2027 NFL Draft Defensive Back Rankings - 13-24

LAST UPDATED: 10/14/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Back

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
73	CB Gentry Williams	5-11 187lbs 4.29	CB	187lbs	5-11	4.29	79	638.5	71.8 MORE>>	Williams is an instinctive, technically sound corner with ball skills and leadership who was among Oklahoma's best when healthy and...
41	S King Mack	5-10 187lbs 4.35	S	187lbs	5-10	4.35	71	492.5	81.3 MORE>>	Mack is a rangy free safety with rare timed speed, a defender who patrols the deep middle on a high zone coverage and reads and drives on...
15	CB Jamari Sharpe	6-1 187lbs 4.38	CB	187lbs	6-1	4.38	17	73.6	85.9 MORE>>	Sharpe is a rangy zone corner who started all sixteen games on a national championship defense and sealed the title with a fourth-quarter...
49	CB Dezz Ricks	6-1 188lbs 4.38	CB	188lbs	6-1	4.38	69	457	81.0 MORE>>	Ricks is a five-star athlete with rare timed speed and 73-inch length, the kind of boundary cover tools NFL defenses chase, and he broke up...
34	CB Christian Gray	6-0 188lbs 4.45	CB	188lbs	6-0	4.45	29	106.3	82.7 MORE>>	Gray is an experienced boundary corner with good timed speed and the length to contest at the catch point, and he flashed ball skills with...
21	CB Zeke Berry	5-11 188lbs 4.48	CB	188lbs	5-11	4.48	22	87	85.1 MORE>>	Berry made his living in coverage at Michigan, where his ball skills are the calling card, breaking up eleven passes and mirroring...
27	S Jackson Bennee	6-2 189lbs 4.52	S	189lbs	6-2	4.52	23	88.7	83.8 MORE>>	Bennee is a ball-hawking slot safety whose four interceptions, including a pick-six, headline a profile built on leading man coverage and...
69	CB Xavier Scott	5-11 190lbs 4.52	CB	190lbs	5-11	4.52	41	177.3	74.1 MORE>>	Scott is a versatile slot defender whose 2024 tape is the real evidence, an instinctive cover man who recorded four interceptions and...
53	DB Tre'Quon Fegans	6-1 190lbs 4.50	DB	190lbs	6-1	4.50	51	228	80.0 MORE>>	Fegans arrived at Alabama as one of the most decorated cornerbacks in the country, a three-time state champion and Under Armour...
45	S Braden Awls	6-1 190lbs 4.55	S	190lbs	6-1	4.55	37	156.5	81.1 MORE>>	Awls was poised to be one of the breakout defenders of 2026 after following his former Toledo coaches to Iowa State, but a torn ACL in...
40	CB Jermaine Mathews Jr.	5-11 190lbs 4.38	CB	190lbs	5-11	4.38	34	140.3	81.6 MORE>>	Mathews is a fast, experienced boundary corner who logged 799 snaps as a full-season starter on one of the nation's top defenses, taking...
32	DB Jalen Mayo	6-2 190lbs 4.50	DB	190lbs	6-2	4.50	33	131.5	83.2 MORE>>	Mayo's story is one of the best in this class. Nobody offered him a scholarship coming out of Phoebus; he started his career in Division...

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We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds.
The exceptional athletic freaks (determined by the combination of speed vs weight) will be found at the top right of the chart while the less impressive athletes will be sitting towards the bottom left.