NFL
2027 NFL Draft Board
A ranking of thirty-two prospects for the April 2027 draft by 2025 production against level of competition, class year and age, listed size, and the draft value of the position.
1 Dylan StewartSouth Carolina, edge rusher, junior6-foot-5, 250 pounds.
He was the nation’s top-ranked edge recruit in the 2024 class. As a true freshman he had 6.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss against Southeastern Conference tackles, third among every freshman in the country, and a preseason All-American selection followed before 2025. A back injury then cut into his sophomore season, 4.5 sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 11 games, and the same injury will keep him out of the 2026 opener. The frame has not changed, 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, and neither has the get-off that made him the top recruit at the position.
2 Jeremiah SmithOhio State, wide receiver, junior6-foot-3, 223 pounds.
More than 1,100 receiving yards for the second straight season after a 1,315-yard, 15-touchdown freshman year, with more than 2,500 yards and 27 touchdowns across his first two seasons.
3 Trevor GoosbyTexas, offensive tackle, senior6-foot-7, 325 pounds.
The starting left tackle for a Southeastern Conference program with the frame the league drafts in the top ten.
4 Julian SayinOhio State, quarterback, junior6-foot-1, 214 pounds.
3,610 yards, 32 touchdowns and a completion rate of 77 percent that led the nation, with a passer rating of 177.5, in his first season as a starter. Fourth in the Heisman vote. Fifth in Ohio State history for yards in a season and eighth for touchdowns, at 21.
5 Dante MooreOregon, quarterback, junior6-foot-3, 206 pounds.
3,565 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions on 71.8 percent completions, a College Football Playoff semifinal and the Orange Bowl’s offensive most valuable player, then a decision to return rather than enter the 2026 draft.
6 Colin SimmonsTexas, edge rusher, junior6-foot-3, 246 pounds.
Twelve sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss in 13 games, leading the Southeastern Conference in sacks as a sophomore, and 21 sacks across his first two seasons. His 12 sacks tie for the eighth-most in a Texas season since the school began counting them in 1975.
7 Arch ManningTexas, quarterback, junior6-foot-4, 222 pounds.
3,163 yards, 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions in his first full season as the starter, with 399 yards on the ground. The completion rate sat just over 60 percent.
8 Trinidad ChamblissOle Miss, quarterback, redshirt senior6-foot-1, 205 pounds.
Backup on Division II national championship teams in 2021 and 2022, then the winning starter himself in 2024: 51 total touchdowns, 2,925 passing yards and 1,019 rushing, and three touchdown passes plus two more on the ground in a 49-14 win over Valdosta State in the title game. He transferred to Ole Miss for 2025, did not take over the starting job until the fourth game, and still passed for 3,937 yards and 22 touchdowns against 3 interceptions, with 527 more yards on the ground, for the third-most total offense in a season in Ole Miss history. He will be 24 on draft day, five years and two schools after he arrived at Ferris State a zero-star recruit.
9 Leonard MooreNotre Dame, cornerback, junior6-foot-2, 197 pounds.
Five interceptions and seven pass breakups in 10 games as a true sophomore.
10 Kewan LacyOle Miss, running back, junior5-foot-11, 205 pounds.
1,567 rushing yards and 24 rushing touchdowns at 5.1 a carry in the Southeastern Conference, with 29 catches, as a true sophomore.
11 Sammy BrownClemson, linebacker, junior6-foot-2, 235 pounds.
All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a sophomore, with five sacks, one interception and a forced fumble from an off-ball linebacker spot.
12 David StoneOklahoma, defensive tackle, junior6-foot-3, 315 pounds.
The interior anchor of a Southeastern Conference defence at 20, a former top recruit whose disruption has outrun his box score.
13 KJ BoldenGeorgia, safety, junior6-foot, 195 pounds.
Two interceptions and five pass breakups in 2025, playing cornerback-level coverage from a safety’s position.
14 Ryan WingoTexas, wide receiver, junior6-foot-2, 214 pounds.
770 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore for a Southeastern Conference offence, with seven drops that are the one mark against him.
15 Ellis Robinson IVGeorgia, cornerback, junior6-foot, 180 pounds.
Four interceptions as a rotational corner who has not yet started a full season.
16 Ryan WilliamsAlabama, wide receiver, junior6-foot, 182 pounds.
865 yards and eight touchdowns as a 17-year-old freshman in the Southeastern Conference in 2024, then a second season as the first option for Alabama. Born February 9, 2007, he will be 20 on draft day with two SEC seasons already behind him.
17 Jadan BaughFlorida, running back, junior6-foot-1, 225 pounds.
1,170 rushing yards and eight touchdowns at 5.3 a carry, with 33 catches for 210 yards, as a true sophomore in the Southeastern Conference.
