Offensive Guard Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

36 guards ranked

GUARD RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

This is the weakest guard class we have graded. The first guard on our 2027 board falls further down it than in any of the previous six years, and none reaches the top thirty-two.

That is a comment on the ceiling rather than on the players. Miami's Samson Okunlola, a five-star who waited three seasons for a role, allowed four pressures all year across a sixteen-game College Football Playoff run and finished it without conceding a pressure in the wins over Ohio State and Ole Miss. Ohio State's Luke Montgomery started fourteen games at left guard for second-team All-Big Ten honours and drew two penalties across 837 snaps. Iowa's Kade Pieper walked into the right guard job and finished his first season of starts as a first-team All-American on the Joe Moore Award-winning line.

All three project as dependable starters. What this class does not have is a guard anyone will spend an early pick on.

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

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#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
9	OG Wilkin Formby	6-7 320lbs 5.20	OG	320lbs	6-7	5.20	45	258	78.0 MORE>>	Formby has been one of the steadiest pass protectors on the Texas A&M line. He has a clean slate on sacks this season, kept Kentucky quiet...
11	OG Joe Brunner	6-7 320lbs 5.22	OG	320lbs	6-7	5.22	52	295.5	76.0 MORE>>	Brunner is a smart, steady guard who has started for three seasons in the Big Ten. He moves his feet well, sets with good balance in pass...
19	OG Sullivan Absher	6-7 320lbs 5.26	OG	320lbs	6-7	5.26	78	403	72.2 MORE>>	The audition went well: handed the left guard job for Notre Dame's final five games, Absher allowed two pressures, zero sacks, and put a...
23	OG Marques Easley	6-6 320lbs 5.26	OG	320lbs	6-6	5.26	75	381	67.8 MORE>>	Easley is a big, young guard who has earned a starting job at Purdue after a difficult start to his college career. Purdue sees him as an...
2	OG Anthonie Knapp	6-5 305lbs 5.30	OG	305lbs	6-5	5.30	11	63.9	84.8 MORE>>	Knapp is a smart, consistent blocker who has started since his first college season. He protected the blind side for two seasons at left...
4	OG Luke Montgomery	6-5 313lbs 5.30	OG	313lbs	6-5	5.30	20	94.6	84.6 MORE>>	Montgomery is a steady, disciplined left guard who has been a fixture on Ohio State's line for two seasons. He started all 14 games in 2025...
8	OG Malachi Breland	6-5 334lbs 5.20	OG	334lbs	6-5	5.20	36	227	78.0 MORE>>	The protection numbers carry the file: one sack allowed across 482 pass-blocking snaps at left guard, 845 total snaps without missing a...
15	OG Noah Josey	6-5 315lbs 5.24	OG	315lbs	6-5	5.24	71	365.5	73.4 MORE>>	Josey is a smart, durable interior lineman with more experience than almost anyone in college football. In pass protection he is a...
22	OG Addison Nichols	6-5 320lbs 5.25	OG	320lbs	6-5	5.25	137	716	68.3 MORE>>	By the protection numbers alone he belongs rounds higher: zero sacks, six pressures and zero penalties across 875 snaps at right guard,...
26	OG Gabe Vansickle	6-5 320lbs 5.13	OG	320lbs	6-5	5.13	112	591	65.7 MORE>>	VanSickle is an athletic, versatile lineman who earned a spot in Ohio State's lineup this fall. He moves very well for a big man and has...
31	OG Max Anderson	6-5 311lbs 5.17	OG	311lbs	6-5	5.17	99	516.5	63.8 MORE>>	Anderson is an athletic lineman who was a top interior recruit and has worked at guard and tackle. He held up in limited snaps at Tennessee...
34	OG Alex Birchmeier	6-5 300lbs 5.20	OG	300lbs	6-5	5.20	141	729.5	60.6 MORE>>	The recruiting file and the game file have never met. Birchmeier arrived at Penn State as a top-100 recruit and the second-ranked interior...

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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.