2027 NFL Draft Defensive Back Rankings - 37-48

LAST UPDATED: 11/02/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Back

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
90

S
Jacob
Oden

6-0 195lbs 4.51
S
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
195lbs 6-0 4.51 95 451.5
67.9
Oden is an athletic safety with good speed and ball skills from his days as a receiver. He showed his potential with an interception...
84

CB
Red
Morgan

6-0 191lbs 4.50
CB
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
191lbs 6-0 4.50 87 433
69.4
Morgan is a physical, versatile defensive back who has become Alabama's starting nickel. He is an aggressive tackler and has made big...
83

CB
Rickey
Gibson III

6-0 181lbs 4.48
CB
Texas A&M   Mascot
Texas A&M Mascot
181lbs 6-0 4.48 76 354
69.6
Gibson is an experienced cornerback who started 14 games in the SEC at Tennessee. He is smart and competitive, and he was a productive...
80

S
Reggie
Powers III

6-0 212lbs 4.57
S
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
212lbs 6-0 4.57 86 431
70.4
Powers is a physical hybrid defender who now anchors the Cheetah spot in Oklahoma's defense. He plays downhill, finishes as a blitzer and...
69

S
Aaron
Flowers

6-0 208lbs 4.46
S
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
208lbs 6-0 4.46 81 390.5
75.0
Flowers started all fifteen games as a redshirt freshman for Oregon, including both playoff games, an impressive workload for a young...
65

S
Isaac
Smith

6-0 220lbs 4.60
S
Mississippi State   Mascot
Mississippi State Mascot
220lbs 6-0 4.60 58 277
77.0
Smith's film tells the story of a defender who belongs in the box but has just enough coverage skills to handle himself when...
50

CB
Evan
Johnson

6-0 185lbs 4.37
CB
BYU   Mascot
BYU Mascot
185lbs 6-0 4.37 44 185.5
79.9
Johnson is a fast, ball-hawking corner who has turned himself from an unheralded recruit into one of BYU's most important defenders. His...
49

CB
Khalil
Barnes

6-0 200lbs 4.50
CB
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
200lbs 6-0 4.50 41 173.7
79.9
Barnes is a rangy safety with good timed speed and a leading man coverage, a defender who played box and deep alignments for Clemson and...
46

S
Tao
Johnson

6-0 194lbs 4.44
S
UCLA   Mascot
UCLA Mascot
194lbs 6-0 4.44 55 241.5
80.9
Johnson is a fast, durable safety who logged 802 snaps as a full-season starter for Utah, pairing rare timed speed with holds up in man and...
45

S
Robert
Fitzgerald

6-0 210lbs 4.54
S
Northwestern   Mascot
Northwestern Mascot
210lbs 6-0 4.54 121 582
81.0
A downhill, box-first safety at Northwestern, Fitzgerald built his tape on physical, reliable run defense, filling fast and racking up...
37

CB
Christian
Gray

6-0 196lbs 4.45
CB
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
196lbs 6-0 4.45 29 114.8
82.7
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...
35

CB
OJ
Frederique J...

6-0 185lbs 4.42
CB
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
185lbs 6-0 4.42 20 89.3
83.1
Frederique is a lean, fast boundary corner who earned freshman All-America honors with a low catch rate in 2024 before a quieter sophomore...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Back

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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Back

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.