2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 37-48

LAST UPDATED: 10/07/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
37	DE/ED Kam Franklin	6-5 275lbs 5.00	DE/ED	275lbs	6-5	5.00	32	206	79.9 MORE>>	Franklin is a high-volume, high-effort edge who produced at a rare rate of usage, with thirty-eight run stops and forty-eight pressures...
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...
39	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 305lbs 5.15	DT	305lbs	6-2	5.15	36	213.5	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...
40	DE/ED Amaris Williams	6-2 260lbs 4.70	DE/ED	260lbs	6-2	4.70	45	307	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...
41	DL/ED Adepoju Adebawore	6-4 261lbs 4.74	DL/ED	261lbs	6-4	4.74	38	224	79.4 MORE>>	Adebawore carries five-star athletic traits that still outstrip his production, a burst off the edge that simply cannot be taught and the...
42	DT Elinneus Davis	6-2 315lbs 5.20	DT	315lbs	6-2	5.20	43	298.5	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...
43	DT Maraad Watson	6-3 313lbs 5.20	DT	313lbs	6-3	5.20	44	307	78.5 MORE>>	Watson began at Syracuse, where he earned freshman All-American notice, and spent 2025 as a rotational nose for Texas, bringing 313 pounds...
44	DE/ED J'Mond Tapp	6-3 256lbs 4.68	DE/ED	256lbs	6-3	4.68	31	197	78.1 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,...
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...
46	DT Stephiylan Green	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DT	290lbs	6-4	4.90	27	173.7	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...
47	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 325lbs 4.90	DL	325lbs	6-5	4.90	42	283	76.9 MORE>>	Oatis is a massive two-gap nose with rare movement for his size and disruptive flashes dating to his Alabama days, reuniting with...
48	DE/ED Jaleel Johnson	6-4 265lbs 4.69	DE/ED	265lbs	6-4	4.69	55	632.5	76.9 MORE>>	Johnson is a quick-twitch edge whose 2025 ended after four games, leaving a small but intriguing sample built on speed off the snap 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.