2027 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

Player Rankings - Safety

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
18	S Adon Shuler	6-0 205lbs 4.50	S	205lbs	6-0	4.50	31	119.8	83.2 MORE>>	Shuler is an experienced, instinctive safety who has been a leader in Notre Dame's secondary for three seasons. He started all 16 games in...
27	S Randon Fontenette	6-2 220lbs 4.50	S	220lbs	6-2	4.50	74	341.5	78.0 MORE>>	Fontenette is a 220-pound STAR defender listed at corner who plays more like a box safety or nickel linebacker, and his calling cards are...
40	S Derek Williams Jr....	6-2 199lbs 4.50	S	199lbs	6-2	4.50	126	609.5	68.3 MORE>>	Williams is a long, fast safety whose 2025 was a reduced post-injury return, a defender with 74-inch length and good timed speed who snared...
46	S Marquis Gallegos	6-0 195lbs 4.50	S	195lbs	6-0	4.50	107	497.5	64.5 MORE>>	Gallegos is an athletic safety who earned top defensive honors in Southern California's high school ranks. He has good speed and flashed...
49	S Malik Hartford	6-2 193lbs 4.50	S	193lbs	6-2	4.50	155	730.5	60.0 MORE>>	Hartford is a long, developmental safety whose 2025 was almost entirely lost to injury, a top-70 recruit with 75-inch length and good timed...
42	S Braylon Burnside	6-1 192lbs 4.49	S	192lbs	6-1	4.49	89	445	67.7 MORE>>	Burnside has found a home at Memphis after an unsettled start at Mississippi State. He is a smooth outside receiver with big-play ability,...
43	S Trajen Greco	6-0 196lbs 4.49	S	196lbs	6-0	4.49	91	448	67.6 MORE>>	Greco has seized a bigger role this season, becoming one of Missouri's top playmakers in the secondary. He reads the quarterback well and...
4	S Ty Benefield	6-3 208lbs 4.48	S	208lbs	6-3	4.48	9	54.4	84.9 MORE>>	Benefield is a rangy, productive safety who plays fast and takes the ball away. He made more than 100 tackles at Boise State in 2025, has...
11	S Corey Myrick	6-3 200lbs 4.48	S	200lbs	6-3	4.48	27	105	84.6 MORE>>	Myrick is a rangy, physical safety whose production has followed him to a third school. He has 69 tackles in eight games at Clemson, has...
22	S Dejuan Lane	6-2 215lbs 4.48	S	215lbs	6-2	4.48	46	191.5	79.9 MORE>>	Lane has given Tennessee exactly what it needed from the transfer portal, a rangy safety who takes the ball away. He covers ground from the...
32	S Zion Branch	6-2 210lbs 4.48	S	210lbs	6-2	4.48	77	356.5	74.0 MORE>>	Branch has the speed, length and pedigree that get a safety noticed. He covers ground well from the deep middle and showed he could hold up...
36	S Kobe Black	6-2 202lbs 4.47	S	202lbs	6-2	4.47	93	451	69.8 MORE>>	Black is a big, physical defensive back who has moved to safety this season. He has good size, played in big games as a freshman and made a...

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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.