2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: Linebackers

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: Linebackers

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

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
LB1	36	Jack Campbell	Iowa	Leighton Vander Esch	6045	249	9.98	1028	3178	7828
LB2	41	Drew Sanders	Arkansas	Anthony Barr	6041	235	8.97	0968	3218	7658
LB3	60	Daiyan Henley	Washington State	Dre Greenlaw	6003	225	8.07	0948	3300	7768
LB4	62	Trenton Simpson	Clemson	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	6021	235	9.84	1028	3238	7748
LB5	76	Nick Herbig	Wisconsin	Joe Schobert	6021	240	7.75	0928	3128	7600
LB6	100	Dorian Williams	Tulane	Telvin Smith	6006	228	8.82	1028	3368	8068
LB7	107	Henry To’oTo’o	Alabama	Reuben Foster	6010	227	6.82	1028	3268	7738
LB8	115	Yasir Abdullah	Louisville	Josh Uche	6010	237	9.63	0928	3238	7918
LB9	127	Ivan Pace Jr.	Cincinnati	Denzel Perryman	5105	231	5.71	0948	3028	7200
LB10	136	DeMarvion Overshown	Texas	Divine Deablo	6026	229	8.18	0948	3228	7818
LB11	153	Noah Sewell	Oregon	Jasper Brinkley	6015	246	8.38	1000	3158	7638
LB12	159	SirVocea Dennis	Pittsburgh	Joel Iyiegbuniwe	6005	226	7.28	1058	3278	7878
LB13	169	Cam Jones	Indiana	Akeem Davis-Gaither	6011	226	5.6	0948	3128	7718
LB14	182	Owen Pappoe	Auburn	Christian Harris	6002	225	9.34	0918	3168	7800
LB15	189	Ventrell Miller	Florida	Shaquille Quarterman	5116	232	—	0918	3248	7878
LB16	196	Dee Winters	Texas Christian	Monty Rice	5110	227	5.72	0858	3158	7500
LB17	206	Jeremy Banks	Tennessee	Micah Kiser	6010	232	8.96	0948	3200	7728
LB18	211	Anfernee Orji	Vanderbilt	Sione Takitaki	6011	230	9.23	1028	3200	7818
LB19	214	Isaiah Land	Florida A&M	Chris Garrett	6035	236	8.6	0928	3248	7748
LB20	220	Charlie Thomas	Georgia Tech	Tony Fields	6026	216	8.21	0848	3148	7728
LB21	228	Aubrey Miller Jr.	Jackson State	Tyrel Dodson	5112	229	4.23	868	3100	7578
LB22	233	Mohamoud Diabate	Utah	Dorian O’Daniel	6034	225	9.11	968	3248	8000
LB23	243	Drake Thomas	NC State	Dominique Alexander	5112	223	6.3	938	2958	7228
LB24	249	Jalen Graham	Purdue	Xavier Adibi	6016	220	4.33	0978	3300	7868
LB25	258	Isaiah Moore	NC State	Kirk Morrison	6020	233	6.04	0918	3168	7600
LB26	273	Shaka Heyward	Duke	Zach Brown	6025	235	7.94	0948	3400	8078
LB27	286	Zeke Vandenburgh	Illinois State	Courtland Bullard	6036	234	8.72	968	3158	7700
LB28	298	Kyle Soelle	Arizona State	Joe Odom	6031	231	9.27	1018	3158	7478
LB29	310	Ben VanSumeren	Michigan State	Chazz Surratt	6020	231	9.65	928	3100	7648
LB30	322	Mikel Jones	Syracuse	Kendyll Pope	5115	229	1.51	1028	3248	7900
LB31	333	Micah Baskerville	LSU	Marcus Freeman	6005	221	1.57	0958	3128	7778
LB32	340	Bumper Pool	Arkansas	Bryce Hager	6021	235	—	968	3168	7628
LB33	348	Zaire Barnes	Western Michigan	Baylon Spector	6013	233	9.12	900	3200	7638
