Marquise Lightfoot 2027 NFL Draft profile
Marquise Lightfoot is 16th on our 2027 NFL Draft big board and 4th among edge rushers. Our latest mock sends him to the Rams with the 14th pick. He 5 sacks and 19 tackles for Miami this season.
Marquise Lightfoot
- Position
- Edge rusher (listed DL)
- School
- Miami (ACC)
- Class
- Junior
- Size
- 6' 5", 230 lbs
- Status
- Draft-eligible if he declares
- Our grade
- 86.7, 16th overall, 4th edge rusher
Why the Rams at 14th
The Rams need an edge rusher: the defense has 8 sacks in 5 games, 26th of 32. He is the 4th edge rusher on our board, and the next edge rusher on our board is Myles Bradley of Bowling Green, 1.4 points back; the better grade left, Nicholas Rodriguez (linebacker, Missouri), fills a smaller need here. At 6' 5", 230 lbs, the junior (draft-eligible if he declares) rushes the passer on every down from his first game.
2026 season at Miami
- Tackles
- 19
- Sacks
- 5
- INT
- 0
Stats are the games played, from ESPN's box scores. They update with each Tuesday edition.
Board trend
First edition on our board: October 17, 2026. The trend fills in from next Tuesday.
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Edge rushers around him on the board
The nearest edge rushers by grade. The full NFL Draft edge rusher rankings order the whole position.
- 2Langston HardyWake Forest90.8
- 3Tobi OsunsanmiIndiana88.4
- 5Myles BradleyBowling Green85.3
- 6Ibrahim DiawaraCoastal Carolina84.2
Common questions
Where does Marquise Lightfoot go in the 2027 NFL mock draft?
Marquise Lightfoot is 14th pick to the Rams in our latest mock. The Rams need an edge rusher: the defense has 8 sacks in 5 games, 26th of 32. He is the 4th edge rusher on our board, and the next edge rusher on our board is Myles Bradley of Bowling Green, 1.4 points back; the better grade left, Nicholas Rodriguez (linebacker, Missouri), fills a smaller need here. At 6' 5", 230 lbs, the junior (draft-eligible if he declares) rushes the passer on every down from his first game.
Is Marquise Lightfoot eligible for the 2027 NFL Draft?
He is a junior, so he is draft-eligible if he declares for the 2027 draft.
By the Parlae deskProspect data updated Oct 17, 2026 at 11:20 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number