Defensive Line Rankings 2021 NFL Draft

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LAST UPDATED: 02/20/2023

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
58

DE/ED
Kobe
Jones

6-4 260lbs 4.94
DE/ED
ATL    Mascot
ATL  Mascot
260lbs 6-4 4.94 111 513
58.0
Aggressive with good awareness to track the ball and attack. Tenacious, tough, competItIve and versatile. High-effort, thickly built...
72

DE
Richard
Burney

6-4 280lbs 4.96
DE
Virginia   Mascot
Virginia Mascot
280lbs 6-4 4.96 163
55.0
Coordinated with smooth movement skills. High-effort rusher and works through the whistle. Relentless worker, fighting off blocks and...
15

DT
Tommy
Togiai

6-2 300lbs 4.97
DT
CLE   Mascot
CLE Mascot
300lbs 6-2 4.97 18 94.8
75.0
Played with good leverage, even on the nose, despite average bulk. Hustle defender with a good bull rush inside that can close and get...
92

DL/ED
Leevel
Tatum III

6-1 285lbs 4.97
DL/ED
Arizona   Mascot
Arizona Mascot
285lbs 6-1 4.97 150 875
53.0
High-effort, thickly built defender with good strength and the leverage to create a pile. Locates_ the ball quickly and pursues with...
13

DE/ED
Payton
Turner

6-6 270lbs 4.98
DE/ED
NO   Mascot
NO Mascot
270lbs 6-6 4.98 65 273.8
78.0
High-effort, thickly built defender with good strength and the leverage to create a pile. Locates_ the ball quickly and pursues with...
24

DL
Khyiris
Tonga

6-4 321lbs 4.99
DL
CHI   Mascot
CHI Mascot
321lbs 6-4 4.99 43 201.6
68.0
Quarterbacks and ballcarriers feel his strength when he plants them in the backfield. Looks the part with natural size and filledout...
87

DL/ED
Cullen
Wick

6-4 260lbs 4.99
DL/ED
Tulsa   Mascot
Tulsa Mascot
260lbs 6-4 4.99 193
53.0
Excellent hustle-and-chase tackler. Good closing speed with change of direction to corral mobile quarterbacks. Average quickness and...
81

DE/ED
Will
Rodgers

6-4 255lbs 4.99
DE/ED
Temple   Mascot
Temple Mascot
255lbs 6-4 4.99 190
53.0
More of a hustling pass rusher than an accomplished or natural one, he'll make his mark as a fifth or sixth defensive lineman. Plays with...
19

DT
Jay
Tufele

6-3 305lbs 5.00
DT
JAX   Mascot
JAX Mascot
305lbs 6-3 5.00 12 78.4
71.0
A former rugby player, Jay plays with an extremely high motor and is a high effort player that is surprisingly athletic for a big guy. A...
35

DL
Darius
Stills

6-0 278lbs 5.03
DL
LV   Mascot
LV Mascot
278lbs 6-0 5.03 40 185.3
64.0
Delivers a strong punch and uses his hands to shed blocks to make plays in the hole or outside the box. Uses lower-body strength to anchor...
60

DE/ED
JaQuan
Bailey

6-2 260lbs 5.04
DE/ED
PHI   Mascot
PHI Mascot
260lbs 6-2 5.04 132 678
58.0
Flashes upper-body strength to rip and has the punch to push through interior linemen on stunts and twists. Excellent hustle-and-chase...
61

DE/ED
Zeandae
Johnson

6-4 292lbs 5.05
DE/ED
MIN   Mascot
MIN Mascot
292lbs 6-4 5.05 143 810.5
58.0
More of a hustling pass rusher than an accomplished or natural one, he'll make his mark as a fifth or sixth defensive lineman. Plays with...

2021 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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2021 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.