2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: EDGE

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: EDGE

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

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
ED1	5	Will Anderson Jr.	Alabama	Von Miller	6036	253	—	0978	3378	8100
ED2	7	Tyree Wilson	Texas Tech	Chandler Jones	6061	271	—	0958	3558	8448
ED3	11	Lukas Van Ness	Iowa	Trey Hendrickson	6046	272	9.39	1100	3400	8168
ED4	18	Myles Murphy	Clemson	Rashan Gary	6045	268	9.71	0848	3368	8118
ED5	20	Nolan Smith	Georgia	Haason Reddick	6021	238	9.23	0900	3258	8100
ED6	28	Keion White	Georgia Tech	Carlos Dunlap	6050	285	9.92	1018	3400	7968
ED7	32	Will McDonald IV	Iowa State	Julian Peterson	6035	239	9.67	0948	3478	8228
ED8	40	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	Kansas State	Harold Landry	6031	255	8.73	0958	3348	8048
ED9	57	Isaiah Foskey	Notre Dame	Marcus Davenport	6047	264	9.61	0978	3400	8128
ED10	58	Derick Hall	Auburn	Sam Williams	6026	254	9.4	1000	3448	8258
ED11	61	Isaiah McGuire	Missouri	Chris Kelsay	6043	268	9.53	0858	3378	8200
ED12	63	BJ Ojulari	LSU	Azeez Ojulari	6021	248	4.9	1048	3428	8178
ED13	72	Zach Harrison	Ohio State	Clelin Ferrell	6054	274	8.72	1000	3628	8548
ED14	81	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	Cameron Thomas	6032	266	—	1018	3228	7778
ED15	97	YaYa Diaby	Louisville	Boye Mafe	6032	263	9.86	1038	3378	8048
ED16	110	Byron Young	Tennessee	Ben Banogu	6022	250	9.23	0928	3248	7918
ED17	123	Mike Morris	Michigan	John Cominsky	6052	275	4.78	1000	3348	8178
ED18	130	Tavius Robinson	Mississippi	Peppi Zellner	6060	257	8.77	0958	3368	7928
ED19	138	KJ Henry	Clemson	Kemoko Turay	6041	251	8.39	1000	3300	7900
ED20	151	DJ Johnson	Oregon	James Smith-Williams	6041	260	8.4	0900	3328	8018
ED21	162	Lonnie Phelps	Kansas	Malcolm Koonce	6023	244	8.45	928	3238	7538
ED22	180	Nick Hampton	Appalachian St.	Samson Ebukam	6022	236	9.74	0948	3358	8058
ED23	197	Andre Carter II	Army	Elerson Smith	6065	256	6.3	0938	3338	8100
ED24	210	Viliami Fehoko	San Jose State	Jalyn Holmes	6035	276	5.36	0900	3300	7768
ED25	216	Tyler Lacy	Oklahoma State	Jeremiah Ledbetter	6043	279	7.39	1078	3328	7838
ED26	225	Ochaun Mathis	Nebraska	Aaron Lynch	6046	250	8.32	1068	3528	8338
ED27	231	Ali Gaye	LSU	Taco Charlton	6055	263	—	0948	3428	8018
ED28	242	Dylan Horton	TCU	Charles Omenihu	6036	257	7	0948	3318	7848
ED29	247	Jose Ramirez	Eastern Michigan	Uchenna Nwosu	6017	242	8.11	0868	3268	7858
ED30	259	Thomas Incoom	Central Michigan	Dorance Armstrong	6022	262	8.54	0868	3328	7878
ED31	269	BJ Thompson	Stephen F Austin	Arden Key	6056	243	9.04	1018	3458	8200
ED32	285	Robert Beal Jr.	Georgia	Jordan Willis	6036	247	7.43	1018	3458	8228
ED33	289	Eku Leota	Auburn	DeAngelo Malone	6030	252	—	0948	3348	7968
