2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: Defensive Linemen

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: Defensive Linemen

Here are Thor’s 2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings for each position.

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
DL1	4	Jalen Carter	Georgia	Ndamukong Suh	6031	314	—	1028	3348	8100
DL2	22	Calijah Kancey	Pittsburgh	John Randle	6005	281	9.6	0918	3058	—
DL3	29	Bryan Bresee	Clemson	Jerry Tillery	6055	298	9.61	1028	3248	7848
DL4	34	Adetomiwa Adebawore	Northwestern	Osa Odighizuwa	6015	282	9.72	1048	3378	8158
DL5	44	Mazi Smith	Michigan	B.J. Raji	6026	323	—	0968	3368	8078
DL6	52	Keeanu Benton	Wisconsin	Maliek Collins	6035	309	8.9	0968	3378	8048
DL7	69	Siaki Ika	Baylor	Damon Harrison	6032	335	2.76	1028	3238	7578
DL8	79	Zacch Pickens	South Carolina	Nick Fairley	6035	291	9.22	1038	3438	8158
DL9	95	Gervon Dexter Sr.	Florida	Montravius Adams	6055	318	9.53	948	3228	8078
DL10	119	Moro Ojomo	Texas	Amobi Okoye	6024	292	9.16	1038	3448	8338
DL11	125	Jerrod Clark	Coastal Carolina	John Jenkins	6032	334	5.26	0968	3368	8200
DL12	143	Karl Brooks	Bowling Green	Marlon Davidson	6033	296	5.87	918	3148	7728
DL13	150	Colby Wooden	Auburn	Christian Ballard	6042	273	9.25	1038	3368	8038
DL14	172	Byron Young	Alabama	Marvin Wilson	6033	294	9.23	1100	3438	8118
DL15	186	Cameron Young	Mississippi St.	Jay Bromley	6033	304	6.34	1000	3448	8200
DL16	199	Kobie Turner	Wake Forest	Justin Madubuike	6024	293	7.12	1028	3138	7668
DL17	221	Jaquelin Roy	LSU	Nick Eason	6026	305	3.73	1018	3268	7818
DL18	226	Brodric Martin	Western Kentucky	Al Woods	6046	330	2.15	918	3500	8328
DL19	239	Keondre Coburn	Texas	Tim Settle	6011	332	5.25	0918	3148	7658
DL20	250	Dante Stills	West Virginia	Darius Stills	6034	286	8.62	0958	3238	7800
DL21	262	Jalen Redmond	Oklahoma	Lamarr Houston	6023	291	7.86	1018	3258	7828
DL22	274	Desjuan Johnson	Toledo	Rakeem Nunez-Roches	6021	285	6.59	968	3168	7748
DL23	280	Nesta Jade Silvera	Arizona State	Rashard Lawrence	6014	304	6.54	0978	3278	7858
DL24	290	Scott Matlock	Boise State	Henry Mondeaux	6041	296	9.66	900	3268	7838
DL25	313	DJ Dale	Alabama	Deadrin Senat	6010	302	2.33	0968	3278	7858
DL26	329	Cory Durden	NC State	Shamar Stephen	6040	290	4.96	1018	3348	8218
DL27	342	PJ Mustipher	Penn State	Naquan Jones	6036	320	1.65	0900	3268	7938
DL28	352	Jacob Slade	Michigan State	Jonathan Bullard	6031	285	8.76	948	3238	8100
DL29	363	Jerron Cage	Ohio State	Matt Toeaina	6020	311	2.42	978	3278	7978
DL30	376	Devonnsha Maxwell	Chattanooga	Tom Johnson	6015	290	5	968	3318	7978
DL31	388	Jayson Ademilola	Notre Dame	Breeland Speaks	6031	280	7.51	1028	3368	8000
DL32	400	Bobo Woods	Illinois	Peria Jerry	6016	294	8.84	1018	3238	7858
DL33	420	LaTrell Bumphus	Tennessee	Michael Dogbe	6031	277	8.71	968	3348	7748
DL34	428	Taron Vincent	Ohio State	Marcus Fortson	6013	304	2.16	900	3228	7758
DL35	449	Calvin Avery	Illinois	Kyle Love	6014	345	3.14	1000	3248	8178
DL36	460	Robert Cooper	Florida State	Jerrell Powe	6015	309	—	1028	3128	7618
DL37	482	Jonah Tavai	San Diego St.	Mike Daniels	5101	283	4.95	900	2948	7278
DL38	493	Eli Huggins	Kansas State	Nick Hayden	6037	295	7.16	958	3178	7678
DL39	—	Jordon Riley	Oregon	Otito Ogbonnia	6053	338	2.82	1000	3338	8128
DL40	—	Chris Smith	Notre Dame	Tommy Togai	6012	302	8.46	978	3128	7628
DL41	—	Brandon Pili	USC	Johnny Jolly	6027	316	3.59	1048	3228	8068
DL42	—	Travis Bell	Kennesaw State	Khalil Davis	6000	310	8.26	1000	3258	7678
DL43	—	Jeffery Johnson	Oklahoma	Davon Godchaux	6020	312	0.25	948	3300	7948
DL44	—	Dom Peterson	Nevada	Jay Tufele	6000	300	3.89	858	2818	7428
DL45	—	Ami Finau	Maryland	LaBryan Ray	6017	283	4.47	938	3300	7668
DL46	—	Jaxon Player	Baylor	Keith Jackson	5114	285	6.18	938	3100	7618
DL47	—	Shakel Brown	Troy	Jullian Taylor	6032	295	9.46	958	3218	7828
DL48	—	Levi Bell	Texas State	O’Bryan Goodson	5114	262	9.54	948	3138	7528
DL49	—	Keenan Agnew	Southern Illinois	John McCargo	6002	295	7.66	1028	3228	7718
DL50	—	Caleb Sampson	Kansas	Demarcus Christmas	6031	306	4.21	1018	3218	7858
DL51	—	Caleb Thomas	UL Monroe	Al Lucas	6005	287	8.14	1018	3258	8018
DL52	—	D’Anthony Jones	Houston	Fred Washington	6003	276	4.54	958	3200	7848
DL53	—	Anthony Montalvo	UCF	Drake Nevis	6015	284	9.25	938	3318	7938
DL54	—	Jason Lewan	Illinois State	Sam Roberts	6062	293	8.55	1138	3300	8100
DL55	—	Caleb Sanders	South Dakota State	Tueni Lupeamanu	6003	287	8.91	878	3100	7618
DL56	—	Chibueze Onwuka	Boston College	Jerry Johnson	5111	286	5.57	968	3278	7928
DL57	—	Jabari Taylor	Cincinnati	Jacob Tuioti-Mariner	6006	278	5.22	928	3228	7728
DL58	—	Jacob Sykes	UCLA	Justin Foster	6026	282	9.06	1018	3268	7958
DL59	—	Terrance Lang	Colorado	Mike Ulufale	6040	282	5.2	938	3468	8268
DL60	—	Uche Ndukwe	Princeton	Keionta Davis	6033	279	6.16	968	3328	8048
DL61	—	Raymond Vohasek	North Carolina	Gabe Wright	6022	306	5.37	1038	3238	7668
DL62	—	KD Hill	Mississippi	Ralph Holley	6004	299	6.31	928	3128	7748
DL63	—	Ellison Hubbard	Sam Houston State	Carlos Wray	6007	286	6.86	958	3238	7648
DL64	—	Trey Botts	CSU Pueblo	Tracy Sprinkle	6024	284	7.63	918	3218	7800