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
6	DT A'Mauri Washington	6-3 330lbs 4.85	DT	330lbs	6-3	4.85	5	24.1	86.7 MORE>>	Washington is a 330-pound interior anchor who moves better than the listed weight suggests, and 2025 was his first year as a full-time...
2	DE/ED Matayo Uiagalelei	6-5 272lbs 4.85	DE/ED	272lbs	6-5	4.85	6	31.7	88.1 MORE>>	Uiagalelei is a power-and-length edge whose pass rush sat at the very top of the position, and the production backed it: fifty-two...
34	DE/ED LJ McCray	6-6 268lbs 4.86	DE/ED	268lbs	6-6	4.86	36	270	77.7 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...
25	DL James Smith	6-3 297lbs 4.88	DL	297lbs	6-3	4.88	22	152	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...
17	DE/ED Williams Nwaneri	6-7 265lbs 4.88	DE/ED	265lbs	6-7	4.88	32	240.5	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...
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...
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...
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...
35	DT Stephiylan Green	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DT	290lbs	6-4	4.90	26	177.7	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...
22	DL Ezra Christensen	6-2 260lbs 4.90	DL	260lbs	6-2	4.90	23	152.7	80.7 MORE>>	Christensen put up loud numbers as an undersized interior disruptor, leaning on quickness and leverage to generate forty pressures, six...
13	DL/ED Quincy Rhodes Jr.	6-6 276lbs 4.90	DL/ED	276lbs	6-6	4.90	8	38.8	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	3	18	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...

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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.