Defensive Line Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

101 defensive linemen ranked

DEFENSIVE LINE RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

The 2027 defensive line is led from the inside, which is unusual - only once before in the seven classes we have graded has an interior player topped this group, and three of this year's top five play inside.

Oklahoma's David Stone is the man at the top, a five-star who added eighteen pounds before his sophomore year and led the Sooners' interior in tackles. Oregon edge Matayo Uiagalelei follows with 52 pressures and six sacks across 726 snaps, a year after leading the Big Ten in sacks. Ole Miss's Will Echoles broke out as a sophomore with pressure production almost no interior lineman in the country matched across 765 snaps, and Miami's Justin Scott reached Bruce Feldman's Freaks List before playing a college snap.

The size of the group is normal - five inside our top thirty-two, as in every year since 2021 - but the shape of it is not.

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

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#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
23	DL Tyrique Tucker	6-0 305lbs 4.94	DL	305lbs	6-0	4.94	36	203.5	82.8 MORE>>	A stout interior run defender at Indiana, Tucker anchored the middle of the Hoosiers' front in the Big Ten and did his best work stacking...
100	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 295lbs 4.85	DL	295lbs	6-1	4.85	111	613	60.1 MORE>>	Collins started every game inside for Oregon State and gave the front durable snaps, a compact interior player who wins with quickness off...
54	DL Leroy Jackson	6-1 300lbs 5.01	DL	300lbs	6-1	5.01	47	297.5	76.2 MORE>>	Jackson is a dependable, physical interior lineman who has started since his first full season. He holds his ground against the run,...
27	DL Francis Brewu	6-1 285lbs 4.85	DL	285lbs	6-1	4.85	26	133.3	82.3 MORE>>	Brewu is an ascending interior lineman who broke out as a sophomore, leading his own profile with a run defense built on quick hands and...
98	DL David Oke	6-2 298lbs 4.90	DL	298lbs	6-2	4.90	142	805.5	61.0 MORE>>	Oke arrived from Abilene Christian with real FCS production and a stout 312-pound frame built to two-gap, but a knee injury wiped out...
79	DL Kavion Henderson	6-2 256lbs 4.77	DL	256lbs	6-2	4.77	106	595	65.5 MORE>>	Henderson is a quick, athletic lineman who has become a disruptive presence at Troy. He has elite speed for the position and has created 13...
61	DL Dallas Afalava	6-2 295lbs 4.90	DL	295lbs	6-2	4.90	53	307.5	74.5 MORE>>	Afalava is an active, disruptive interior rusher who has produced at two levels. He gets into the backfield often, with 25 pressures this...
51	DT Cody Sigler	6-2 308lbs 5.07	DT	308lbs	6-2	5.07	49	299	77.0 MORE>>	Sigler has taken an unusual path from Division II walk-on to SEC starter, and his tape shows why he kept climbing. He gets off the ball...
33	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 310lbs 5.15	DT	310lbs	6-2	5.15	29	174.5	81.2 MORE>>	Fite is the kind of interior anchor a defense leans on for early-down snaps, a four-year Arizona State presence who played 587 reps across...
29	DL Kemari Copeland	6-2 305lbs 4.78	DL	305lbs	6-2	4.78	35	203.3	81.7 MORE>>	A compact, quick-twitch interior defender at Virginia Tech, Copeland wins with leverage, snap quickness and a nonstop motor rather than...
26	DT Jayden Jackson	6-2 310lbs 4.95	DT	310lbs	6-2	4.95	27	143	82.4 MORE>>	Jackson flashed first as a freshman All-American and built on it in 2025, giving Oklahoma a quick-twitch interior presence who plays bigger...
10	DL Xavier Gilliam	6-2 305lbs 4.90	DL	305lbs	6-2	4.90	2	23.2	85.1 MORE>>	Gilliam has gone from a part-time reserve at Penn State to one of the most disruptive interior linemen in the SEC. His first step is the...

We've compared players post combine 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.

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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.