{"id":843416,"date":"2026-08-04T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843416\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:48:13","slug":"penei-sewell-cooper-dejean-named-to-nfl-top-100-check-out-the-updated-2026-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843416\/","title":{"rendered":"Penei Sewell, Cooper DeJean Named to NFL Top 100, Check Out the Updated 2026 Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean continued his ascent in the NFL Top 100.<\/p>\n

The third-year star moved up 22 spots to 38th. He’s the fourth Eagles player on the list.<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell is a Top 100 player for the third straight year but occupies his lowest position (No. 37) to date.<\/p>\n

Here’s the full ranking so far ahead of the 2026 season:<\/p>\n

100. New Orleans Saints DE Cameron Jordan<\/p>\n

99. Indianapolis Colts OG Quenton Nelson<\/p>\n

98. Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young<\/p>\n

97. Seattle Seahawks LB Ernest Jones IV<\/p>\n

96. New Orleans Saints RB Travis Etienne Jr.<\/p>\n

95. New York Jets LB Demario Davis<\/p>\n

94. Kansas City Chiefs C Creed Humphrey<\/p>\n

93. Cleveland Browns LB Carson Schwesinger<\/p>\n

92. Houston Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair<\/p>\n

91. Chicago Bears DE Montez Sweat<\/p>\n

90. Carolina Panthers DE Derrick Brown<\/p>\n

89. Los Angeles Rams RB Kyren Williams<\/p>\n

88. Detroit Lions LB Jack Campbell<\/p>\n

87. Carolina Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan<\/p>\n

86. Los Angeles Chargers LB Tuli Tuipulotu<\/p>\n

85. San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy<\/p>\n

84. Los Angeles Rams LB Byron Young<\/p>\n

83. Tennessee Titans DT Jeffery Simmons<\/p>\n

82. Pittsburgh Steelers CB Jalen Ramsey<\/p>\n

80. New England Patriots WR A.J. Brown<\/p>\n

79. Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce<\/p>\n

78. Arizona Cardinals LB Josh Sweat<\/p>\n

77. Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield<\/p>\n

76. Carolina Panthers CB Jaycee Horn<\/p>\n

75. Arizona Cardinals S Budda Baker<\/p>\n

74. Green Bay Packers RB Josh Jacobs<\/p>\n

73. Denver Broncos DE Zach Allen<\/p>\n

72. Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love<\/p>\n

71. Baltimore Ravens WR Zay Flowers<\/p>\n

70. Green Bay Packers S Xavier McKinney<\/p>\n

69. Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n

68. Denver Broncos WR Courtland Sutton<\/p>\n

67. Miami Dolphins LB Jordyn Brooks<\/p>\n

66. Atlanta Falcons WR Drake London<\/p>\n

65. Baltimore Ravens LB Roquan Smith<\/p>\n

64. New Orleans Saints WR Chris Olave<\/p>\n

63. Baltimore Ravens S Kyle Hamilton<\/p>\n

62. Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence<\/p>\n

61. New England Patriots S Kevin Byard<\/p>\n

60. Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers<\/p>\n

59. Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix<\/p>\n

58. Houston Texans WR Nico Collins<\/p>\n

57. Buffalo Bills OT Dion Dawkins<\/p>\n

56. Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts<\/p>\n

55. Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb<\/p>\n

54. San Francisco 49ers LB Fred Warner<\/p>\n

53. Los Angeles Rams WR Davante Adams<\/p>\n

52. Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT Tristan Wirfs<\/p>\n

51. Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams<\/p>\n

50. Los Angeles Chargers S Derwin James Jr.<\/p>\n

49. Chicago Bears G Joe Thuney<\/p>\n

48. Jacksonville Jaguars EDGE Josh Hines-Allen<\/p>\n

47. Philadelphia Eagles CB Quinyon Mitchell<\/p>\n

46. San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle<\/p>\n

45. Philadelphia Eagles LB Zack Baun<\/p>\n

44. Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow<\/p>\n

43. Kansas City Chiefs DT Chris Jones<\/p>\n

42. Denver Broncos OT Garett Bolles<\/p>\n

41. Pittsburgh Steelers LB T.J. Watt<\/p>\n

40. San Francisco 49ers OT Trent Williams<\/p>\n

39. Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert<\/p>\n

38. Philadelphia Eagles CB Cooper DeJean<\/p>\n

37. Detroit Lions OT Penei Sewell<\/p>\n

DeJean impressed as a rookie and steadily played his way into a starting role. He built on that success in 2025 and earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors.<\/p>\n

The former Iowa standout had 93 combined tackles, two interceptions and 16 pass breakups. According to Pro Football Reference<\/a>, opposing quarterbacks completed 60.5 percent of their throws and had a 75.4 passer rating when looking his way.<\/p>\n

The Eagles’ Super Bowl title defense came up well short as they lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card Round. The team went backward on both sides of the ball, though it remained a top-10 unit against the pass.<\/p>\n

Philly allowed the eighth-fewest yards (189.8) through the air and a paltry 14 touchdown passes. Even in what was a disappointing year collectively, DeJean made his presence felt.<\/p>\n

As a 2024 second-round pick, DeJean is only two years out from free agency. He’s trending toward becoming one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the league on his next contract.<\/p>\n

Sewell was a Pro Bowler for the fourth time and received All-Pro honors for the third successive year in 2025.<\/p>\n

His reputation might’ve taken a slight hit after the Lions finished 9-8 and missed the playoffs. <\/p>\n

The offense in particular didn’t click after John Morton took over for Ben Johnson as the coordinator. Detroit was a top-five squad in both yards and points but didn’t have the same explosiveness.<\/p>\n

For Sewell, his Top 100 standing is somewhat at odds with how others around the NFL view him. He was the No. 1 offensive tackle in the annual positional poll from ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“He’s still the most complete player at this stage \u2014 physical, powerful, smart,” one coach told Fowler.<\/p>\n

Sewell will play left tackle full time in 2026, having made his name on the right side to this point. It presents him with a great opportunity to cement himself as the premier blocker on the edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean continued his ascent in the NFL Top 100. The third-year star moved up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-843416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}