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Linebacker, LSU, 2015–⁠17

Arden Key

Number: No. 49
Height: 6′6″
Weight: 238 lb
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Born: May 3, 1996

Arden Key played linebacker at LSU (2015–⁠17). The Oakland Raiders took Key in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Best season: 55; Tackles, 2016 (LSU, 8–⁠4)
National rank: No. 9; In FBS in sacks, 2016
Drafted: No. 87; Round 3, 2018 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

8tackles, career hightwice; last at Alabama, 2017 2sacks, career highfour times; last at Ole Miss, 2017

Honors

2016, 2017First-team All-SEC

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

8–⁠4AP 139–⁠4AP 18

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2016	LSU	55	23	14.5	12	3	11
2017	LSU	33	15	5.5	4	0	7
Career		88	38	20	16	3	18

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2015	LSU	49	LB
2016	LSU	49	LB
2017	LSU	49	LB	6′6″	238

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2017 LSU 8 games, 33 tackles, 4 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 16	atMississippi State	L 7–⁠37	3	0	0.5	0.5
Sep 23	vs.Syracuse	W 35–⁠26	2	1	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Troy	L 21–⁠24	4	1	0	0
Oct 7	atFlorida	W 17–⁠16	1	0	0	0
Oct 14	vs.Auburn	W 27–⁠23	6	3	1.5	1
Oct 21	atOle Miss	W 40–⁠24	6	5	2	2
Nov 4	atAlabama	L 10–⁠24	8	4	1.5	0.5
Nov 11	vs.Arkansas	W 33–⁠10	3	1	0	0

2016 LSU 11 games, 55 tackles, 12 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 3	vs.Wisconsin	L 14–⁠16	6	3	2	2	0
Sep 10	vs.Jacksonville State	W 34–⁠13	3	1	1	1	0
Sep 17	vs.Mississippi State	W 23–⁠20	5	2	2.5	2	0
Sep 24	atAuburn	L 13–⁠18	6	2	1.5	1.5	0
Oct 1	vs.Missouri	W 42–⁠7	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Oct 15	vs.Southern Miss	W 45–⁠10	5	1	0	0	1
Oct 22	vs.Ole Miss	W 38–⁠21	5	2	1.5	1	1
Nov 5	vs.Alabama	L 0–⁠10	5	2	0.5	0	0
Nov 12	atArkansas	W 38–⁠10	3	1	1	1	1
Nov 19	vs.Florida	L 10–⁠16	8	3	2	1	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Louisville	W 29–⁠9	6	5	2	2	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2018	Combine or pro day 2018
Height	6′4⅞″
Weight	238 lb
Arm length	33½″
Hand size	10″
Wingspan		82⅛″^W
40-yard dash		4.88 s
10-yard split		1.75 s^W
Vertical jump	31″
Broad jump	9′9″
3-cone drill	7.16 s
20-yard shuttle	4.25 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 109 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2018	Oakland Raiders	15	25	1
2019	Oakland Raiders	4	4	2
2020	Las Vegas Raiders	13	15	0
2021	San Francisco 49ers	16	21	6.5
2022	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	24	4.5
2023	Tennessee Titans	13	25	6
2024	Tennessee Titans	16	39	6.5
2025	Tennessee Titans	12	22	4
2026 (so far)	Indianapolis Colts	4	8	0.5
NFL career		109	183	31

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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