LB34	353	Michael Ayers	Ashland	Jake Hummel	6015	223	8.71	878	3268	7858
LB35	367	Troy Brown	Mississippi	Zakoby McClain	6006	223	7.44	968	3168	7568
LB36	372	Amari Burney	Florida	Christian Elliss	6017	230	9.19	958	3168	7700
LB37	379	Ryan Greenhagen	Fordham	Angelo Crowell	6011	242	7.58	868	3038	7500
LB38	391	Nick Anderson	Tulane	Quincy Williams	5093	230	7.4	858	3000	7400
LB39	411	Carlton Martial	Troy	Keith Adams	5075	213	1.52	900	3000	7248
LB40	423	Patrick O’Connell	Montana	Su’a Cravens	6011	227	8.07	948	3178	7778
LB41	446	Trevor Nowaske	Saginaw Valley State	Malik Jefferson	6024	237	9.86	1000	3028	7700
LB42	454	Austin Ajiake	UNLV	Jonathan Casillas	6014	223	7.83	918	3158	7658
LB43	461	Mariano Sori-Marin	Minnesota	Dannell Ellerbe	6020	236	7.32	948	3118	7618
LB44	468	Jimmy Phillips Jr.	SMU	Alfred Fincher	6012	232	3.44	928	3200	7900
LB45	477	Amir Siddiq	Charlotte	Genard Avery	6033	239	7.56	1028	3238	7928
LB46	483	Matthew Jester	Princeton	Andy Katzenmoyer	6031	252	9.32	938	3100	7568
LB47	491	Maalik Hall	SE Oklahoma State	Leon Joe	6004	235	8.89	968	3228	7758
LB48	500	Dillon Doyle	Baylor	Paddy Fisher	6030	238	—	938	3118	7400
LB49	—	Marvin Pierre	Kent State	Jon Alston	6014	222	9.08	948	3248	7938
LB50	—	Brandon Bouyer-Randle	UConn	Carter Coughlin	6024	238	9.09	1058	3400	8128
LB51	—	Merlin Robertson	Arizona St.	Markus Steele	6023	226	6.8	938	3148	7628
LB52	—	Jaylen Moody	Alabama	Rufus Alexander	6006	225	—	918	3000	7268
LB53	—	Dyontae Johnson	Toledo	Gerald Hodges	6021	235	4.3	1018	3268	7958
LB54	—	Tyler Murray	Memphis	Chris Board	6011	226	5.64	978	3178	7548
LB55	—	Cam Bright	Washington	Jatavis Brown	6000	228	8.41	958	3238	7638
LB56	—	Caleb Johnson	Miami	Jermaine Grace	5113	228	7.17	928	3158	7728
LB57	—	Jadrian Taylor	UTEP	Boomer Grigsby	5116	240	7.44	948	3338	7828
LB58	—	Seth Benson	Iowa	Jeff Allison	5117	231	3.3	938	3148	7548
LB59	—	Isaac Darkangelo	Illinois	Drew White	6003	227	7.16	948	3128	7578
LB60	—	Charlie Cleveland	Tiffin	Antwan Applewhite	6013	235	4.76	958	3158	7800
LB61	—	London Harris	Texas State	Kennan Gilchrist	6007	231	7.91	928	3328	7818
LB62	—	Nate Givhan	Toledo	Zach McCloud	6013	245	6.53	948	3358	8148
LB63	—	Johnny Buchanan	Delaware	Alfred Fincher	5107	228	7.3	900	3038	7478
LB64	—	Jordan Wright	Kentucky	Dominique Stevenson	6033	243	4.92	928	3338	8218
LB65	—	Kelle Sanders	UAB	Tyler Starr	6044	246	3.28	978	3338	8138
LB66	—	Ian Swenson	UConn	Cameron Judge	6011	217	8.73	948	3178	7700
LB67	—	Dwayne Boyles	USF	Boseko Lokombo	6020	227	7.33	878	3300	7938
LB68	—	Mike Jones Jr.	LSU	Keishawn Bierria	5114	227	4.98	1000	3200	7928
LB69	—	Elysee Mbem-Bosse	Davenport	Antico Dalton	6004	235	7.8	900	3128	7648
LB70	—	Guy Thomas	Colorado	Devonte Fields	6023	232	5.08	928	3328	8000