2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 37-48

LAST UPDATED: 08/30/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
4

DL
A.J.
Holmes Jr.

6-3 300lbs 4.95
DL
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
300lbs 6-3 4.95 6 42
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...
3

DT
Will
Echoles

6-3 310lbs 5.10
DT
Ole Miss   Mascot
Ole Miss Mascot
310lbs 6-3 5.10 2 19.9
87.6
Echoles broke out as a sophomore and turned into one of the most productive interior players in the country, pairing stout, physical run...
1

DT
David
Stone

6-3 310lbs 4.90
DT
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
310lbs 6-3 4.90 1 13.5
88.2
Stone arrived in Norman as a five-star and spent 2025 proving the projection sound, leading the interior in tackles while working a...
49

DL
David
Oke

6-2 312lbs 4.90
DL
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
312lbs 6-2 4.90 49 330
67.2
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...
35

DT
Elinneus
Davis

6-2 315lbs 5.20
DT
Washington   Mascot
Washington Mascot
315lbs 6-2 5.20 38 222
78.5
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...
33

DE/ED
Amaris
Williams

6-2 260lbs 4.70
DE/ED
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
260lbs 6-2 4.70 35 204
79.5
Williams is a five-star athletic bet whose tools still outpace his tape, an edge with good timed speed and a quick first step who flashed...
32

DT
C.J.
Fite

6-2 305lbs 5.15
DT
Arizona State   Mascot
Arizona State Mascot
305lbs 6-2 5.15 34 202
79.5
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...
31

DL
Francis
Brewu

6-2 280lbs 4.85
DL
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
280lbs 6-2 4.85 23 119
79.5
Brewu is an ascending interior lineman who broke out as a sophomore, leading his own profile with a run defense built on quick hands and...
25

DL
Ezra
Christensen

6-2 260lbs 4.90
DL
Colorado   Mascot
Colorado Mascot
260lbs 6-2 4.90 22 116.5
80.7
Christensen put up loud numbers as an undersized interior disruptor, leaning on quickness and leverage to generate forty pressures, six...
22

DL
Kemari
Copeland

6-2 290lbs 4.78
DL
Virginia Tech   Mascot
Virginia Tech Mascot
290lbs 6-2 4.78 26 122.5
82.0
A compact, quick-twitch interior defender at Virginia Tech, Copeland wins with leverage, snap quickness and a nonstop motor rather than...
20

DT
Jayden
Jackson

6-2 322lbs 4.95
DT
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
322lbs 6-2 4.95 19 105.3
83.0
Jackson flashed first as a freshman All-American and built on it in 2025, giving Oklahoma a quick-twitch interior presence who plays bigger...
47

DL
Thomas
Collins

6-1 282lbs 4.85
DL
Oregon State   Mascot
Oregon State Mascot
282lbs 6-1 4.85 47 277
74.7
Collins started every game inside for Oregon State and gave the front durable snaps, a compact interior player who wins with quickness off...

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.
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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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.