2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 49-57

LAST UPDATED: 10/09/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
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...
33	DL/ED AJ Green	6-6 250lbs 4.62	DL/ED	250lbs	6-6	4.62	35	213	80.6 MORE>>	Green is a pure pass-rush specialist who won as a rusher as well as anyone in this group, a long, bendy edge who wins the corner with speed...
31	DL Horace Lockett	6-6 355lbs 5.25	DL	355lbs	6-6	5.25	37	224	81.0 MORE>>	Lockett is one of the biggest human beings in college football, a 6-foot-6, 355-pound nose tackle with the strength to absorb double teams...
18	DL/ED Quincy Rhodes Jr.	6-6 276lbs 4.90	DL/ED	276lbs	6-6	4.90	13	63	84.5 MORE>>	Rhodes is a long, productive edge whose 78-inch frame is the swing trait, letting him keep tackles off his chest and convert reach into a...
17	DE/ED Anthony Smith	6-6 285lbs 4.75	DE/ED	285lbs	6-6	4.75	18	81	85.1 MORE>>	Smith is a heavy, powerful edge whose 285-pound frame lets him win with a bull rush and kick inside on passing downs, and the production...
12	DE/ED Emmanuel Oyebadejo	6-6 299lbs 4.72	DE/ED	299lbs	6-6	4.72	16	72	86.1 MORE>>	Few prospects in this class have a story like Oyebadejo's. A former England youth basketball player and medical student, he did not play...
10	DE/ED Kenyatta Jackson Jr.	6-6 265lbs 4.65	DE/ED	265lbs	6-6	4.65	8	42.7	86.2 MORE>>	Jackson broke out in his first year as a full-time starter, pairing a quick get-off with 78-inch length to win the edge and turning it into...
8	DE/ED Will Heldt	6-6 260lbs 4.80	DE/ED	260lbs	6-6	4.80	6	38.1	86.4 MORE>>	Heldt is a complete, well-rounded edge without a soft spot, leading Clemson with ten sacks after arriving from Purdue, using length to...
22	DE/ED Williams Nwaneri	6-7 265lbs 4.88	DE/ED	265lbs	6-7	4.88	41	254.5	83.3 MORE>>	Nwaneri is a developmental swing on rare tools, a former five-star with 79-inch length who led Nebraska in sacks as a redshirt freshman...

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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.