Player
Arden Key
EDGE · Titans
Arden Key: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
30.5 career sacks across 8 seasons and 4 teams — the journeyman edge who finally found a home in Tennessee.
TrendArden Key by season (defensive participation)
| Season | Team | Sacks | QB Hits | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | LV | 1.0 | 11 | 4 |
| 2019 | LV | 2.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | LV | 0.0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2021 | SF | 6.5 | 17 | 5 |
| 2022 | JAX | 4.5 | 16 | 5 |
| 2023 | TEN | 6.0 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | TEN | 6.5 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | TEN | 4.0 | 11 | 6 |
Key was a 2018 third-rounder out of LSU whose first three Raiders seasons produced just 3 sacks combined. The career inflected in 2021 with San Francisco (6.5 sacks), and after a stop in Jacksonville he settled in Tennessee — where his three Titans seasons account for 16.5 of his 30.5 career sacks.
2024 was the career-best year: 6.5 sacks, 15 QB hits, and 11 TFLs, all personal highs.
Sacks per season
| Season | Sacks |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6.5 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Career QB-hit rate is elite — 97 hits to 30.5 sacks (a 3.2-to-1 ratio).
SplitKey's career profile is pressure heavy, finish light. 97 QB hits next to 30.5 sacks gives him a hits-to-sacks ratio above 3-to-1 — the kind of disruption number that says he's getting home a lot more often than the box score shows.
The TFL line tells the same story: 39 career TFLs, with 11 in 2024 alone. Even in down years he's a quality run-game piece.
11 TFLs in 2024 — a career high that put him in the top 20 league-wide.
MilestoneIn 2024 Key posted 11 tackles for loss — his career high by a wide margin (previous best: 5). That output sat in the top 20 league-wide among edge defenders, alongside names like Bonitto, Greenard, and Karlaftis.
The 2024 line of 6.5 sacks / 15 QB hits / 11 TFLs / 2 forced fumbles was a complete edge season — disruption in pass and run, plus turnover creation.
30.5 career sacks — same as Dexter Lawrence, Kwity Paye, and D.J. Wonnum.
Comparison30-31 career sacks (2018-2025)
| Player | Sacks |
|---|---|
| D.J. Wonnum | 30.0 |
| B.J. Hill | 30.0 |
| Arden Key | 30.5 |
| Dexter Lawrence | 30.5 |
| Kwity Paye | 30.5 |
| Maliek Collins | 30.5 |
| Derek Barnett | 31.0 |
Key's 30.5 career sacks (2018-2025) put him in a cluster with higher-profile names like Dexter Lawrence and Kwity Paye — both former first-round picks with bigger contracts and louder reputations. Key was the 172nd overall pick in 2018 and has matched their production through 8 seasons.
The gap between 'famous edge rusher' and 'rotational pass rusher' is often a draft-day label, not a sack total.
From 2.5 sacks in 3 years with the Raiders to 23.5 sacks in 4 years after leaving.
AnomalyKey's first three NFL seasons in Las Vegas produced 3 sacks total (1, 2, 0). Since leaving the Raiders after 2020, he's accumulated 23.5 sacks in five seasons across SF / JAX / TEN, averaging 4.7 sacks per year.
The Raiders' 2021 cut looks like one of the better hidden moves of that draft class in retrospect — the player who couldn't find a role in Vegas became a steady production source everywhere else.
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