent and need dominate the score; these need to be immediate, obvious upgrades.
• Program Movers — need, talent, NIL value, and interest are balanced fairly evenly. These are the realistic 1-2 year starters.
• Foundational Players — NIL value and need are weighted heaviest, talent least. These are the affordable, longer-runway picks that keep the program's depth healthy 2-3 years out.

Each tier also caps how many recruits can share the same position (1 for Day One, 2 for Program Movers, 3 for Foundational), so one gaping roster hole can't flood the whole board with recruits at a single spot.

Coordinator Settings shape this board

Your Team Direction setting changes how many of the 35 slots go to each tier (Rebuild leans toward Foundational Players, Compete Now leans toward Day One Starters and Program Movers, Maintain splits evenly), and nudges each tier's formula slightly toward long-term fit for Rebuild or raw talent for Compete Now.

Your Position Priorities add a small bonus for excelling at your two selected ratings or matching a preferred archetype, and a small penalty for the archetype you're avoiding. These are gentle tie-breakers, not hard filters — a great overall fit still shows up regardless. Changes take effect after you hit "Refresh Recruit Targets."

Why it matters

A generic "top 35 recruits" list is the same for every team in the league — it doesn't know your roster is thin at Safety, or that your starting Center is a graduating Senior, or that your program has a real pipeline in a specific state, or that you specifically want a Pass Protector at Right Guard instead of an Agile one. This board does. Work it top to bottom: Day One Starters first (your most urgent, highest-confidence needs), then Program Movers, then Foundational Players to round out the class affordably.

What this page shows

Every recruit you've personally added to your board in-game — not the national recruit pool (see Recruit Explorer) and not this app's own suggestions (see Recruit Targets). If it's empty, your board is genuinely empty right now in the save (common right after Signing Day, before a new cycle's board is set) — upload or refresh again once you've added targets in-game.

Board Status

★ means you've favorited that recruit in-game. Offer shows the save's own scholarship offer status for that recruit. Committed means they've verbally committed to you (with the week they did) but haven't signed yet — still worth watching in case of a decommit, so they stay listed here instead of disappearing.

Hours & NIL

Hours This Wk is how many recruiting hours you've spent on that recruit this week. NIL Ask / Offer shows their expectation next to your current offer, so you can see the gap at a glance.

What this page shows

Up to 20 recruits who currently have zero scholarship offers from anyone — not low-star filler, but the best-fitting of that specific pool for your program, using the same Program Movers formula from Recruit Targets (need, talent, NIL value, interest, geography). Fullbacks, Kickers, and Punters are excluded, same as Recruit Targets.

Why this is different from Recruit Targets

Recruit Targets ranks the entire recruit pool regardless of competition. This page deliberately narrows to recruits nobody has offered yet — the ones you could realistically lock down early, before other programs even notice them. Early season, this list will be empty or thin (offers haven't gone out yet); it fills in as the cycle progresses and other schools start passing on players.

Why it matters

A zero-offer recruit with real talent and a good fit for your roster is exactly the kind of value pick a mid-major or rebuilding program can win outright, instead of competing with blue-bloods for the same 5-stars everyone else wants.

What this page shows

Every one of CFB 27's 10 offensive and 9 defensive schemes, ranked by how well your current starters' archetypes fit each one. "Starters" uses the exact same definition as the rest of the app (top player by Overall at each starting spot) - the same 1 QB, 1 HB, 3 WR, 1 TE, and 5 offensive linemen on offense, and 3 defensive linemen, 3 linebackers, and 4 defensive backs on defense.

How the score works

Each archetype (Field General, Power Back, Speed Rusher, Zone corner, and so on) carries a small set of real football traits - mobility, accuracy, power, coverage ability, pass rush, and the like. Each scheme wants specific traits at specific position groups (Air Raid wants an accurate pocket passer and pass-protecting linemen; a Base 3-4 wants a true nose tackle and pass-rushing outside linebackers). A starter earns points toward a scheme whenever their archetype's traits match what that scheme is looking for at their position - so the ranking reflects your actual roster, not a generic tier list.

Why it matters

The game lets you run any scheme regardless of who you've recruited, but personnel that doesn't fit the scheme underperforms its ratings. This tells you whether it's worth switching your playbook to match the roster you've actually built, or recruiting toward the scheme you're already running.