Defensive Line Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

49 defensive linemen ranked

DEFENSIVE LINE RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

The 2027 defensive line is led from the inside, which is unusual - only once before in the seven classes we have graded has an interior player topped this group, and three of this year's top five play inside.

Oklahoma's David Stone is the man at the top, a five-star who added eighteen pounds before his sophomore year and led the Sooners' interior in tackles. Oregon edge Matayo Uiagalelei follows with 52 pressures and six sacks across 726 snaps, a year after leading the Big Ten in sacks. Ole Miss's Will Echoles broke out as a sophomore with pressure production almost no interior lineman in the country matched across 765 snaps, and Miami's Justin Scott reached Bruce Feldman's Freaks List before playing a college snap.

The size of the group is normal - five inside our top thirty-two, as in every year since 2021 - but the shape of it is not.

LAST UPDATED: 08/30/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

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#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
36	DT Maraad Watson	6-3 313lbs 5.20	DT	313lbs	6-3	5.20	37	221	78.5 MORE>>	Watson began at Syracuse, where he earned freshman All-American notice, and spent 2025 as a rotational nose for Texas, bringing 313 pounds...
35	DT Elinneus Davis	6-2 315lbs 5.20	DT	315lbs	6-2	5.20	38	222	78.5 MORE>>	Davis started ten games inside for Washington and gave the front a steady early-down presence, the kind of run-down interior who does the...
32	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 305lbs 5.15	DT	305lbs	6-2	5.15	34	202	79.5 MORE>>	Fite is the kind of interior anchor a defense leans on for early-down snaps, a four-year Arizona State presence who played 587 reps across...
13	DT Bear Alexander	6-3 302lbs 5.10	DT	302lbs	6-3	5.10	14	68.5	84.8 MORE>>	Alexander has played more football at more places than almost anyone in this class, moving from Georgia to USC to a redshirt year and...
3	DT Will Echoles	6-3 310lbs 5.10	DT	310lbs	6-3	5.10	2	19.9	87.6 MORE>>	Echoles broke out as a sophomore and turned into one of the most productive interior players in the country, pairing stout, physical run...
45	DT D'Antre Robinson	6-4 315lbs 5.00	DT	315lbs	6-4	5.00	45	267	75.5 MORE>>	Robinson has bounced from Florida to North Carolina and on to a third program for the coming year, and his 2025 tape is the steadiest of...
41	DL Tavion Gadson	6-5 298lbs 5.00	DL	298lbs	6-5	5.00	21	108.5	76.4 MORE>>	Gadson came back from a major knee reconstruction and played at a high level, posting the best pass rush and the cleanest tackle finish in...
30	DE/ED Kam Franklin	6-5 275lbs 5.00	DE/ED	275lbs	6-5	5.00	33	197	79.9 MORE>>	Franklin is a high-volume, high-effort edge who produced at a rare rate of usage, with thirty-eight run stops and forty-eight pressures...
20	DT Jayden Jackson	6-2 322lbs 4.95	DT	322lbs	6-2	4.95	19	105.3	83.0 MORE>>	Jackson flashed first as a freshman All-American and built on it in 2025, giving Oklahoma a quick-twitch interior presence who plays bigger...
15	DL Ahmad Moten Sr.	6-3 325lbs 4.95	DL	325lbs	6-3	4.95	9	45	84.2 MORE>>	Moten brings 325 pounds and an interior pass rush that does not usually come in that package, leading his own profile with a pass rush...
4	DL A.J. Holmes Jr.	6-3 300lbs 4.95	DL	300lbs	6-3	4.95	6	42	87.2 MORE>>	A disruptive interior anchor at Texas Tech, Holmes made his living as a run defender in the Red Raiders' front, filling gaps and resetting...
18	DL Tyrique Tucker	6-0 307lbs 4.94	DL	307lbs	6-0	4.94	24	120	83.4 MORE>>	A stout interior run defender at Indiana, Tucker anchored the middle of the Hoosiers' front in the Big Ten and did his best work stacking...

We've compared players post combine 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.

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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.