Offensive Guard Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

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GUARD RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

This is the weakest guard class we have graded. The first guard on our 2027 board falls further down it than in any of the previous six years, and none reaches the top thirty-two.

That is a comment on the ceiling rather than on the players. Miami's Samson Okunlola, a five-star who waited three seasons for a role, allowed four pressures all year across a sixteen-game College Football Playoff run and finished it without conceding a pressure in the wins over Ohio State and Ole Miss. Ohio State's Luke Montgomery started fourteen games at left guard for second-team All-Big Ten honours and drew two penalties across 837 snaps. Iowa's Kade Pieper walked into the right guard job and finished his first season of starts as a first-team All-American on the Joe Moore Award-winning line.

All three project as dependable starters. What this class does not have is a guard anyone will spend an early pick on.

LAST UPDATED: 09/28/2026

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#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
1	OG Kade Pieper	6-4 290lbs 5.20	OG	290lbs	6-4	5.20	6	38.5	86.5 MORE>>	Pieper is a converted tight end recruit whose run blocking ranked among the best of any interior lineman in the class, with a skill...
6	OG Shadre Hurst	6-2 295lbs 4.94	OG	295lbs	6-2	4.94	25	173	84.3 MORE>>	Hurst is a compact, athletic guard whose calling card is pass protection, a two-time All-AAC technician at Tulane who gave up just one sack...
3	OG Samson Okunlola	6-6 300lbs 5.10	OG	300lbs	6-6	5.10	14	77	85.5 MORE>>	Patience is the theme of this evaluation. Okunlola arrived in Coral Gables as one of the most decorated offensive line recruits in the...
8	OG Jake Guarnera	6-4 311lbs 5.30	OG	311lbs	6-4	5.30	28	201	79.9 MORE>>	Michigan's most reliable lineman by grade in his first starting season, Guarnera held right guard for twelve games, earned all-conference...
5	OG Luke Montgomery	6-5 312lbs 5.30	OG	312lbs	6-5	5.30	16	86.8	84.7 MORE>>	The regular season reads like a finished product: fourteen starts at left guard, second-team All-Big Ten from coaches and media alike, two...
14	OG Alex Birchmeier	6-5 313lbs 5.20	OG	313lbs	6-5	5.20	42	522	69.8 MORE>>	The recruiting file and the game file have never met. Birchmeier arrived at Penn State as a top-100 recruit and the second-ranked interior...
7	OG Coen Echols	6-4 315lbs 5.20	OG	315lbs	6-4	5.20	31	236	80.7 MORE>>	LSU handed a redshirt freshman seven SEC starts at left guard and he did not flinch: zero penalties on 637 snaps, respectable pass...
4	OG Evan Tengesdahl	6-3 320lbs 5.30	OG	320lbs	6-3	5.30	13	75.5	84.9 MORE>>	Cincinnati's development program built him quietly and unveiled him all at once: a three-star Dayton kid who redshirted, waited two years,...
10	OG Addison Nichols	6-5 320lbs 5.25	OG	320lbs	6-5	5.25	45	580.5	76.9 MORE>>	By the protection numbers alone he belongs rounds higher: zero sacks, six pressures and zero penalties across 875 snaps at right guard,...
13	OG Laurence Seymore	6-2 320lbs 5.40	OG	320lbs	6-2	5.40	47	678	70.6 MORE>>	The honors and the film tell slightly different stories, which is itself the story. Seymore earned FWAA second-team All-America at Western...
2	OG Greg Johnson	6-6 325lbs 5.25	OG	325lbs	6-6	5.25	5	35.9	85.9 MORE>>	Johnson is an old-school, position-flexible interior blocker who started across left guard, tackle and center for Minnesota, the tallest...
12	OG Sullivan Absher	6-8 328lbs 5.26	OG	328lbs	6-8	5.26	36	257	76.6 MORE>>	The audition went well: handed the left guard job for Notre Dame's final five games, Absher allowed two pressures, zero sacks, and put a...

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.