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
3	DT Will Echoles	6-3 310lbs 5.10	DT	310lbs	6-3	5.10	4	18.6	87.6 MORE>>	Echoles broke out as a sophomore and turned into one of the most productive interior players in the country, pairing stout, physical run...
1	DT David Stone	6-3 310lbs 4.90	DT	310lbs	6-3	4.90	1	11.4	88.2 MORE>>	Stone arrived in Norman as a five-star and spent 2025 proving the projection sound, leading the interior in tackles while working a...
47	DL Anthony Smith	6-2 350lbs 4.75	DL	350lbs	6-2	4.75	40	336	50.9 MORE>>	Smith is a developmental, 350-pound interior body whose only real selling point right now is the combination of rare mass and the timed...
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...
32	DT Elinneus Davis	6-2 315lbs 5.20	DT	315lbs	6-2	5.20	29	211	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...
30	DL Francis Brewu	6-2 280lbs 4.85	DL	280lbs	6-2	4.85	41	423	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...
29	DE/ED Amaris Williams	6-2 260lbs 4.70	DE/ED	260lbs	6-2	4.70	38	280.5	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...
28	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 305lbs 5.15	DT	305lbs	6-2	5.15	27	186.5	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...
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...
18	DT Jayden Jackson	6-2 322lbs 4.95	DT	322lbs	6-2	4.95	20	140	83.0 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...
44	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	35	265	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.