2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 13-24

LAST UPDATED: 09/28/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
49	DL David Oke	6-2 312lbs 4.90	DL	312lbs	6-2	4.90	48	643	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...
42	DL Mario Landino	6-4 275lbs 4.90	DL	275lbs	6-4	4.90	32	243	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...
39	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 325lbs 4.90	DL	325lbs	6-5	4.90	33	251	76.9 MORE>>	Oatis is a massive two-gap nose with rare movement for his size and disruptive flashes dating to his Alabama days, reuniting with...
38	DT Stephiylan Green	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DT	290lbs	6-4	4.90	23	167	76.9 MORE>>	Green is an undersized, twitchy three-technique whose calling card is the first step, a 290-pound interior man with rare get-off who wins...
25	DL Ezra Christensen	6-2 260lbs 4.90	DL	260lbs	6-2	4.90	26	194	80.7 MORE>>	Christensen is a disruptive interior rusher who led all FBS defensive linemen in quarterback hurries at New Mexico State, winning with a...
15	DL/ED Quincy Rhodes Jr.	6-6 276lbs 4.90	DL/ED	276lbs	6-6	4.90	10	51.4	84.5 MORE>>	Rhodes is a long, productive edge whose 78-inch frame is the swing trait, letting him keep tackles off his chest and convert reach into a...
4	DT Justin Scott	6-4 298lbs 4.90	DT	298lbs	6-4	4.90	4	26.6	87.2 MORE>>	Scott came to Miami as a five-star and looks the part of a movement three-technique, with a get-off that is unusual for a 298-pounder and...
3	DT David Stone	6-3 310lbs 4.90	DT	310lbs	6-3	4.90	1	16.1	87.2 MORE>>	Stone is a five-star interior lineman whose run-defense tape is the calling card: he fires off the snap with rare burst for the size, gets...
28	DL James Smith	6-3 297lbs 4.88	DL	297lbs	6-3	4.88	22	160.5	80.3 MORE>>	Smith arrived at Alabama as a five-star and still flashes the tools that earned the ranking, with a quick first step and good timed speed...
18	DE/ED Williams Nwaneri	6-7 265lbs 4.88	DE/ED	265lbs	6-7	4.88	34	253	83.3 MORE>>	Nwaneri is a developmental swing on rare tools, a former five-star with 79-inch length who led Nebraska in sacks as a redshirt freshman...
37	DE/ED LJ McCray	6-6 268lbs 4.86	DE/ED	268lbs	6-6	4.86	41	304	77.9 MORE>>	McCray is a traits-and-medical evaluation, a former five-star with 78-inch length whose 2025 was wiped out by foot surgery that held him to...
47	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	37	281	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...

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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.