2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 13-24

LAST UPDATED: 10/14/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
21	DL Tyrique Tucker	6-0 307lbs 4.94	DL	307lbs	6-0	4.94	39	224.5	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...
57	DL David Oke	6-2 312lbs 4.90	DL	312lbs	6-2	4.90	56	660	67.2 MORE>>	Oke arrived from Abilene Christian with real FCS production and a stout 312-pound frame built to two-gap, but a knee injury wiped out...
50	DL Mario Landino	6-4 275lbs 4.90	DL	275lbs	6-4	4.90	46	310	76.4 MORE>>	Landino was a disruptive interior presence on a College Football Playoff team, leaning on quickness and leverage to pile up seven sacks and...
47	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 325lbs 4.90	DL	325lbs	6-5	4.90	42	283	76.9 MORE>>	Oatis is a massive two-gap nose with rare movement for his size and disruptive flashes dating to his Alabama days, reuniting with...
46	DT Stephiylan Green	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DT	290lbs	6-4	4.90	27	173.7	76.9 MORE>>	Green is an undersized, twitchy three-technique whose calling card is the first step, a 290-pound interior man with rare get-off who wins...
32	DL Ezra Christensen	6-2 260lbs 4.90	DL	260lbs	6-2	4.90	34	208.3	80.7 MORE>>	Christensen is a disruptive interior rusher who led all FBS defensive linemen in quarterback hurries at New Mexico State, winning with a...
18	DL/ED Quincy Rhodes Jr.	6-6 276lbs 4.90	DL/ED	276lbs	6-6	4.90	13	63	84.5 MORE>>	Rhodes is a long, productive edge whose 78-inch frame is the swing trait, letting him keep tackles off his chest and convert reach into a...
13	DL Xavier Gilliam	6-2 305lbs 4.90	DL	305lbs	6-2	4.90	17	75	86.1 MORE>>	Gilliam was a little-used reserve at Penn State a year ago, and now he sits among the most disruptive interior linemen in the SEC. His...
5	DT Justin Scott	6-4 298lbs 4.90	DT	298lbs	6-4	4.90	4	28	87.2 MORE>>	Scott came to Miami as a five-star and looks the part of a movement three-technique, with a get-off that is unusual for a 298-pounder and...
3	DT David Stone	6-3 310lbs 4.90	DT	310lbs	6-3	4.90	2	19.8	87.2 MORE>>	Stone is a five-star interior lineman whose run-defense tape is the calling card: he fires off the snap with rare burst for the size, gets...
35	DL James Smith	6-3 297lbs 4.88	DL	297lbs	6-3	4.88	30	194	80.3 MORE>>	Smith arrived at Alabama as a five-star and still flashes the tools that earned the ranking, with a quick first step and good timed speed...
22	DE/ED Williams Nwaneri	6-7 265lbs 4.88	DE/ED	265lbs	6-7	4.88	41	254.5	83.3 MORE>>	Nwaneri is a developmental swing on rare tools, a former five-star with 79-inch length who led Nebraska in sacks as a redshirt freshman...

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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.