2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 37-48

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
5	DL A.J. Holmes Jr.	6-3 300lbs 4.95	DL	300lbs	6-3	4.95	6	35.2	87.2 MORE>>	A disruptive interior anchor at Texas Tech, Holmes made his living as a run defender in the Red Raiders' front, filling gaps and resetting...
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...
2	DT Will Echoles	6-3 310lbs 5.10	DT	310lbs	6-3	5.10	2	17.3	87.5 MORE>>	Echoles broke out as a sophomore and turned into one of the most productive interior players in the country, pairing stout, physical run...
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...
35	DT Elinneus Davis	6-2 315lbs 5.20	DT	315lbs	6-2	5.20	36	281	78.5 MORE>>	Davis started ten games inside for Washington and gave the front a steady early-down presence, the kind of run-down interior who does the...
33	DE/ED Amaris Williams	6-2 260lbs 4.70	DE/ED	260lbs	6-2	4.70	39	288.5	79.5 MORE>>	Williams is a five-star athletic bet whose tools still outpace his tape, an edge with good timed speed and a quick first step who flashed...
32	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 305lbs 5.15	DT	305lbs	6-2	5.15	35	263.5	79.5 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...
31	DL Francis Brewu	6-2 280lbs 4.85	DL	280lbs	6-2	4.85	21	143	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...
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...
21	DL Kemari Copeland	6-2 290lbs 4.78	DL	290lbs	6-2	4.78	28	214.5	82.0 MORE>>	A compact, quick-twitch interior defender at Virginia Tech, Copeland wins with leverage, snap quickness and a nonstop motor rather than...
19	DT Jayden Jackson	6-2 322lbs 4.95	DT	322lbs	6-2	4.95	20	142.5	83.1 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...
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.