BEST RATED TACKLING EDGE RUSHERS 2027 NFL Draft

2027 BEST RATED TACKLING EDGE RUSHERS

The tackling grade for an edge rusher scores tackles made against tackles missed, with extra weight on stops behind the line. An edge who beats his blocker and then misses the back is a liability on early downs no matter how good the rush is. Joey Bosa (Ohio State) and Myles Garrett (Texas A&M) finished nearly everything they got to.

The table ranks this year’s draft-eligible edge rushers by tackling grade, alongside pass rush, run defense, coverage and overall rating.

2027 Edge Rushers ranked by TACKLING

RANK Player Pos Team TACKLING PASS RUSH RUN DEFENSE Rating
1

Jordan
Ross

DE
/ED
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
85 87 84
84.9
2

Bryce
Young

DL
/ED
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
85 69 77
78.5
3

Boubacar
Traore

DL
/ED
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
84 88 74
85.2
4

Anthony
Smith

DE
/ED
Minnesota   Mascot
Minnesota Mascot
84 73 78
84.7
5

Sahir
West

DL
/ED
UCLA   Mascot
UCLA Mascot
82 75 80
83.8
6

Anto
Saka

DE
/ED
Texas A&M   Mascot
Texas A&M Mascot
81 77 71
84.6
7

Rylan
Kennedy

DL
/ED
Florida State   Mascot
Florida State Mascot
80 71 64
74.0
8

Zina
Umeozulu

LB
/ED
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
79 65 73
70.0
9

Langston
Hardy

DL
/ED
Wake Forest   Mascot
Wake Forest Mascot
79 73 88
78.6
10

Quintavius
Johnson

LB
/ED
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
77 77 77
75.0
11

Qua
Russaw

LB
/ED
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
77 77 77
75.0
12

Matayo
Uiagalelei

DE
/ED
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
77 94 83
87.2
13

Colin
Simmons

LB
/ED
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
77 97 79
91.3
14

Jalen
Thompson

DL
/ED
Arizona State   Mascot
Arizona State Mascot
76 84 75
78.0
15

Elias
Rudolph

DL
/ED
UNLV   Mascot
UNLV Mascot
75 61 63
64.4
16

Trey
White

LB
/ED
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
75 70 69
73.2
17

Devan
Thompkins

DE
/ED
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
75 79 72
84.8
18

Kris
Jones

LB
/ED
Boston College   Mascot
Boston College Mascot
75 75 75
75.0
19

Michael
Kilbane

DL
/ED
Northwestern   Mascot
Northwestern Mascot
75 83 81
78.5
20

Noah
Carter

LB
/ED
Georgia Tech   Mascot
Georgia Tech Mascot
75 73 68
73.0