2027 NFL Draft Linebacker Rankings - 13-24

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
12	LB Ben Roberts	6-3 235lbs 4.60	LB	235lbs	6-3	4.60	13	77	85.6 MORE>>	Roberts is a stout, instinctive off-ball linebacker who anchors the run and takes the ball away, a coverage ballhawk who picked off four...
11	LB/ED Teitum Tuioti	6-3 263lbs 4.70	LB/ED	263lbs	6-3	4.70	10	69.9	85.9 MORE>>	Tuioti is a heavy, powerful edge at 263 pounds who wins with strength and holds up against the run, breaking out for eleven sacks and...
9	LB/ED Clev Lubin	6-3 250lbs 4.65	LB/ED	250lbs	6-3	4.65	7	51.5	86.7 MORE>>	Lubin is a productive, well-rounded edge whose pass rush sat near the ceiling of the position, and the box score backed it: sixty-four...
5	LB Chris Cole	6-3 235lbs 4.55	LB	235lbs	6-3	4.55	4	30.9	87.1 MORE>>	Cole is a coverage-first hybrid linebacker whose coverage is among the best at the position, a former five-star with rare speed who carries...
4	LB/ED Yhonzae Pierre	6-3 248lbs 4.60	LB/ED	248lbs	6-3	4.60	3	19.7	87.4 MORE>>	Pierre is a high-motor rusher with a quick get-off who turned a productive breakout into nine sacks and strip-sacks, and he sets a firm...
3	LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa	6-3 230lbs 4.65	LB	230lbs	6-3	4.65	5	36.1	87.5 MORE>>	Viliamu-Asa is a do-everything off-ball linebacker whose run defense sits at the very top of the position, a downhill force who also lines...
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...
39	LB Keon Wylie	6-2 225lbs 4.70	LB	225lbs	6-2	4.70	30	321	74.0 MORE>>	Wylie is a rotational off-ball linebacker whose run defense gives him a role on early downs, a flexible piece who can drop or rush and...
34	LB Austin Romaine	6-2 245lbs 4.75	LB	245lbs	6-2	4.75	28	239	76.7 MORE>>	Romaine is a downhill thumper whose stout against the run, a productive two-time all-conference linebacker who piled up forty-one stops and...
30	LB Matt Rose	6-2 230lbs 4.78	LB	230lbs	6-2	4.78	24	181	80.0 MORE>>	Rose is the kind of linebacker who makes a defense function, a sharp, well-prepared tackler who finished second in the ACC in stops last...
29	LB E.J. Lightsey	6-2 230lbs 4.65	LB	230lbs	6-2	4.65	23	178.5	80.1 MORE>>	Lightsey has taken the long road to a starting job, from a redshirt and a lost season at Georgia to a touchdown-scoring reserve and finally...
28	LB Payton Pierce	6-2 223lbs 4.58	LB	223lbs	6-2	4.58	34	412	80.2 MORE>>	Pierce is a clean, instinctive off-ball linebacker whose sets a firm edge against the run, a downhill trigger who finishes tackles reliably...

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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.