2027 NFL Draft Defensive Back Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 09/28/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Back

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
33	S Robert Fitzgerald	6-0 210lbs 4.54	S	210lbs	6-0	4.54	34	143	82.5 MORE>>	A downhill, box-first safety at Northwestern, Fitzgerald built his tape on physical, reliable run defense, filling fast and racking up...
32	CB Christian Gray	6-0 188lbs 4.45	CB	188lbs	6-0	4.45	25	98.3	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...
29	S Adon Shuler	6-0 207lbs 4.50	S	207lbs	6-0	4.50	28	108.2	83.5 MORE>>	Shuler is an instinctive, versatile coverage safety and defensive captain, a defender who reads and drives on throws, took two...
22	S Jaylen McClain	6-0 201lbs 4.35	S	201lbs	6-0	4.35	16	64.8	84.9 MORE>>	McClain is a rangy, fast safety who won a starting job alongside an All-American, pairing sticky coverage with the best tackling mark in...
15	S Peyton Bowen	6-0 201lbs 4.45	S	201lbs	6-0	4.45	23	82.7	85.8 MORE>>	Bowen is a fast, twitchy safety whose mirrors routes step for step in man, a versatile defender who covers the slot, plays single-high, and...
13	CB Brice Pollock	6-0 195lbs 4.44	CB	195lbs	6-0	4.44	15	63	85.9 MORE>>	Pollock is a ball-hawking zone corner who picked off five passes without surrendering a touchdown, pairing the takeaways with an excellent...
12	CB Zach Lutmer	6-0 205lbs 4.44	CB	205lbs	6-0	4.44	9	43	85.9 MORE>>	Lutmer is a versatile, productive nickel whose man and zone both held up and whose value extends well beyond coverage: thirty-two run...
11	CB Vicari Swain	6-0 193lbs 4.42	CB	193lbs	6-0	4.42	12	53.3	86.1 MORE>>	Swain is a quick-twitch nickel with plus speed and drive who closes on throws in a hurry, is comfortable in man and zone, and backed his...
6	CB Zabien Brown	6-0 192lbs 4.34	CB	192lbs	6-0	4.34	8	37.8	86.7 MORE>>	Brown pairs rare timed speed with the kind of run defense corners rarely post, a sticky man-cover corner and willing force in support whose...
3	S KJ Bolden	6-0 185lbs 4.33	S	185lbs	6-0	4.33	4	20.3	87.4 MORE>>	Bolden stepped into Georgia's deep middle for a departed first-rounder and looked the part, a rare athlete whose run defense and tackling...
2	CB Ellis Robinson IV	6-0 180lbs 4.48	CB	180lbs	6-0	4.48	3	20.2	87.9 MORE>>	Robinson is a ball-hawking corner who turned his first year as a starter into four interceptions, including a pick-six against Tennessee on...
71	S Javien Toviano	6-1 197lbs 4.60	S	197lbs	6-1	4.60	69	556	67.1 MORE>>	Toviano is a developmental safety and former blue-chip recruit whose 2025 amounted to a fractured sixty-five snaps, a defender with the...

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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.