BEST EDGE RUSHERS IN RUN DEFENSE 2027 NFL Draft

2027 Edge Rushers ranked by RUN DEFENSE

RANK Player Pos Team TACKLING PASS RUSH RUN DEFENSE Rating
41

Williams
Nwaneri

DE
/ED
Nebraska   Mascot
Nebraska Mascot
66 74 71
81.0
42

Trey
White

LB
/ED
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
82 70 71
73.2
43

Tunmise
Adeleye

DE
/ED
Syracuse   Mascot
Syracuse Mascot
68 77 70
62.5
44

Justin
Greene

DE
/ED
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
73 55 70
64.7
45

Wendell
Gregory

LB
/ED
Kansas State   Mascot
Kansas State Mascot
50 75 70
82.0
46

Kenyatta
Jackson Jr.

DE
/ED
Ohio State   Mascot
Ohio State Mascot
61 77 69
84.9
47

LJ
McCray

DE
/ED
Florida   Mascot
Florida Mascot
45 73 69
77.0
48

Desmond
Umeozulu

LB
/ED
Alabama   Mascot
Alabama Mascot
70 62 69
68.0
49

Adepoju
Adebawore

DL
/ED
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
74 73 69
79.9
50

Dakyus
Brinkley

DE
/ED
Kansas   Mascot
Kansas Mascot
67 69 68
68.6
51

Kamran
James

DE
/ED
Florida   Mascot
Florida Mascot
72 65 68
62.0
52

Jaleel
Johnson

DE
/ED
Oklahoma State   Mascot
Oklahoma State Mascot
69 82 68
67.5
53

Loghan
Thomas

DL
/ED
Notre Dame   Mascot
Notre Dame Mascot
64 62 68
65.1
54

Noah
Carter

LB
/ED
Georgia Tech   Mascot
Georgia Tech Mascot
75 73 68
73.0
55

Adam
Trick

LB
/ED
Texas Tech   Mascot
Texas Tech Mascot
42 67 66
83.3
56

Elias
Rudolph

DL
/ED
UNLV   Mascot
UNLV Mascot
76 60 65
64.4
57

Braylan
Shelby

DE
/ED
USC   Mascot
USC Mascot
66 61 65
62.4
58

Rylan
Kennedy

DL
/ED
Florida State   Mascot
Florida State Mascot
72 71 65
74.0
59

Benedict
Umeh

DL
/ED
Stanford   Mascot
Stanford Mascot
72 60 63
64.1
60

Solomon
Tuliaupupu

DE
/ED
Montana   Mascot
Montana Mascot
44 55 62
61.8