2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 37-48

LAST UPDATED: 08/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
37	DE/ED LJ McCray	6-6 268lbs 4.86	DE/ED	268lbs	6-6	4.86	39	233	77.7 MORE>>	McCray is a traits-and-medical evaluation, a former five-star with 78-inch length whose 2025 was wiped out by foot surgery that held him to...
38	DT Stephiylan Green	6-4 290lbs 4.90	DT	290lbs	6-4	4.90	25	121.3	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...
39	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 325lbs 4.90	DL	325lbs	6-5	4.90	40	242	76.9 MORE>>	Oatis has the frame teams dream on, a 325-pound interior body with the length to two-gap and absorb blocks, and when he reaches the ball he...
40	DE/ED Jaleel Johnson	6-4 265lbs 4.69	DE/ED	265lbs	6-4	4.69	41	243	76.9 MORE>>	Johnson is a quick-twitch edge whose 2025 ended after four games, leaving a small but intriguing sample built on speed off the snap and...
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...
42	DL Mario Landino	6-4 275lbs 4.90	DL	275lbs	6-4	4.90	42	253	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...
43	DE/ED Braylan Shelby	6-5 265lbs 4.65	DE/ED	265lbs	6-5	4.65	43	257	76.4 MORE>>	Shelby is a speed-based edge who wins the corner with a quick first step, and he turned that burst into thirty pressures and five sacks as...
44	DE/ED Tunmise Adeleye	6-4 275lbs 4.75	DE/ED	275lbs	6-4	4.75	44	261	76.1 MORE>>	Adeleye finally put it together at his fifth FBS stop, turning in his best season for UNLV with thirty-six pressures and twenty-nine 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...
46	DL Daevin Hobbs	6-4 290lbs 4.80	DL	290lbs	6-4	4.80	46	275	74.8 MORE>>	Hobbs arrived as a five-star and still carries the frame and quickness that earned the ranking, a developmental interior bet whose tools...
47	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	47	277	74.7 MORE>>	Collins started every game inside for Oregon State and gave the front durable snaps, a compact interior player who wins with quickness off...
48	DE Kelby Collins	6-4 275lbs 4.76	DE	275lbs	6-4	4.76	48	280	74.3 MORE>>	Collins is a stout, run-first rotational end whose best work comes against the run, a 275-pound player with good timed speed for the...

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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.