2024 NFL Draft Prospects: Linebacker Rookie Rankings

Each year I put together my top 500 NFL Draft prospect rankings. You can use that as a way to follow how I value players selected throughout the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. I also break these into individual position rankings for the current rookie class. Let’s dive into my Linebacker positional rankings ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. And check out our expert consensus dynasty rookie draft rankings.

2024 NFL Draft Prospects Rankings: Linebacker

Rank	Pos	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS
43	LB1	Junior Colson	Michigan	Nick Bolton	6020	238	—
47	LB2	Edgerrin Cooper	Texas AM	Bobby Okereke	6020	230	9.13
63	LB3	Payton Wilson	North Carolina State	Leighton Vander Esch	6040	233	9.89
84	LB4	Cedric Gray	North Carolina	Dorian Williams	6014	234	7.26
92	LB5	Trevin Wallace	Kentucky	Kenneth Murray	6010	237	9.34
100	LB6	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	Clemson	Eric Kendricks	6003	230	—
104	LB7	Jordan Magee	Temple	Daiyan Henley	6010	228	9.6
127	LB8	Edefuan Ulofoshio	Washington	Jordan Hicks	6004	236	9.67
129	LB9	Nathaniel Watson	Mississippi State	Kirk Morrison	6020	233	5.03
146	LB10	Marist Liufau	Notre Dame	Jarrad Davis	6020	234	5.64
150	LB11	Tommy Eichenberg	Ohio State	Cody Barton	6025	235	7.88
167	LB12	Curtis Jacobs	Penn State	Jerome Baker	6010	241	8.47
169	LB13	Tyrice Knight	UTEP	Otaro Alaka	6004	233	7.41
179	LB14	Darius Muasau	UCLA	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	6000	225	5.73
198	LB15	Jaylan Ford	Texas	Micah McFadden	6023	239	8.3
209	LB16	Michael Barrett	Michigan	Dat Nguyen	5110	232	3.84
213	LB17	Ty’Ron Hopper	Missouri	Tyrel Dodson	6017	228	7.42
220	LB18	James Williams	Miami	Hamsah Nasirildeen	6043	231	7.42
225	LB19	JD Bertrand	Notre Dame	Eric Westmoreland	6007	235	—
235	LB20	Bo Richter	Air Force	Micah Kiser	6007	248	9.92
244	LB21	Dallas Gant	Toledo	Mohamoud Diabate	6024	228	6.36
255	LB22	Steele Chambers	Ohio State	Jermaine Carter Jr.	6007	229	4.63
266	LB23	Tatum Bethune	Florida State	Sean Spence	5113	227	4.1
276	LB24	Aaron Casey	Indiana	SirVocea Dennis	6011	230	4.32
286	LB25	Jamal Hill	Oregon	David Long	6000	216	7.36
288	LB26	Kalen DeLoach	Florida State	Dee Winters	5114	210	6.54
306	LB27	Amari Gainer	North Carolina	Carter Coughlin	6030	236	9.33
313	LB28	Jontrey Hunter	Georgia State	Dylan Moses	6022	234	2.6
323	LB29	Easton Gibbs	Wyoming	Justin Strnad	6004	232	5.26
337	LB30	Omar Speights	Louisiana State	Keyon Whiteside	6005	225	7.95
345	LB31	Maema Njongmeta	Wisconsin	Andre Smith	5116	228	1.13
356	LB32	Winston Reid	Weber State	Khaleke Hudson	5116	223	6.04
365	LB33	Jackson Sirmon	California	Jake Hansen	6022	232	7.46
373	LB34	Craig Young	Kansas	Milo Eifler	6030	226	7.04
378	LB35	Jason Johnson	Central Florida	Drake Thomas	6004	228	3.66
396	LB36	Joe Andreessen	Buffalo	Joe Odom	6004	240	9.36
406	LB37	Levelle Bailey	Fresno State	DaShon Polk	6015	227	3.27
417	LB38	Jackson Mitchell	Connecticut	Cam Jones	6013	225	3.65
434	LB39	Isaiah Stalbird	South Dakota State	Davion Taylor	5116	221	9.5
444	LB40	Brian Abraham	Albany	Jacob Phillips	6044	229	9.15
457	LB41	Luquay Washington	Central Connecticut	Olakunle Fatukasi	6006	232	7.27
462	LB42	Dubem Okonkwo	Pittsburg State	Ben Burr-Kirven	5117	230	9.02
471	LB43	Max Tooley	Brigham Young	Josh Kaddu	6021	229	6.3
483	LB44	Trezmen Marshall	Alabama	Mikel Jones	6004	225	2.68
—	LB45	Jett Johnson	Mississippi State	T.J. Slaughter	6016	240	1.53
—	LB46	Yvandy Rigby	Temple	—	6007	239	8.1
—	LB47	Jett Bush	Texas	—	6013	240	8.77
—	LB48	Swayze Bozeman	Southern Mississippi	—	6013	224	9.69
—	LB49	Will Perez	Princeton	—	6025	224	8.82
—	LB50	Jarrett Martin	Rhode Island	—	6014	210	9.15
—	LB51	Tarique Barnes	Illinois	—	6011	231	7.25
—	LB52	Andrew Parker Jr.	Appalachian State	—	5115	226	8.78
—	LB53	Carl Jones Jr.	UCLA	—	5116	219	6.7
—	LB54	Stephen Hillis	South Dakota	—	6004	236	8.96
—	LB55	Antonio Grier	Arkansas	—	5117	230	7.19
—	LB56	Jimmy Ciarlo	Army	—	6005	229	8.82
—	LB57	Keontra Smith	Miami	—	5111	213	7.51
—	LB58	Braelen Oliver	Georgia Tech	—	5115	227	6.48
—	LB59	Ralen Goforth	Washington	—	6012	227	7.81
—	LB60	AJ Vongphachanh	Brigham Young	—	6020	230	5.17
—	LB61	Logan Blake	Eastern Kentucky	—	6007	238	8.33
—	LB62	Andrew Chatfield Jr.	Oregon State	—	6017	250	5.62
—	LB63	Shane Lee	Southern California	—	6002	243	5.81
—	LB64	Lee Kpogba	West Virginia	—	6005	232	4.07
—	LB65	Joe Casale	Robert Morris	—	6030	227	8.68
—	LB66	Bryce Houston	Ohio	—	5112	240	4.39
—	LB67	Tre Thomas	Idaho	—	6003	209	7.09
—	LB68	Eli Neal	Marshall	—	5116	222	3.7
—	LB69	Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste	Mississippi	—	6014	231	5.16
—	LB70	Leo Lowin	Army	—	5116	228	5.94
—	LB71	C.J. Goetz	Wisconsin	—	6027	240	5.88
—	LB72	Bryce Gallagher	Northwestern	—	6022	235	6.52
—	LB73	Sean Rae Trotter	Japan	—	6020	230	—
—	LB74	Quae Drake	Jacksonville State	—	6010	219	5.13