Defensive line DL
Sacks + TFLs + Senior Bowl. Athletic testing weighted higher for IDL than EDGE.
Likeliest career, by the outcome model.
How many defensive linemen land in each career bucket as the model's single most likely finish. This is a different question from the board grades below — a prospect can be a Day 3 grade and still have “starter” as his likeliest outcome. The tails (elite, bust) are where the model separates; the middle two buckets sit close to a coin flip.
The board.
All 7 defensive linemen with a draftable grade on Draftanomics's 2025 board, tier by tier.
The top shelf is bare: no defensive lineman in the 2025 class earns a blue-chip grade.
Only Mykel Williams carries a first-round grade at defensive lineman — the Georgia product projects No. 31 overall. Mind the gap after Williams: Jordan Phillips is next, and he is 92 picks away. One split worth knowing: consensus puts Mykel Williams at No. 19, 12 spots above our call.
Nobody here. The class simply skips the Day 2 tier at defensive lineman.
This is where the class lives: 6 defensive linemans carry a Day 3 grade, with Jordan Phillips out of Maryland at the front of the line at No. 123 overall. One caution flag: the bust model — a group it reads well at defensive lineman — puts Tim Smith at 55 percent.