2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 10/14/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
8	DE/ED Will Heldt	6-6 260lbs 4.80	DE/ED	260lbs	6-6	4.80	6	38.1	86.4 MORE>>	Heldt is a complete, well-rounded edge without a soft spot, leading Clemson with ten sacks after arriving from Purdue, using length to...
19	DE/ED Dom Nichols	6-5 245lbs 4.82	DE/ED	245lbs	6-5	4.82	21	104.5	83.8 MORE>>	Nichols waited two years for his chance at Michigan, and he has made the most of it as a first-year starter. He gets off the ball quickly,...
55	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	47	312	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...
38	DL Francis Brewu	6-2 280lbs 4.85	DL	280lbs	6-2	4.85	28	176.7	79.5 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...
27	DE Mateen Ibirogba	6-3 296lbs 4.85	DE	296lbs	6-3	4.85	26	162.5	81.9 MORE>>	Ibirogba is a riser who reshaped his body from a 250-pound edge into a 296-pound interior rusher, and the move paid off with a strong pass...
4	DT A'Mauri Washington	6-3 330lbs 4.85	DT	330lbs	6-3	4.85	3	25.5	87.2 MORE>>	Washington is a 330-pound interior anchor who moves better than the listed weight suggests, resetting the line against single blocks,...
1	DE/ED Matayo Uiagalelei	6-5 272lbs 4.85	DE/ED	272lbs	6-5	4.85	5	36.8	88.2 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...
45	DE/ED LJ McCray	6-6 268lbs 4.86	DE/ED	268lbs	6-6	4.86	48	319.5	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...
14	DE Devan Thompkins	6-5 300lbs 4.86	DE	300lbs	6-5	4.86	12	61	86.0 MORE>>	Thompkins has found a role at Alabama that suits his unusual skill set. He is a 300-pound lineman who moves well enough to play the Bandit...
35	DL James Smith	6-3 297lbs 4.88	DL	297lbs	6-3	4.88	30	194	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...
22	DE/ED Williams Nwaneri	6-7 265lbs 4.88	DE/ED	265lbs	6-7	4.88	41	254.5	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...
57	DL David Oke	6-2 312lbs 4.90	DL	312lbs	6-2	4.90	56	660	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...

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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.