NFL Draft Odds DL: Latu, Verse, Turner Headline Light Class

Written By Road to CFB | Last Updated at April 25, 2024

Last year's edge class is tough to follow up. While there's no top-three prospect like Will Anderson, this year's defensive line class offers value deeper down the list. UCLA's Laiatu Latu, Florida State's Jared Verse, and Alabama's Dallas Turner lead the class of edge rushers. Two Texas products – T'Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy – quite literally anchor a strong interior defensive line group. Below, we'll look at NFL Draft odds for defensive linemen, including edge rushers and interior players.

NFL draft odds: First DL drafted

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Teams picking early in the first round in need of defensive line help include:

Bears (No. 1, 9)
Commanders (No. 2)
Cardinals (No. 4, 27)
Falcons (No. 8)
Vikings (No. 11)
Broncos (No. 12)
Saints (No. 14)
Rams (No. 19)
Dolphins (No. 21)
Texans (No. 23)
Buccaneers (No. 26)

How to bet on first DL drafted

One of the most common NFL Draft prop wagers are those that involve betting on which player will be the first drafted at each position. To find these wagers in an online sportsbook, click the NFL tab to navigate toward the 2024 Draft section. Once there, click on “First Pick by Position” to view the odds.

NFL Draft: 2024 DL Prospects

Prospects below are taken from Dane Brugler's Top 50 prospects list.

Dallas Turner, EDGE, Alabama
Byron Murphy, DL, Texas
Jared Verse, EDGE, Florida State
Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA
Chop Robinson, EDGE, Penn State
Darius Robinson, EDGE, Missouri
T'Vondre Sweat, DL, Texas

NFL Draft DL History

Here is a list of the first DL taken in each NFL Draft going back to 2010.

Year	Team	Player	College	Pick (No. overall)
2024	Indianapolis	Laiatu Latu	UCLA	15
2023	Houston	Will Anderson	Alabama	3
2022	Jacksonville	Travon Walker	Georgia	1
2021	Miami	Jaelen Phillips	Miami	18
2020	Washington	Chase Young	Ohio State	2
2019	San Francisco	Nick Bosa	Ohio State	2
2018	Denver	Bradley Chubb	NC State	5
2017	Cleveland	Myles Garrett	Texas A&M	1
2016	San Diego	Joey Bosa	Ohio State	6
2015	NY Jets	Leonard Williams	USC	3
2014	Houson	Jadeveon Clowney	South Carolina	1
2013	Miami	Dion Jordan	Oregon	3
2012	Kansas City	Dontari Poe	Memphis	11
2011	Buffalo	Marcell Dareus	Alabama	3
2010	Detroit	Ndamukong Suh	Nebraska	2

NFL Draft odds, strategy and trends

Last year's defensive line class was one of the strongest in recent draft cycles. That's naturally followed up with a weaker top class, although interior defensive line run deep this year. Two pass rushers have been taken first overall since 2014: Myles Garett (2017, Browns) and Jadaveon Clowney (2014, Texans). In three of the last four drafts, pass rushers went top three just behind quarterbacks (Nick Bosa, Chase Young, Will Anderson).

With all three teams at the top of the draft in serious need of pass rushers, there's no reason to think at least two won't come off the board in the top three picks.