2027 NFL Draft Edge Rusher Rankings - 37-42

LAST UPDATED: 10/14/2026

Player Rankings - Edge Rusher

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
16	LB/ED Princewill Umanmielen	6-5 245lbs 4.70	LB/ED	245lbs	6-5	4.70	11	70.7	85.0 MORE>>	Umanmielen is a long, explosive edge with a quick get-off, real bend and a developing move arsenal, and he backed it up with eleven sacks...
19	DE/ED Dom Nichols	6-5 245lbs 4.82	DE/ED	245lbs	6-5	4.82	21	104.5	83.8 MORE>>	Nichols waited two years for his chance at Michigan, and he has made the most of it as a first-year starter. He gets off the ball quickly,...
40	LB/ED Noah Carter	6-4 243lbs 4.62	LB/ED	243lbs	6-4	4.62	32	355	76.1 MORE>>	Carter is a developmental edge with a thin profile, a reserve who logged just 88 snaps behind Alabama's deep edge rotation but flashed good...
18	LB/ED Adam Trick	6-4 242lbs 4.65	LB/ED	242lbs	6-4	4.65	17	112	84.5 MORE>>	Trick was the centerpiece of Miami of Ohio's defense, a high-volume edge who generated sixty-seven pressures and eight sacks across 671...
1	LB/ED Colin Simmons	6-3 240lbs 4.58	LB/ED	240lbs	6-3	4.58	2	4.8	91.1 MORE>>	Simmons is the cleanest edge evaluation in this class, a bend-and-burst rusher whose pass rush sat at the very top of the position and...
5	LB/ED Suntarine Perkins	6-1 210lbs 4.58	LB/ED	210lbs	6-1	4.58	12	75.6	87.1 MORE>>	Perkins is a do-everything chess piece, a 210-pound hybrid who lined up off the ball, in the slot, and on the edge, and whose coverage is...

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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.