2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 49-57

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
40	DE/ED Amaris Williams	6-2 260lbs 4.70	DE/ED	260lbs	6-2	4.70	45	307	79.5 MORE>>	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...
39	DT C.J. Fite	6-2 305lbs 5.15	DT	305lbs	6-2	5.15	36	213.5	79.5 MORE>>	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...
38	DL Francis Brewu	6-2 280lbs 4.85	DL	280lbs	6-2	4.85	28	176.7	79.5 MORE>>	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...
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...
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...
23	DT Jayden Jackson	6-2 322lbs 4.95	DT	322lbs	6-2	4.95	23	126.5	83.1 MORE>>	Jackson flashed first as a freshman All-American and built on it in 2025, giving Oklahoma a quick-twitch interior presence who plays bigger...
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...
55	DL Thomas Collins	6-1 282lbs 4.85	DL	282lbs	6-1	4.85	47	312	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...
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...

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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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.