2027 NFL Draft Defensive Line Rankings - 97-101

LAST UPDATED: 11/02/2026

Player Rankings - Defensive Line

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
82	DE Enow Etta	6-5 328lbs 4.99	DE	328lbs	6-5	4.99	116	635	65.1 MORE>>	Etta is a huge, powerful tackle who has settled into a steady role in Michigan's rotation. He has made 12 stops against the run and...
30	DT Maraad Watson	6-3 333lbs 5.20	DT	333lbs	6-3	5.20	30	175.5	81.3 MORE>>	Watson began at Syracuse, where he earned freshman All-American notice, and spent 2025 as a rotational nose for Texas, bringing 313 pounds...
92	DL Jehiem Oatis	6-5 340lbs 4.90	DL	340lbs	6-5	4.90	134	757	62.5 MORE>>	Oatis is a massive two-gap nose with rare movement for his size and disruptive flashes dating to his Alabama days, reuniting with...
87	DL Nasir Johnson	6-5 340lbs 5.17	DL	340lbs	6-5	5.17	87	523	63.9 MORE>>	Johnson is an enormous tackle and former top-100 recruit who also started at guard in high school. His size is rare even for the...
28	DL Horace Lockett	6-6 355lbs 5.25	DL	355lbs	6-6	5.25	25	126.4	82.1 MORE>>	Lockett is one of the biggest human beings in college football, a 6-foot-6, 355-pound nose tackle with the strength to absorb double teams...

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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.