2024 NFL Draft Edge Defender Rankings
Jon Ledyard ranks and tiers his top edge defender prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft.
I completed scouting assessments of 12 edge defenders in the 2024 NFL Draft class. I took a peak at Colorado State’s Mo Kamara and the Murphy brothers from UCLA, but I didn’t have time to get to full evaluations on those guys. Here are my rankings and grades for the players I did full scouts on.
Round 1 - Elite Starters
1. Laiatu Latu, UCLA
Round 2 - Good Starters
2. Dallas Turner, Alabama
3. Jared Verse, Florida State
Round 3 - Solid Starters/High End Rotation Players
4. Chop Robinson, Penn State
5. Chris Braswell, Alabama
6. Xavier Thomas, Clemson
Late Round 3 - Good Rotation Players
7. Darius Robinson, Missouri
8. Marshawn Kneeland, Western Michigan
Round 4 - Depth/Role Players
9. Bralen Trice, Washington
10. Jonah Elliss, Utah
11. Austin Booker, Kansas
12. Adisa Isaac, Penn State
For my scouting thoughts and full evaluations on these players, check out these episodes of the Audibles & Analytics podcast with Ollie Connolly: