2027 NFL Draft Defensive Back Rankings - 85-96

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Back

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
69	S Aaron Flowers	6-0 208lbs 4.46	S	208lbs	6-0	4.46	81	390.5	75.0 MORE>>	Flowers started all fifteen games as a redshirt freshman for Oregon, including both playoff games, an impressive workload for a young...
65	S Isaac Smith	6-0 220lbs 4.60	S	220lbs	6-0	4.60	58	277	77.0 MORE>>	Smith's film tells the story of a defender who belongs in the box but has just enough coverage skills to handle himself when...
50	CB Evan Johnson	6-0 185lbs 4.37	CB	185lbs	6-0	4.37	44	185.5	79.9 MORE>>	Johnson is a fast, ball-hawking corner who has turned himself from an unheralded recruit into one of BYU's most important defenders. His...
49	CB Khalil Barnes	6-0 200lbs 4.50	CB	200lbs	6-0	4.50	41	173.7	79.9 MORE>>	Barnes is a rangy safety with good timed speed and a leading man coverage, a defender who played box and deep alignments for Clemson and...
46	S Tao Johnson	6-0 194lbs 4.44	S	194lbs	6-0	4.44	55	241.5	80.9 MORE>>	Johnson is a fast, durable safety who logged 802 snaps as a full-season starter for Utah, pairing rare timed speed with holds up in man and...
45	S Robert Fitzgerald	6-0 210lbs 4.54	S	210lbs	6-0	4.54	121	582	81.0 MORE>>	A downhill, box-first safety at Northwestern, Fitzgerald built his tape on physical, reliable run defense, filling fast and racking up...
37	CB Christian Gray	6-0 196lbs 4.45	CB	196lbs	6-0	4.45	29	114.8	82.7 MORE>>	Gray is an experienced boundary corner with good timed speed and the length to contest at the catch point, and he flashed ball skills with...
35	CB OJ Frederique J...	6-0 185lbs 4.42	CB	185lbs	6-0	4.42	20	89.3	83.1 MORE>>	Frederique is a lean, fast boundary corner who earned freshman All-America honors with a low catch rate in 2024 before a quieter sophomore...
34	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...
33	S Terry Moore	6-0 200lbs 4.58	S	200lbs	6-0	4.58	48	198	83.3 MORE>>	Moore is an instinctive, ball-hawking safety whose 2024 season at Duke was one of the best in the ACC. He made 71 tackles, seven tackles...
28	S Earl Little Jr.	6-0 203lbs 4.44	S	203lbs	6-0	4.44	30	115	84.4 MORE>>	Little is a fast, versatile defensive back who broke out at Florida State and has become a starter at Ohio State. He has rare speed, and in...
21	S Peyton Bowen	6-0 200lbs 4.45	S	200lbs	6-0	4.45	24	98.8	84.6 MORE>>	Bowen is a fast, experienced safety who has become one of the playmakers on Oklahoma's defense. He has rare speed for the position, four...

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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.