Defensive Line Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

LAST UPDATED: 08/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
37

DE/ED
Jaleel
Johnson

6-4 265lbs 4.69
DE/ED
Oklahoma State   Mascot
Oklahoma State Mascot
265lbs 6-4 4.69 37 279
76.9
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...
38

DL
Tavion
Gadson

6-5 298lbs 5.00
DL
Kentucky   Mascot
Kentucky Mascot
298lbs 6-5 5.00 25 177
76.4
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...
39

DL
Mario
Landino

6-4 275lbs 4.90
DL
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
275lbs 6-4 4.90 30 217.5
76.4
Landino was a disruptive interior presence on a College Football Playoff team, leaning on quickness and leverage to pile up seven sacks and...
40

DE/ED
Braylan
Shelby

6-5 265lbs 4.65
DE/ED
USC   Mascot
USC Mascot
265lbs 6-5 4.65 46 512.5
76.4
Shelby is a speed-based edge who wins the corner with a quick first step, and he turned that burst into thirty pressures and five sacks as...
41

DE/ED
Tunmise
Adeleye

6-4 275lbs 4.75
DE/ED
Syracuse   Mascot
Syracuse Mascot
275lbs 6-4 4.75 48 622.5
76.1
Adeleye finally put it together at his fifth FBS stop, turning in his best season for UNLV with thirty-six pressures and twenty-nine run...
42

DT
D'Antre
Robinson

6-4 315lbs 5.00
DT
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
315lbs 6-4 5.00 43 448.5
75.5
Robinson has bounced from Florida to North Carolina and on to a third program for the coming year, and his 2025 tape is the steadiest of...
43

DL
Daevin
Hobbs

6-4 290lbs 4.80
DL
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
290lbs 6-4 4.80 47 534
74.8
Hobbs arrived as a five-star and still carries the frame and quickness that earned the ranking, a developmental interior bet whose tools...
44

DL
Thomas
Collins

6-1 282lbs 4.85
DL
Oregon State   Mascot
Oregon State Mascot
282lbs 6-1 4.85 35 265
74.7
Collins started every game inside for Oregon State and gave the front durable snaps, a compact interior player who wins with quickness off...
45

DE
Kelby
Collins

6-4 275lbs 4.76
DE
South Carolina   Mascot
South Carolina Mascot
275lbs 6-4 4.76 45 500.5
74.3
Collins is a stout, run-first rotational end whose best work comes against the run, a 275-pound player with good timed speed for the...
46

DL
David
Oke

6-2 312lbs 4.90
DL
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
312lbs 6-2 4.90 39 327
67.2
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...
47

DL
Anthony
Smith

6-2 350lbs 4.75
DL
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
350lbs 6-2 4.75 40 336
50.9
Smith is a developmental, 350-pound interior body whose only real selling point right now is the combination of rare mass and the timed...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Line

We've compared players post combine 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.

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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Line

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.