ED34	302	Habakkuk Baldonado	Pittsburgh	Oshane Ximines	6036	251	8.13	1048	3300	7938
ED35	311	Brenton Cox Jr.	Florida	Eli Harold	6036	250	6.33	0928	3318	8068
ED36	315	Andre Jones	Louisiana	Tashawn Bower	6044	248	—	1000	3428	8128
ED37	324	Tyrus Wheat	Mississippi St.	Ronnie Perkins	6022	263	7.18	0900	3278	7848
ED38	337	Caleb Murphy	Ferris State	Tyreke Smith	6030	254	5.07	1028	3268	7928
ED39	344	Durell Nchami	Maryland	Dawuane Smoot	6040	258	—	968	3448	8028
ED40	356	Junior Aho	SMU	Henry Melton	6022	260	9.37	900	3378	7978
ED41	360	Spencer Waege	North Dakota St.	Chris Wormley	6046	295	9.58	1000	3238	7938
ED42	366	Thomas Rush	Minnesota	Jackson Jeffcoat	6031	251	9.07	948	3128	7678
ED43	378	Truman Jones	Harvard	Andre Mintze	6032	250	8.36	1028	3348	8138
ED44	387	Ikenna Enechukwu	Rice	Bryan Cox Jr.	6040	264	7.71	0958	3358	8148
ED45	396	Derek Parish	Houston	Leon Jacobs	6004	241	9.25	948	2928	7358
ED46	406	Titus Leo	Wagner	Tim Williams	6030	245	8.48	1018	3418	8158
ED47	414	Noah Taylor	North Carolina	Wyatt Ray	6036	238	—	0858	3258	7878
ED48	419	Durrell Johnson	Liberty	Joseph Ossai	6032	251	6.87	818	3378	8028
ED49	430	Garrett Nelson	Nebraska	Kenny Willekes	6032	248	7.07	958	3158	7868
ED50	436	Deslin Alexandre	Pitt	Karon Riley	6034	264	8.42	978	3348	8168
ED51	443	MJ Anderson	Iowa State	LJ Collier	6025	269	3.42	0928	3368	8200
ED52	457	Jeremiah Martin	Washington	Daeshon Hall	6033	265	6.59	958	3418	8328
ED53	466	Jalen Harris	Arizona	Gaines Adams	6043	257	8.66	1028	3418	8278
ED54	475	John Waggoner	Iowa	George Selvie	6050	259	5.02	848	3100	7458
ED55	486	George Tarlas	Boise State	Jeremy Mincey	6031	253	4.62	978	3218	7818
ED56	492	Jamal Hines	Toledo	Arthur Moats	6016	242	3.44	918	3328	8200
ED57	—	Mitchell Agude	Miami	Al-Quadin Muhammad	6037	242	7.09	1000	3400	8248
ED58	—	Brock Martin	Oklahoma State	Darius Hodge	6017	240	2.76	928	3300	7900
ED59	—	Travez Moore	Arizona State	Jeffrey Gunter	6027	253	7.61	1028	3378	8100
ED60	—	Keshawn Banks	San Diego St.	Kendall Coleman	6032	251	2.11	1028	3268	7828
ED61	—	DJ Coleman	Missouri	Ricky Elmore	6050	264	5.78	978	3418	8228
ED62	—	Brevin Allen	Campbell	Mike Love	6031	265	6.5	1018	3418	8238
ED63	—	Randy Charlton	Mississippi St.	LaDarius Hamilton	6027	265	2.54	978	3258	8038
ED64	—	Nick Tarburton	Penn State	Gimel President	6031	252	7.27	968	3238	7848
ED65	—	TyJuan Garbutt	Virginia Tech	Karon Riley	6015	268	5.82	1018	3328	7958
ED66	—	David Perales	Fresno State	Trent Harris	6022	248	3.44	928	3200	7868
ED67	—	Malcolm Lee	Kansas	De’Shaan Dixon	6042	250	7.8	1028	3258	7900
ED68	—	Reid Nickerson	Yale	Sione Teuhema	6033	237	5.43	900	3100	7600
ED69	—	Marcus Valdez	Boston College	Eddie Yarbrough	6000	259	6.76	1028	3168	7800
ED70	—	Braydon Deming	Illinois State	Josh Carraway	6031	245	5.62	948	3200	7638