2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 37-48

LAST UPDATED: 10/14/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
50

DL
Mario
Landino

6-4 275lbs 4.90
DL
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
275lbs 6-4 4.90 46 310
76.4
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
Ole Miss   Mascot
Ole Miss Mascot
325lbs 6-5 4.90 42 283
76.9
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
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
290lbs 6-4 4.90 27 173.7
76.9
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
Colorado   Mascot
Colorado Mascot
260lbs 6-2 4.90 34 208.3
80.7
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
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
276lbs 6-6 4.90 13 63
84.5
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
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
305lbs 6-2 4.90 17 75
86.1
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
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
298lbs 6-4 4.90 4 28
87.2
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
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
310lbs 6-3 4.90 2 19.8
87.2
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...
21

DL
Tyrique
Tucker

6-0 307lbs 4.94
DL
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
307lbs 6-0 4.94 39 224.5
83.4
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...
23

DT
Jayden
Jackson

6-2 322lbs 4.95
DT
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
322lbs 6-2 4.95 23 126.5
83.1
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
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
325lbs 6-3 4.95 7 39.1
85.9
Moten brings 325 pounds and an interior rush that does not usually come in that package, built on quickness off the ball rather than mass,...
6

DL
A.J.
Holmes Jr.

6-3 300lbs 4.95
DL
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
300lbs 6-3 4.95 10 57.1
87.2
A disruptive interior anchor at Texas Tech, Holmes made his living as a run defender in the Red Raiders' front, filling gaps and resetting...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Line

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.
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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Defensive Line

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.