Stephiylan Green, DL, LSU: 2027 NFL Draft Prospect Profile & Scouting Report
1. General Information
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Name |
Stephiylan Green |
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Position |
Defensive Lineman |
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Number |
90 |
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Class |
Redshirt Junior |
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School |
LSU |
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Height / Weight |
6’3″ / 296 lbs |
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Hometown / HS |
Rome, Ga. / Rome HS |
2. Career Statistical Breakdown
Defensive Performance & Pass Rush Production
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**Season** |
**Team** |
**G** |
**Tackles** |
**TFL** |
**Sacks** |
**PD** |
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2023 |
Clemson |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
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2024 |
Clemson |
12 |
16 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
1 |
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2025 |
Clemson |
10 |
18 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
1 |
|
**Total** |
24 |
34 |
5 |
3.5 |
2 |
3. NFL Combine Testing Projections
Projected metrics for the 2027 NFL Draft cycle based on historic high school background and verified interior linear closing burst.
- 40-Yard Dash: 4.92 – 5.04s
- Vertical Jump: 30.5″ – 32.5″
- Broad Jump: 9’0″ – 9’4″
- 20-Yard Shuttle: 4.48 – 4.60s
- 3-Cone Drill: 7.42 – 7.58s
4. Scouting & Transfer Notes
Background Profile
Green arrived in the college ranks as a highly celebrated consensus four-star prospect and top-100 national recruit by multiple services after a monster senior campaign at Rome High School in Georgia, where he racked up 25 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. Choosing Clemson over a massive national offer sheet, he redshirted during his true freshman season in 2023.
Green broke out as a redshirt freshman in 2024, seeing action in 12 games with 5 starts, logging 16 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and a sack, and earning Freshman All-American honors from The Athletic. He carried that momentum into his sophomore campaign in 2025, expanding his layout into 6 starts. He registered a career-best 6 tackles in the opener against LSU and added pivotal sacks against Syracuse and North Carolina.
Seeking to amplify his national profile inside a premier SEC trench network, Green entered the winter transfer portal and committed to Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers as a marquee defensive addition. He steps into the 2026 season as a true redshirt junior focal asset.
Key Strengths
- Explosive First-Step Linear Penetration: Features an exceptional, sudden initial get-off from the snap, allowing him to quickly vertical-set and shoot interior A and B gaps.
- Elite Power Five Production Foundation: Proven playmaker who acclimated to high-volume college environments instantly, generating 5.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks across his rotational assignments at Clemson.
- Heavy-Handed Block Disengagement: Weaponizes an excellent, compact lower base with active hands to quickly punch out extension blockers and keep his chest clean.
- Premium Lateral Disruption and Range: Displays great short-area agility and motor efficiency relative to size, tracking down inside-zone tracks cleanly out to the boundary.
Developmental Focus
As Green makes the physical transition to the grueling, down-by-down demands of the SEC, professional scouts will track his capacity to absorb heavy, high-mass double-teams and down-blocks on direct interior gap schemes. At 296 pounds, continuing to expand his lower-body anchor density will elevate his structural stability. Furthermore, continuing to diversify his secondary pass-rush counter mechanics when his initial primary speed-to-power bull rush track is stalled will lock in his grade as a dominant, three-down interior anchor.
Draft Countdown Film Notes
*pending*
All-Star Game Notes
*pending*
Combine/Pro Day Measurables
*pending*