2027 NFL Draft Safety Rankings - 25-36

LAST UPDATED: 10/07/2026

Player Rankings - Safety

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
33	S Khalil Barnes	6-0 200lbs 4.50	S	200lbs	6-0	4.50	58	269.5	73.4 MORE>>	Barnes is a rangy safety with good timed speed and a leading man coverage, a defender who played box and deep alignments for Clemson and...
35	S Malik Hartford	6-3 200lbs 4.50	S	200lbs	6-3	4.50	73	552.5	71.3 MORE>>	Hartford is a long, developmental safety whose 2025 was almost entirely lost to injury, a top-70 recruit with 75-inch length and good timed...
3	S Jelani McDonald	6-2 199lbs 4.45	S	199lbs	6-2	4.45	12	61.7	86.5 MORE>>	McDonald is a downhill thumper with rare speed, a safety whose tackling was among the best in the class and whose sets a firm edge and...
37	S Rod Moore	6-0 198lbs 4.40	S	198lbs	6-0	4.40	60	286.5	65.2 MORE>>	Moore is a rare athlete and veteran presence whose evaluation rests on prior all-conference production and a brief 2025 return, a fast deep...
36	S Javien Toviano	6-1 197lbs 4.60	S	197lbs	6-1	4.60	75	567	67.1 MORE>>	Toviano is a developmental safety and former blue-chip recruit whose 2025 amounted to a fractured sixty-five snaps, a defender with the...
8	S Terry Moore	6-1 195lbs 4.58	S	195lbs	6-1	4.58	72	515	85.7 MORE>>	Moore is a ball-hawking safety whose evaluation rests on his 2024 tape, an instinctive defender who posted four interceptions, two forced...
2	S Tae Johnson	6-2 193lbs 4.50	S	193lbs	6-2	4.50	5	24.9	86.9 MORE>>	Johnson burst onto the scene as a true freshman, pairing ball-hawking instincts that produced four interceptions with the cleanest tackle...
16	S Earl Little Jr.	6-1 193lbs 4.44	S	193lbs	6-1	4.44	49	211.5	83.8 MORE>>	Little is a rangy, physical safety with real ball production, snaring four interceptions and forcing two fumbles as Florida State's...
23	S Tao Johnson	6-1 193lbs 4.44	S	193lbs	6-1	4.44	47	206	81.0 MORE>>	Johnson is a fast, durable safety who logged 802 snaps as a full-season starter for Utah, pairing rare timed speed with holds up in man and...
22	S Braden Awls	6-1 190lbs 4.55	S	190lbs	6-1	4.55	37	156.5	81.1 MORE>>	Awls was poised to be one of the breakout defenders of 2026 after following his former Toledo coaches to Iowa State, but a torn ACL in...
15	S Jackson Bennee	6-2 189lbs 4.52	S	189lbs	6-2	4.52	23	88.7	83.8 MORE>>	Bennee is a ball-hawking slot safety whose four interceptions, including a pick-six, headline a profile built on leading man coverage and...
21	S King Mack	5-10 187lbs 4.35	S	187lbs	5-10	4.35	71	492.5	81.3 MORE>>	Mack is a rangy free safety with rare timed speed, a defender who patrols the deep middle on a high zone coverage and reads and drives on...

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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.