Former linebacker at LSU. 2017: 33 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.
6′6″ · 238 lb · Atlanta, GA
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 87 nationally · Signed with LSU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at LSU. 2017: 33 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.
Arden Key
Second year in the LSU linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Alabama — Week 10, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at LSU, 88 tackles — drafted at #87 overall by Las Vegas.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Las VegasEntering 9th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ed Orgeron, all run-heavy offenses — 17-8 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017
W 27–23
vs Auburn
6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With D. Chark — 5 rec · 150 yds · Z. Von Rosenberg — 43 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-37@ Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-26vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs Troy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-16@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-23vs Auburn | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-24@ Ole Miss | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 10-24@ Alabama | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 33-10vs Arkansas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 15 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.