{"id":838576,"date":"2026-03-28T07:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838576\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:04:26","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-edge-prospect-says-he-met-with-rams-twice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/838576\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft edge prospect says he met with Rams twice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 11:48 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> might be looking at adding to their pass rushing group in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wisconsin edge rusher Darryl Peterson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/draft\/onsi\/player-profiles\/darryl-peterson-s-surge-could-change-his-entire-nfl-draft-fate\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated&#8217;s Justin Melo<\/a> that the Rams were one of the teams he&#8217;s already met with ahead of April&#8217;s draft, both in-person the day before his pro day and also virtually. Now, meeting with Peterson doesn&#8217;t necessarily indicate the Rams will take him at some point in the draft, but there is seemingly interest from L.A. in the edge rusher. <a href=\"http:\/\/theramswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/rams\/2026\/03\/27\/rams-2026-draft-meeting-tracker-prospects\/89334782007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Rams have met<\/a> with several other prospects as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Peterson capped off his five-year collegiate career with a career-high 6.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for a loss in 2025. He finished with 79 solo tackles, 24.5 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks and seven defended passes in 53 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He&#8217;s a bit undersized at 6-foot-1, 247 pounds, but the Rams have taken smaller edge rushers as recently as 2025 when they drafted 6-foot-1 and 251-pound Josaiah Stewart in the third round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Peterson would join a pretty crowded edge rusher group in L.A., though, between Jared Verse, Byron Young and Stewart already with entrenched roles. Young, though, will be looking for a new contract soon and Verse will be eligible for a new deal after the 2026 season. Perhaps the Rams are already thinking ahead if they have interest in Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774681466_777_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 11:48 a.m. PT The Los Angeles Rams might be looking at adding to their pass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[95878,7,6,15,95922,95923,95882,96335,97264,95924,95896,95888,95906,96716,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-838576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sstssportsnflrams","13":"tag-sstsnrams","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagbyron-young","16":"tag-tagjared-verse","17":"tag-taglos-angeles-rams","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagsports-illustrated","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116305531010645650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}