Linebacker Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

36 linebackers ranked

LINEBACKER RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

This is the deepest linebacker class we have graded. Five sit inside our top thirty-two, more than in any of the previous six years, and two are inside the top six.

Texas's Colin Simmons leads it after winning the SEC sack title with ten sacks and 59 pressures, having already become the first Longhorn to take national freshman of the year. Notre Dame's Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa is the off-ball counterweight, a Butkus Award finalist in high school who lined up in the slot and on the line as a chess piece before a season-ending knee injury in November. South Carolina's Dylan Stewart, the top-ranked edge recruit in his class, forced three fumbles and generated 37 pressures as a sophomore.

The two jobs sit side by side here and they are not interchangeable. Simmons and Stewart rush the passer off the edge; Viliamu-Asa is a true off-ball defender who covers, fills and lines up in the slot. The pass rushers carry the higher grades.

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
34	LB/ED Desmond Umeozulu	6-6 255lbs 4.90	LB/ED	255lbs	6-6	4.90	34	262	76.0 MORE>>	Umeozulu is a long, developmental edge whose 78-inch frame and four-star pedigree are the selling points after a quiet college career at...
32	LB/ED Elijah Rushing	6-6 275lbs 4.85	LB/ED	275lbs	6-6	4.85	32	258	76.2 MORE>>	Rushing is a traits-and-pedigree bet, a former five-star with a massive 275-pound frame and 78-inch length who has barely played behind...
13	LB/ED Princewill Umanmielen	6-5 245lbs 4.70	LB/ED	245lbs	6-5	4.70	12	58.7	85.0 MORE>>	Umanmielen broke out at Ole Miss with eleven sacks and fifty-one pressures, a long edge who uses 77-inch reach to stack tackles and convert...
3	LB/ED Dylan Stewart	6-5 245lbs 4.60	LB/ED	245lbs	6-5	4.60	1	4.9	87.7 MORE>>	Stewart is a long, explosive edge who broke out as a sophomore, pairing a strong pass rush with the kind of bend and length that make him a...
33	LB/ED Noah Carter	6-4 243lbs 4.62	LB/ED	243lbs	6-4	4.62	33	260	76.1 MORE>>	Carter is a developmental edge with a thin profile, a reserve who logged just 88 snaps behind Alabama's deep edge rotation but flashed good...
28	LB Christian Alliegro	6-4 245lbs 4.55	LB	245lbs	6-4	4.55	25	158	78.8 MORE>>	Alliegro is a fast, blitz-oriented linebacker whose pass rush from depth is the standout trait, a downhill closer who stoned Iowa for four...
15	LB/ED Adam Trick	6-4 242lbs 4.65	LB/ED	242lbs	6-4	4.65	15	72.5	84.9 MORE>>	Trick was the centerpiece of Miami of Ohio's defense, a high-volume edge who generated sixty-seven pressures and eight sacks across 671...
4	LB/ED Damon Wilson II	6-4 250lbs 4.58	LB/ED	250lbs	6-4	4.58	7	44.4	87.6 MORE>>	Wilson is an explosive speed rusher whose get-off is rare for the position, and his pass rush leads a profile built on bending the corner...
30	LB Cole Sullivan	6-3 230lbs 4.60	LB	230lbs	6-3	4.60	30	235	77.5 MORE>>	Sullivan is a ballhawk off-ball linebacker whose three interceptions and nose for the ball are the headline, a breakout sophomore who...
25	LB Jayden Virgin-Morga...	6-3 260lbs 4.60	LB	260lbs	6-3	4.60	26	161	81.3 MORE>>	A versatile, oversized edge-linebacker hybrid at Boise State, Virgin-Morgan offers a rare blend of size and movement, with the fluidity to...
24	LB/ED Wendell Gregory	6-3 255lbs 4.58	LB/ED	255lbs	6-3	4.58	24	157	81.6 MORE>>	Gregory is a developmental edge with rare get-off, a redshirt freshman whose pass rush leads a profile built on first-step speed and a...
11	LB Ben Roberts	6-3 235lbs 4.60	LB	235lbs	6-3	4.60	14	63.8	86.1 MORE>>	Roberts is a stout, instinctive off-ball linebacker who anchors the run and takes the ball away, a coverage ballhawk who picked off four...

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.