In a league where a premium is put on throwing the football, players who disrupt the passer are sought out in earnest. Whether it be in the draft, through free agency, or luring players out of retirement, edge rushers are premium for every defense in the NFL. If your team needs a player such as this, you’re in luck! The 2026 NFL Draft is packed with defenders who disrupt the action and terrorize opposing signal callers off the edge.

For now, I have draftable grades on 27 edge rushers; here’s the ranking and a write-up on the top eight.

Rueben Bain Jr./Miami: The stats are not eye-popping, as Bain posted just 7.5 TFLs and 4.5 sacks this season. Yet the newly minted ACC Defensive Player of the Year was a disruptive force who showed a lot of improvement in his game. Bain explodes off the s

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