Arden Key Jr. is an American football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He played college football at LSU and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Born on May 3, 1996, Key went to Hapeville Charter Career Academy in Union City, Georgia. He recorded 15.5 sacks as a senior, eight as a lesser, and 12 as a sophomore. He focused on Louisiana State University (LSU) to play school football.
Viewed as a four-star enroll by ESPN, Key was positioned as the No. 6 protective end prospect in the class of 2015
As a genuine green bean at LSU in 2015, Key played in 12 games and began the last nine. He recorded 41 handles and five sacks and was named a rookie All-American.
As a sophomore in 2016, he set a solitary season school record by recording 12 sacks. He procured first-group All-Southeastern Conference respects from the Associated Press.
As a lesser in 2017, Key was restricted to 8 games because of injury, yet got done with 33 handles, 4 sacks, and a constrained bobble. On January 4, 2018, Key authoritatively declared that he would enter the 2018 NFL Draft.
Arden Key College Stats
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | School | Conf | Class | Pos | G | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| *2015 | LSU | SEC | FR | DE | 12 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| *2016 | LSU | SEC | SO | DE | 11 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| *2017 | LSU | SEC | JR | LB | 8 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Career | LSU | 58 | 71 | 129 | 24.5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
