2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 61-72

LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
98

DL
David
Oke

6-2 298lbs 4.90
DL
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
298lbs 6-2 4.90 142 805.5
61.0
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...
92

DL
Jehiem
Oatis

6-5 340lbs 4.90
DL
Ole Miss   Mascot
Ole Miss Mascot
340lbs 6-5 4.90 134 757
62.5
Oatis is a massive two-gap nose with rare movement for his size and disruptive flashes dating to his Alabama days, reuniting with...
61

DL
Dallas
Afalava

6-2 295lbs 4.90
DL
Wake Forest   Mascot
Wake Forest Mascot
295lbs 6-2 4.90 52 307
74.5
Afalava is an active, disruptive interior rusher who has produced at two levels. He gets into the backfield often, with 25 pressures this...
52

DT
Stephiylan
Green

6-3 296lbs 4.90
DT
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
296lbs 6-3 4.90 56 316
77.0
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...
36

DL
Mario
Landino

6-4 290lbs 4.90
DL
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
290lbs 6-4 4.90 31 176.7
81.0
Landino was a disruptive interior presence on a College Football Playoff team, leaning on quickness and leverage to pile up seven sacks and...
16

DL/ED
Quincy
Rhodes Jr.

6-6 273lbs 4.90
DL/ED
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
273lbs 6-6 4.90 15 66
84.7
Rhodes is a long, productive edge who broke out in 2025 with the most tackles for loss by an Arkansas defender in a decade. He led the team...
10

DL
Xavier
Gilliam

6-2 305lbs 4.90
DL
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
305lbs 6-2 4.90 2 23.2
85.1
Gilliam has gone from a part-time reserve at Penn State to one of the most disruptive interior linemen in the SEC. His first step is the...
5

DT
Justin
Scott

6-4 303lbs 4.90
DT
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
303lbs 6-4 4.90 5 36.6
86.2
Scott came to Miami as one of the top defensive linemen in his class and looks the part of a movement three-technique, with a get-off that...
4

DT
David
Stone

6-3 312lbs 4.90
DT
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
312lbs 6-3 4.90 3 23.4
86.9
Stone is a former five-star interior lineman whose run defense is the calling card. He explodes off the snap with rare burst for his size,...
64

DL
DJ
Hicks

6-3 293lbs 4.93
DL
Texas A&M   Mascot
Texas A&M Mascot
293lbs 6-3 4.93 50 302
74.1
Hicks is a powerful, experienced interior lineman who has been part of the Texas A&M rotation for four seasons. He holds up against double...
91

DL
Dealyn
Evans

6-5 310lbs 4.94
DL
Mississippi State   Mascot
Mississippi State Mascot
310lbs 6-5 4.94 93 530.5
62.8
Evans is a big, disruptive interior lineman who has contributed as a pass rusher in Mississippi State's rotation. He has 11 pressures and a...
23

DL
Tyrique
Tucker

6-0 305lbs 4.94
DL
Indiana   Mascot
Indiana Mascot
305lbs 6-0 4.94 37 203
82.8
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...

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.