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LSU sophomore defensive end Arden Key was named to the Pro Football Focus early-season All-American team this week.
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Edge Defenders: Myles Garrett, Texas A&M and Arden Key, LSU

The highly-touted SEC edge defenders have lived up to the hype and Tennessee’s Derek Barnett barely gets edged by Key for one of the top spots. Garrett should at least be a part of the Heisman discussion as he has the nation’s top pass rushing grade at 89.8 with his three sacks, 10 QB hits, and 13 hurries on 142 pass rushes. He’s also improved his work against the run this season, ranking within the top 20 at 82.8.

As for Key, he’s taken to LSU’s new defensive scheme with an 86.4 pass rushing grade that ranks sixth in the nation. He’s notched six sacks, seven QB hits, and 13 hurries on only 101 rushes while also providing solid run defense for the Tigers.


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Shiftyplus197 months
Judging by those descriptions, Key > Garrett
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Dr Von Nostrand97 months
Animal.
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Keeble914597 months
so how does he get a lower passing rushing grade with more sacks, the same amount of hurries, and 3 less qb hits on 41 less pass rush attempts? hmmmmmmm
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dustytiger12397 months
Same reason Derek Henry won the heisman.. you still have to win .. at least most of your games.. they have to claim that someone caused those wins..
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TheMuffinMan97 months
Garrett faces more double and triple teams in all likelihood. In that case, he would have more plays than Arden where he could grade positively by occupying multiple blockers without registering any kind of disruptive stat
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