2027 NFL Draft Defensive Back Rankings - 73-84

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Back

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
107	S Marquis Gallegos	6-0 195lbs 4.50	S	195lbs	6-0	4.50	107	497.5	64.5 MORE>>	Gallegos is an athletic safety who earned top defensive honors in Southern California's high school ranks. He has good speed and flashed...
104	CB Jaylen Mbakwe	6-0 195lbs 4.40	CB	195lbs	6-0	4.40	98	456	65.6 MORE>>	Mbakwe is a gifted athlete and former five-star prospect who has settled at cornerback for Georgia Tech. He has elite speed and has made...
91	CB Charles Lester III	6-1 195lbs 4.45	CB	195lbs	6-1	4.45	102	469	67.9 MORE>>	Lester is a former top recruit with good speed and length who has yet to win a starting job at Florida State. In limited snaps this season...
90	S Jacob Oden	6-0 195lbs 4.51	S	195lbs	6-0	4.51	95	451.5	67.9 MORE>>	Oden is an athletic safety with good speed and ball skills from his days as a receiver. He showed his potential with an interception...
64	CB Xavier Scott	5-11 195lbs 4.52	CB	195lbs	5-11	4.52	43	184.7	77.0 MORE>>	Scott is a versatile slot defender whose 2024 tape is the real evidence, an instinctive cover man who recorded four interceptions and...
60	S King Mack	5-10 195lbs 4.35	S	195lbs	5-10	4.35	65	297.5	78.0 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...
59	CB Emmanuel Karnley	6-1 195lbs 4.55	CB	195lbs	6-1	4.55	61	287	78.0 MORE>>	Karnley is a long, physical boundary corner whose 75-inch frame lets him press, reroute receivers, and contest throws downfield, and he...
38	CB Jermaine Mathews Jr.	5-11 195lbs 4.38	CB	195lbs	5-11	4.38	40	138.7	82.5 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...
18	CB Brice Pollock	6-0 195lbs 4.44	CB	195lbs	6-0	4.44	17	75.3	84.7 MORE>>	Pollock is an instinctive, ball-hawking corner who reads route concepts and drives on throws with anticipation. He intercepted five passes...
3	S KJ Bolden	6-0 195lbs 4.33	S	195lbs	6-0	4.33	4	21.5	87.8 MORE>>	Bolden is a rare athlete at safety whose run defense and tackling have been among the best in the country since the day he arrived at...
98	CB Terhyon Nichols	5-11 194lbs 4.35	CB	194lbs	5-11	4.35	116	548.5	66.7 MORE>>	Nichols is a fast, athletic cover man who is now a regular for Kentucky. His elite speed and instincts showed against LSU, when he made six...
46	S Tao Johnson	6-0 194lbs 4.44	S	194lbs	6-0	4.44	55	241.5	80.9 MORE>>	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...

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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.