2026 NFL Draft Linebacker Rankings - 13-24

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
2	LB Arvell Reese	6-4 241lbs 4.46	LB	241lbs	6-4	4.46	1	3.9	89.0 MORE>>	Reese is a heat-seeking missile against the run with the kind of closing speed that makes offensive coordinators cringe when they see him...
56	LB Stefon Thompson	6-1 240lbs 4.73	LB	240lbs	6-1	4.73	94	586	63.6 MORE>>	Thompson has the fluid movement skills and speed to turn and run in coverage against tight ends. Possesses strong upper body to be...
50	LB Stephen Dix Jr.	6-1 240lbs 4.70	LB	240lbs	6-1	4.70	90	562.5	70.0 MORE>>	Work in progress as a pass rusher, with upfield burst and flexibility to dip and scrape. Looks the part. Good height and a thick, muscular...
26	LB Jack Kelly	6-2 240lbs 4.57	LB	240lbs	6-2	4.57	28	201.7	78.7 MORE>>	Kelly is a pass rusher first, second, and third. When he pins his ears back off the edge or shoots an interior gap on a designed blitz,...
12	LB/ED Jaishawn Barham	6-4 240lbs 4.64	LB/ED	240lbs	6-4	4.64	12	82.1	84.5 MORE>>	Run defense is the calling card here, full stop. The way Barham attacks down blocks, stacks offensive linemen at the point, and triggers...
30	LB Jaden Dugger	6-5 239lbs 4.61	LB	239lbs	6-5	4.61	42	315	77.0 MORE>>
9	OLB Jake Golday	6-4 239lbs 4.62	OLB	239lbs	6-4	4.62	8	56.4	84.9 MORE>>	With Golday, teams are buying the body, the speed, and the trajectory more than a finished product. The gap between his run defense and...
22	LB Jimmy Rolder	6-2 238lbs 4.68	LB	238lbs	6-2	4.68	27	198.2	80.1 MORE>>	What you're getting with Rolder is a linebacker who will absolutely thud you in the run game. I've watched plenty of off-ball...
5	LB Anthony Hill Jr.	6-2 238lbs 4.51	LB	238lbs	6-2	4.51	5	46.2	85.9 MORE>>	Watch Texas play and the first thing that jumps out is how fast Hill gets from Point A to Point B. This is a linebacker who plays like his...
8	LB Josiah Trotter	6-2 237lbs 4.61	LB	237lbs	6-2	4.61	9	60.2	85.0 MORE>>	Trotter plays with a physicality that shows up immediately on tape. He trusts his reads, triggers downhill without hesitation, and meets...
43	LB Wade Woodaz	6-3 236lbs 4.56	LB	236lbs	6-3	4.56	40	308.6	73.0 MORE>>
33	LB/ED Dasan McCullough	6-5 235lbs 4.59	LB/ED	235lbs	6-5	4.59	49	379.5	76.0 MORE>>	McCullough projects as a versatile linebacker with the potential to excel in a modern pro-defense. His combination of size, speed, and...

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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.