2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 10/07/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
25	DL Sahir West	6-3 279lbs 4.80	DL	279lbs	6-3	4.80	24	158	82.1 MORE>>	West is the rare transfer who brought his coaching staff with him, and UCLA is getting the same disruptive, hard-working end who took over...
26	DL Kemari Copeland	6-2 290lbs 4.78	DL	290lbs	6-2	4.78	33	208	82.0 MORE>>	A compact, quick-twitch interior defender at Virginia Tech, Copeland wins with leverage, snap quickness and a nonstop motor rather than...
27	DE Mateen Ibirogba	6-3 296lbs 4.85	DE	296lbs	6-3	4.85	26	162.5	81.9 MORE>>	Ibirogba is a riser who reshaped his body from a 250-pound edge into a 296-pound interior rusher, and the move paid off with a strong pass...
28	DE/ED Melkart Abou Jaoude	6-5 260lbs 4.75	DE/ED	260lbs	6-5	4.75	25	158.3	81.8 MORE>>	Few players in college football have a better origin story than Abou Jaoude, a Lebanese-born wrestler whose highlight tape reached Delaware...
29	DE/ED Kameryn Crawford	6-5 265lbs 4.80	DE/ED	265lbs	6-5	4.80	40	244.5	81.6 MORE>>	Crawford is a balanced, dependable edge whose even, well-rounded game against run and pass makes him a useful three-down piece, and he...
30	DE/ED Solomon Tuliaupupu	6-3 247lbs 4.78	DE/ED	247lbs	6-3	4.78	29	187	81.3 MORE>>	Tuliaupupu is a story of perseverance, a former USC signee who lost roughly five seasons to injuries and resurfaced at Montana as an...
31	DL Horace Lockett	6-6 355lbs 5.25	DL	355lbs	6-6	5.25	37	224	81.0 MORE>>	Lockett is one of the biggest human beings in college football, a 6-foot-6, 355-pound nose tackle with the strength to absorb double teams...
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...
33	DL/ED AJ Green	6-6 250lbs 4.62	DL/ED	250lbs	6-6	4.62	35	213	80.6 MORE>>	Green is a pure pass-rush specialist who won as a rusher as well as anyone in this group, a long, bendy edge who wins the corner with speed...
34	DE/ED Da'Shawn Womack	6-5 260lbs 4.67	DE/ED	260lbs	6-5	4.67	49	460.5	80.5 MORE>>	Womack is a long, physically gifted edge with a five-star pedigree and SEC experience who lands at Auburn for 2026 as the projected leader...
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...
36	DL/ED Jalen Thompson	6-3 265lbs 4.78	DL/ED	265lbs	6-3	4.78	50	472.5	80.0 MORE>>	Thompson is an edge-setter first, an experienced starter whose stout against the run and whose value shows up holding the point and...

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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.