Ezra Christensen DL Colorado |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #90 SUB-POSITION: DT 3-TECH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.90 seconds (61%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #90 | |
| SUB-POSITION: DT 3-TECH | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.90 seconds (61%*) | |
| Overall Rating: |
80.7 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Offense player has faced | ||
| Offense Rating: |
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74% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Tackling: |
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54% |
| Pass Rush: |
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88% |
| Run Defense: |
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82% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
5th
Overall Rank:
#163
Position rank:
#22 (DL)
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| College Games: 28 College Snaps: 738 | ||
| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Grayson Murphy - UCLA |
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86% |
| Gabriel Murphy - UCLA |
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81% |
| RJ Oben - Notre Dame |
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81% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Born in Sierra Leone, Christensen moved to San Diego as a high school sophomore and starred at Poway, leading the Palomar League with fifteen sacks and earning Defensive Player of the Year honors before signing with Fresno State. A lightly recruited prospect, he grew into a disruptive interior rusher over his college career, living in opposing backfields against a range of competition.In 2025 Christensen piled up forty quarterback pressures and six sacks across eleven games, adding 29 run stops, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup. He strung together multi-sack games and targeted the football, the kind of week-to-week interior disruption that travels even from outside the Power Four, and drew transfer interest from larger programs after the season. The forty pressures and six sacks ranked among the more disruptive interior totals at his level, and his path from Sierra Leone to college football added to the intrigue.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Pass rush carries the profile, generating forty pressures on the year
- Productive disruptor with six sacks and two forced fumbles
- Beat Tulsa for two sacks and five pressures in one game
- Plays with quickness and leverage that belie a 260-pound frame
- Knifes gaps to make stops at or behind the line of scrimmage
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Undersized at 260 pounds for interior work against pro-caliber guards
- Poor tackling, with nine misses across the season
- Production came against Conference USA rather than power competition
- Anchor gives way when doubled, a frame-and-leverage limit
- Will need a defined sub-package role rather than every-down snaps
Scouting Report: Summary
Christensen put up loud numbers as an undersized interior disruptor, leaning on quickness and leverage to generate forty pressures, six sacks, and two forced fumbles for New Mexico State. He wins by knifing gaps before guards can settle, and the flashes were real, including a two-sack, five-pressure game against Tulsa. For a 260-pounder playing inside, the get-off and the bend are unusual, and they are the reason the production reads the way it does.The context tempers the projection. The frame is light for interior work against pro-caliber guards, the an unreliable, lunging tackler with nine misses, and the disruption came against Conference USA competition rather than power-conference fronts. His anchor gives way when he gets doubled, which is a frame and leverage limit that will follow him up a level. He is a penetrator who needs to be deployed as one, not asked to two-gap and hold the point.
For a pro defense, he is a sub-package interior rusher who can win on passing downs with quickness, a role player rather than a base lineman. The production is encouraging and the traits travel in a narrow role, but the competition level and the frame point to a developmental grade. Bet on the get-off, deploy him as a designed penetrator, and confirm the eligibility timeline.
How other scouting services rate Ezra Christensen (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
129.7
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
21.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.