2025 NFL Combine Insights: Grading Top Defensive Line Prospects and Highlights from On-Field Activities
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2025 NFL Combine Insights: Grading Top Defensive Line Prospects and Highlights from On-Field Activities

An overview of the standout performances and grading of top defensive line prospects from the NFL Combine 2025.

The week is complete for defensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine. While some of the top names opted to sit out, others, namely Derrick Harmon, used the moment to take advantage of his opportunity.

Here are some of the winners and losers from Thursday’s on-field drills in Indianapolis, starting with a look at the measurements of the prospects in CBS Sports’ top 50 consensus rankings.

Name Prospect Ranking Height Weight 40-Yard Dash 10-Yard Split Vertical Jump Broad Jump
Mason Graham (Michigan) 3rd 6-3 3/4" 296
Walter Nolen (Ole Miss) 17th 6-3 3/6" 296
Derrick Harmon (Oregon) 29th 6-4 4/8" 313 4.95 seconds 1.74 seconds
Kenneth Grant (Michigan) 30th 6-3 5/8" 331
Omar Norman-Lott (Tennessee) 40th 6-1 7/8" 291 31.5" 9-foot-4
Deone Walker (Kentucky) 43rd 6-7 3/8" 331 25" 8-foot-8
Darius Alexander (Toledo) 45th 6-3 7/8" 305 4.95 1.72 31.5" 9-foot-3
Tyleik Williams (Ohio State) 47th 6-2 7/8" 334
Aeneas Peebles (Virginia Tech) 50th 6-0 4/8" 282 4.94 1.74 32.5" 9-foot-1

Note: Mason Graham opted only to do the bench press in Indianapolis, while Walter Nolen chose not to participate in any on-field drills. Kenneth Grant was supposed to work out, but medical evaluations revealed a hamstring strain that kept him sidelined.

Grading the Top-Rated DL

Derrick Harmon, Oregon: A Harmon was consistently a top performer through the drills and also measured as one of the bigger bodies at the position. 

Other Winners

Omar Norman-Lott, Tennessee: B+

=== For complete performance reviews, see the full article on CBS Sports.

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