2026 LB Prospects Rankings are updated by Shane P. Hallam as needed throughout the season and offseason. If you want more in depth reasoning for rankings, tweet him @ShanePHallam. See his 2024Â and 2025 Rankings as well for insight into those NFL Draft classes. Here are the 2026 LB Prospects
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2026 Rankings
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Rank Name School Years out of HS Height Weight
1
Anthony Hill
Texas
1
6-2
225
2
Jordan Hall
Michigan State
1
6-2
225
3
Raylen Wilson
Georgia
1
6-2
213
4
Taurean York
Texas A&M
1
6-0
220
5
CJ Allen
Georgia
1
6-1
217
6
Samuel Omosigho
Oklahoma
1
6-1
208
7
Troy Bowles
Georgia
1
6-1
205
8
Tony Rojas
Penn State
1
6-1
200
9
Whit Weeks
LSU
1
6-2
205
10
Drayk Bowen
Notre Dame
1
6-2
232
11
Grayson Howard
South Carolina
1
6-3
220
12
Tausili Akana
Texas
1
6-4
225
13
Tackett Curtis
Southern Cal
1
6-2
224
14
Lewis Carter
Oklahoma
1
6-0
205
15
Arion Carter
Tennessee
1
6-1
215
16
Jordan Bass
Pittsburgh
1
6-3
200
17
Jaiden Ausberry
Notre Dame
1
6-0
210
18
Malik Bryant
Miami (FL)
1
6-2
215
19
Arveil Reese
Ohio State
1
6-3
212
20
Kaveion Keys
Penn State
1
6-3
205
21
Raul Aguirre
Miami (FL)
1
6-2
220
22
Blake Nichelson
Florida State
1
6-3
200
23
Ben Kueter
Iowa
1
6-3
220
24
Semaj Bridgeman
Michigan
1
6-2
230
25
Jamal Anderson
Clemson
1
6-4
202
26
Jaden Robinson
Florida
1
6-1
222
27
Josiah Trotter
West Virginia
1
6-2
230
28
Grant Godfrey
Kentucky
1
6-3
215
29
S'Maje Burrell
Texas
1
6-0
215
30
Bobby Washington
Miami (FL)
1
6-3
215
31
Andrew Harris
UCF
1
6-1
200
32
Liona Legau
Texas
1
6-1
210
33
Jalen Smith
Tennessee
1
6-0
213
34
Michael Harris
Maryland
1
6-1
190
35
Christian Brathwaite
LSU
1
6-1
225
36
Nigel Glover
Northwestern
1
6-3
210
37
Phil Picciotti
Oklahoma
1
6-3
225
38
Tre Edwards
UCLA
1
6-1
220
39
Jayvant Brown
Kentucky
1
6-0
220
40
Asa Newsom
Kansas State
1
6-4
205
41
Leviticus Su'a
Arizona
1
6-1
225
42
Preston Zinter
Notre Dame
1
6-3
215
43
Braylan Lovelace
Pittsburgh
1
6-2
198
44
Jerry Mixon
Oregon
1
6-2
220
45
Dee Crayton
Clemson
1
6-2
215
46
Kelvon McBride
NC State
1
6-3
210
Davoun Fuse
Rutgers
1
6-4
190
Rank Name School Years out of HS Height Weight
Here at Draft Countdown, we look into the future of the NFL Draft to bring VERY early 2026 LB Prospects Rankings. We strive to bring you rankings on QB prospects, RB prospects, WR prospects, TE prospects, OT prospects, Guard prospects, Center prospects, EDGE and DE prospects, DL and DT prospects, LB prospects, CB prospects, Safety prospects, and more. As we dive deeper into the 2026 NFL Draft moving forward, look for a 2026 mock draft, 2026 scouting reports, and 2026 NFL Draft questions answered moving forward. As more players are added to the rankings and continuous play on the field, testing, Combine, Pro Day and other measurements are done to the 2026 NFL Draft class, more will change. Â