2027 NFL Draft offensive line rankings: Top 10 before 2026 college football season

The 2026 college football season is upon us, with Week 0 kicking off Saturday. For pro football fans, that means getting our next looks at the prospects who will enter the 2027 NFL Draft. You know about Arch Manning and the quarterbacks, Jeremiah Smith and the wide receivers, and maybe even Colin Simmons and the pass rushers. However, there will be just as many (if not more) offensive linemen in Round 1 as any of these other positions, so let’s look at the top-10 2027 NFL Draft offensive line rankings as it stands right now.

1. OT Trevor Goosby, Texas

Longhorns left tackle Trevor Goosby looks like an NFL bookend at 6-foot-7, 312 pounds. He considered coming out in 2026, but decided to go back for another year to protect Arch Manning’s blindside. Scouts will love that, as the biggest knock on him last draft was that he was inecpereinced as a starter. And despite that, he would have been a first-round pick anyway.

Goosby should be the first tackle off the board and a likely top-10, if not top-five, pick, depending on how many elite quarterbacks come out in the 2027 NFL Draft.

2. OT Jordan Seaton, LSU

Jordan Seaton is making a jump in competition this season, moving from Colorado in the Big 12 to LSU in the SEC. The 6-foot-5, 311-pound Seaton has been a top tackle since high school. He was a five-star recruit, a two-year starter for Deion Sanders, and now a highly-regarded transfer to one of the best teams in college football this season.

Right now, it does seem like Seaton is slightly behind Goosby for the No. 1 offensive lineman in the 2027 NFL Draft, but a dominant season for the Bayou Bengals, and there’s a real chance he vaults ahead of the Texas LT.

3. OT Cayden Green, Missouri

Gossby and Seaton are NFL-ready left tackles, so they should come off the board first. After that, we get into the college/pro G/T tweeners, who aren’t quite as valuable, but can still become NFL stars. Whether these players stay at left tackle, flip to the right side, or move inside to guard, they can be key players on winning teams.

Cayden Green has played guard and tackle in college, and that versatility alone is valuable. His best fit may be inside in the NFL, but he’s an incredible pass blocker, an emerging run blocker at 6-foot-5, 324 pounds, and will be a Week 1 starter on someone’s offensive line in 2027.

4. OT Niki Prongos, Stanford

Stanford tackle Niki Prongos was a basketball player in high school who started playing football in his senior year. But his 6-foot-7, 311-pound frame and basketball athleticism have NFL scouts drooling. It would be nice if he showed a little more polish in this upcoming college football season, but even if he doesn’t, his size and skill will remind people of 2026 21st overall pick Max Iheanachor.

5.  OT Trevor Lauk, Iowa

Trevor Lauck is 6-foot-5, 310 pounds, and compares favorably to NFL starters like Grey Zabel and Graham Barton. Like those two players, he will also slide inside to guard in the pros, but having that tackle background can help a team construct an offensive line and deal with injury situations as they come up throughout the season.

It would be nice if Lauck got a little stronger this season, but either way, he should be a mid-first-round pick in 2027. And there is a chance he could be as high as the third offensive tackle off the board. That said, he could also slip to six or seven, depending on how the next opponent looks.

6. OT Carter Smith, Indiana

Indiana’s Carter Smith has a championship pedigree now and will have another valuable year of experience after flirting with the 2026 NFL Draft. He does have the dreaded short arms label, so the combine will be crucial. But Smith is obviously an NFL-caliber lineman, so no matter how his arms measure, a team should take him with the right plan and watch him make Pro Bowls.

7. C Kade Pieper, Iowa

Is Kade Pieper a guard or is he a center? He’s shown he can be a standout right guard, but most Hawkeyes observers thought he would replace Logan Jones this year. That may not be the case, though, as the Iowa line is not quite set ahead of their opener.

No matter where Pieper ends up, he will be an All-American and a likely late first-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. That said, he will have a little more positional value if he can play center or guard at the next level. If he loses the center battle at Iowa this season, he may “just” be a guard.

8. OG Greg Johnson, Minnesota

At 6-foot-6, 330 pounds, Greg Johnson has played tackle and guard for the Golden Gophers, and looks like a perfect big guard in the league. Johnson can even play center in a pinch, which gives him even more value. He may not quite fit into the first round of the 2027 NFL Draft, but right now, he should be a high second-rounder at worst.

9.  OT P.J. Williams, SMU

P.J. Williams may not be as exciting as some of the other players on this 2027 NFL Draft offensive line rankings list, but he is just incredibly experienced and solid. He started his college career as a defensive lineman, but morphed into a longtime starter and captain on the line. His best position is at right tackle, so for a team that needs an RT and doesn’t want to gamble on an LT making the switch, Williams could be a perfect fit.

10. OT Lance Heard, Kentucky

This LSU transfer is 6-foot-6, 330 pounds, and can move like a man much smaller. Lance Heard doesn’t have a ton of experience, but he has all the tools and traits to become an NFL LT. This year will be big for him, as he stays in the SEC but moves to Kentucky, where he will be the man at left tackle instead of the guy forced out of position by Seaton.

Heard is just too big, strong, and fluid to pass up, but to stay at No. 10 or even move up this season, he needs to play well.