18 Drew MestemakerOklahoma State, quarterback, redshirt sophomore6-foot-3, 215 pounds.
4,379 passing yards as a sophomore, the most in the country and the most productive passer in the class by volume.
The 2025 season came at North Texas in the American Conference, where he was the conference’s offensive player of the year; he transferred to Oklahoma State for 2026.
19 Kelley JonesMississippi State, cornerback, junior6-foot-4, 195 pounds.
Eleven pass breakups and two interceptions, at 6-foot-4.
20 Carter SmithIndiana, offensive tackle, fifth-year senior6-foot-5, 313 pounds.
No sacks allowed across a full season protecting the quarterback taken first overall in April, on a team that won the national title. Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2025. Returned for a fifth season rather than enter the 2026 draft.
21 Jordan SeatonLSU, offensive tackle, junior6-foot-5, 307 pounds.
A two-year starter at left tackle for Colorado as a true freshman and sophomore, now protecting a Southeastern Conference quarterback at LSU.
22 Kyngstonn Viliamu-AsaNotre Dame, linebacker, junior6-foot-3, 234 pounds.
The centre of a playoff defence at 20, with the size and range the league now asks of the position and a fumble recovery, an interception and three sacks in 2025.
23 Ahmad HardyMissouri, running back, junior5-foot-10, 210 pounds.
More than 1,400 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns in his first Southeastern Conference season after transferring from Louisiana-Monroe, at 6.4 a carry. The third of three true-sophomore backs in the conference who each cleared 1,100 yards.
24 Will EcholesOle Miss, defensive tackle, junior6-foot-3, 315 pounds.
Five sacks and six batted passes from the interior as a sophomore.
25 Darian MensahMiami, quarterback, redshirt junior6-foot-3, 205 pounds.
3,973 passing yards on 67 percent completions with 34 touchdowns and six interceptions in his first Atlantic Coast Conference season at Duke, after transferring from Tulane. Both totals set Duke single-season records; he transferred again to Miami for 2026.
26 Zahir MathisMaryland, edge rusher, sophomore6-foot-6, 222 pounds.
Six sacks as a true freshman at 6-foot-6 and 222 pounds.
27 Justin ScottMiami, defensive tackle, junior6-foot-4, 303 pounds.
A former top interior recruit who started for a Miami defence that produced two first-round linemen in April.
28 Austin SiereveldOhio State, offensive line, senior6-foot-5, 325 pounds.
A starter at both guard and tackle for the national champions of 2024 and the 2025 playoff team, with the versatility the league drafts as insurance.
29 KJ DuffRutgers, wide receiver, junior6-foot-6, 225 pounds.
1,084 yards on 60 catches as a sophomore in the Big Ten, at 6-foot-6. Eighteen yards a catch from a receiver that size is a first-round profile whatever the school on the jersey.
30 Brauntae JohnsonNotre Dame, safety, junior6-foot-2, 200 pounds.
Four interceptions as a sophomore on the back end of a playoff defence.
31 Cam ColemanTexas, wide receiver, junior6-foot-3, 204 pounds.
Fifty-six catches for 708 yards in the Southeastern Conference as a sophomore in an offence that gave him less than his talent warranted.
32 Trey’Dez GreenLSU, tight end, junior6-foot-7, 242 pounds.
Thirty-three catches for 433 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 games as a sophomore, a Louisiana State single-season record for touchdown catches by a tight end. He enters the season on the John Mackey Award watch list after a preseason All-American selection.
Outside the first round
The quarterbacks are CJ Carr of Notre Dame, CJ Bailey of North Carolina State and Demond Williams Jr. of Washington, each with a full season as a starter. The backs are Nate Frazier of Georgia and Caleb Hawkins of North Texas. The receivers are Mario Craver of Texas A&M and Nick Marsh of Michigan State. The linemen are Anthonie Knapp of Notre Dame and Evan Tengesdahl of Cincinnati. The linebackers are Whit Weeks of LSU and Arion Carter of Tennessee, both seniors, and Chris Cole of Georgia, who had four sacks from an off-ball spot as a sophomore. The defensive backs are Jackson Bennee of Utah, who had four interceptions, Ricardo Jones of Clemson, who had five, Koi Perich of Minnesota and Xavier Lucas of Miami.
How the board works
Eligible players entered college in 2024 or earlier, so the pool is the 2026 juniors and seniors, and the seasons below are 2025. The board is set in September 2026, two weeks into the season.
Production is read against who it came against: a Southeastern Conference sack total and a Group of Five passing total are weighed differently. Class and age matter because a sophomore who produced is younger than a senior who produced the same. Height and weight are ESPN’s listed figures. Position value decides the close calls: a quarterback, a tackle, an edge rusher and a cover corner are drafted above equally good players at other spots because they are, and because the contracts that follow say the same.