2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 11/08/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
25	DL Tavion Gadson	6-5 303lbs 5.00	DL	303lbs	6-5	5.00	17	76.8	82.5 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...
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...
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...
28	DL Horace Lockett	6-6 355lbs 5.25	DL	355lbs	6-6	5.25	25	126.6	82.1 MORE>>	Lockett is one of the biggest human beings in college football, a 6-foot-6, 355-pound nose tackle with the strength to absorb double teams...
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...
30	DT Maraad Watson	6-3 333lbs 5.20	DT	333lbs	6-3	5.20	30	176	81.3 MORE>>	Watson began at Syracuse, where he earned freshman All-American notice, and spent 2025 as a rotational nose for Texas, bringing 313 pounds...
31	DE/ED Leroy Harris III	6-5 270lbs 4.58	DE/ED	270lbs	6-5	4.58	32	177.5	81.3 MORE>>	Harris plays with a sprinter's burst off the edge, and he uses it in every phase. He wins the corner early, turns speed into power when...
32	DT Jide Abasiri	6-5 280lbs 4.95	DT	280lbs	6-5	4.95	28	144.5	81.2 MORE>>	Abasiri is one of the most explosive athletes on the USC roster, and the burst is obvious on tape. He is quick to get into the backfield,...
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...
34	DE Mateen Ibirogba	6-4 300lbs 4.85	DE	300lbs	6-4	4.85	38	213	81.2 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...
35	DE/ED J'Mond Tapp	6-3 256lbs 4.68	DE/ED	256lbs	6-3	4.68	33	190.7	81.1 MORE>>	Tapp is the definition of a late bloomer with blue-chip tools. He arrived at Texas as a prized Louisiana recruit, barely played in Austin,...
36	DL Mario Landino	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DL	290lbs	6-4	4.90	31	177.3	81.0 MORE>>	Landino was a disruptive interior presence on a College Football Playoff team, leaning on quickness and leverage to pile up seven sacks 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.