2026 NFL Draft - Defensive End Report


The aim of this page is to give context as to who are the top paid players at this position in the league now and who are the top prospects at this position for the current Draft Class.

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Current Class (Top-50):

Name Our Rank
David Bailey, DE, Texas Tech 3
Rueben Bain Jr., DE, Miami 5
Keldric Faulk, DE, Auburn 10
Zion Young, DE, Missouri 17
Damon Wilson II, DE, Missouri 17
R. Mason Thomas, DE/OLB, Oklahoma 22
Cashius Howell, DE, Texas A&M 27
Akheem Mesidor, DE, Miami 32
Gabe Jacas, DE, Illinois 42
Dani Dennis-Sutton, DE, Penn State 52
T.J. Parker, DE, Clemson 56
Keyron Crawford, DE, Auburn 74
Derrick Moore, DE, Michigan 79
Romello Height, DE, Texas Tech 90
Ethan Burke, DE, Texas 241
Ashton Gillotte, DE, Louisville 242
Fadil Diggs, DE, Syracuse 243
Sean Martin, DE, West Virginia 245
Jimari Butler, DE/OLB, Nebraska 250
Tyreak Sapp, DE, Florida 251
Mateo Uiagalelei, DE, Oregon 256
Patrick Payton, DE, LSU 298
Mikail Kamara, DE, Indiana 299
Kenyatta Jackson, DE, Ohio State 350
T.J. Guy, DE, Michigan 351
Max Llewellyn, DE, Iowa 352
Anthony Lucas, DE, USC 353
Mason Reiger, DE, Wisconsin 354
Caden Curry, DE, Ohio State 355
Matayo Uiagalelei, DE, Oregon 384
Beau Atkinson, DE, Ohio State 385
Joshua Burnham, DE, Notre Dame 386
Anto Sake, DE, Northwestern 405
Vincent Anthony, DE, Duke 406
Rylan Kennedy, DE, Texas A&M 407
Anto Saka, DE, Northwestern 411
Joshua Josephs, DE, Tennessee 412
Jack Pyburn, DE, LSU 460
Cian Slone, DE, N.C. State 461
Logan Fano, DE, Utah 462

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Defensive End - Top Paid NFL Players:

Name Base Salary