Defensive Line Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

LAST UPDATED: 08/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
47	DL Anthony Smith	6-2 350lbs 4.75	DL	350lbs	6-2	4.75	40	336	50.9 MORE>>	Smith is a developmental, 350-pound interior body whose only real selling point right now is the combination of rare mass and the timed...
46	DL David Oke	6-2 312lbs 4.90	DL	312lbs	6-2	4.90	39	327	67.2 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...
45	DE Kelby Collins	6-4 275lbs 4.76	DE	275lbs	6-4	4.76	45	500.5	74.3 MORE>>	Collins is a stout, run-first rotational end whose best work comes against the run, a 275-pound player with good timed speed for the...
44	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	35	265	74.7 MORE>>	Collins started every game inside for Oregon State and gave the front durable snaps, a compact interior player who wins with quickness off...
43	DL Daevin Hobbs	6-4 290lbs 4.80	DL	290lbs	6-4	4.80	47	534	74.8 MORE>>	Hobbs arrived as a five-star and still carries the frame and quickness that earned the ranking, a developmental interior bet whose tools...
42	DT D'Antre Robinson	6-4 315lbs 5.00	DT	315lbs	6-4	5.00	43	448.5	75.5 MORE>>	Robinson has bounced from Florida to North Carolina and on to a third program for the coming year, and his 2025 tape is the steadiest of...
41	DE/ED Tunmise Adeleye	6-4 275lbs 4.75	DE/ED	275lbs	6-4	4.75	48	622.5	76.1 MORE>>	Adeleye finally put it together at his fifth FBS stop, turning in his best season for UNLV with thirty-six pressures and twenty-nine run...
40	DE/ED Braylan Shelby	6-5 265lbs 4.65	DE/ED	265lbs	6-5	4.65	46	512.5	76.4 MORE>>	Shelby is a speed-based edge who wins the corner with a quick first step, and he turned that burst into thirty pressures and five sacks as...
39	DL Mario Landino	6-4 275lbs 4.90	DL	275lbs	6-4	4.90	30	217.5	76.4 MORE>>	Landino was a disruptive interior presence on a College Football Playoff team, leaning on quickness and leverage to pile up seven sacks and...
38	DL Tavion Gadson	6-5 298lbs 5.00	DL	298lbs	6-5	5.00	25	177	76.4 MORE>>	Gadson came back from a major knee reconstruction and played at a high level, posting the best pass rush and the cleanest tackle finish in...
37	DE/ED Jaleel Johnson	6-4 265lbs 4.69	DE/ED	265lbs	6-4	4.69	37	279	76.9 MORE>>	Johnson is a quick-twitch edge whose 2025 ended after four games, leaving a small but intriguing sample built on speed off the snap and...
36	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 325lbs 4.90	DL	325lbs	6-5	4.90	31	230	76.9 MORE>>	Oatis has the frame teams dream on, a 325-pound interior body with the length to two-gap and absorb blocks, and when he reaches the ball he...

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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.