Arden
Key.
Arden
Key.
LSU· 6'6"· 238 lb
A 4-3 one-gap attacking front with a focus on penetrating upfield and disrupting the backfield.
Initially a rotational pass rusher on obvious passing downs with the ceiling to develop into a starting every-down defensive end.
A 3-4 two-gap scheme that requires him to consistently hold his ground and absorb double teams.
His athleticism and burst are best utilized in a scheme that allows him to play aggressively rather than reactively.
Selected #87 overall in Round 3 of the 2018 NFL Draft by Oakland Raiders out of LSU.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- —s
- Vertical
- 31inp50
- Broad jump
- 117inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.16sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.25sp50
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | LSU | 11 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | LSU | 8 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 19 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Arden Key has played for the Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, and now the Baltimore Ravens, primarily as a rotational pass rusher. He has shown flashes of disruptive play.