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PFF 2021 NCAA Edge Rusher Grades: Edge Defender Rankings

Rank NCAA players by PFF grade for a season, week or game. Filter by position, team and draft year. Rankings include players with at least 25% of the snaps of their position's leader.

PFF GradeSnapsSize
RANKNAMETEAM#DEFPRSHRDEFCOVDEFPRSHRDEFCOVHTWT
2
MICH
-
94.5
794
425
334
35
6' 7"
268
4
BUFF
-
92.3
232
110
121
1
6' 2"
245
9
OKLA
-
90.5
549
263
221
65
6' 3"
240
10
UAB
-
90.4
472
276
195
1
6' 5"
267
14
UK
-
90.0
653
389
256
8
6' 3"
274
16
BAMA
-
89.8
873
482
333
58
6' 3"
243
18
SDSU
-
89.4
784
523
254
7
6' 5"
267
21
SCAR
-
88.5
553
257
278
18
6' 4"
258
22
PSU
-
88.4
741
374
343
24
6' 3"
256
24
TLSA
-
87.7
518
284
234
0
6' 5"
283
26
PUR
-
87.2
667
335
331
1
6' 4"
263
34
KSU
-
85.4
523
280
243
0
6' 3"
255
34
CMU
-
85.4
649
376
272
1
6' 1"
245
37
CSU
-
85.2
797
361
409
27
6' 6"
270
38
WMU
-
85.0
705
375
320
10
6' 0"
240
38
UGA
-
85.0
499
256
172
71
6' 2"
238
43
M-OH
-
84.7
346
210
127
9
6' 2"
247
44
EMU
-
84.6
571
322
240
9
6' 2"
242
48
TOL
-
84.2
656
344
280
32
6' 3"
250
48
IOWA
-
84.2
807
419
371
17
6' 4"
263
50
HOU
-
84.1
487
266
221
0
6' 2"
241
52
APP
-
84.0
621
268
241
112
6' 2"
235
54
USU
-
83.6
763
384
351
28
6' 2"
230
54
WIS
-
83.6
647
208
286
153
6' 2"
240
58
ARMY
-
83.3
639
293
259
87
6' 6"
256
61
ORE
-
83.2
560
289
233
38
6' 5"
258
63
LOU
-
82.9
429
259
170
0
6' 3"
263
64
MSU
-
82.8
725
456
250
19
6' 3"
253
65
BALL
-
82.7
273
159
107
7
6' 1"
235
65
CAL
-
82.7
540
279
221
40
6' 1"
249
67
USC
-
82.6
630
289
321
20
6' 3"
266
70
MTSU
-
82.5
752
432
304
16
6' 2"
271
73
PSU
-
82.4
592
232
281
79
6' 1"
253
74
USC
-
82.3
414
179
199
36
6' 4"
273
74
FSU
-
82.3
736
415
313
8
6' 5"
262
81
OSU
-
81.7
558
299
233
26
6' 5"
272
82
UTAH
-
81.5
873
474
360
39
6' 3"
250
83
HOU
-
81.4
313
174
133
6
6' 3"
250
84
WSU
-
81.3
606
309
279
18
6' 3"
246
85
BGSU
-
81.1
555
256
299
0
6' 4"
296
86
KU
-
81.0
607
268
323
16
6' 0"
235
88
ND
-
80.7
564
284
210
70
6' 5"
265
90
UNT
-
80.6
653
344
306
3
6' 3"
260
90
AF
-
80.6
676
275
308
93
6' 1"
225
92
HOU
-
80.4
278
176
94
8
6' 2"
276
93
NEV
-
80.2
280
177
90
13
6' 1"
245
93
CIN
-
80.2
783
389
384
10
6' 5"
248
98
MINN
-
80.0
480
257
181
42
6' 4"
261
101
UAB
-
79.8
295
154
139
2
6' 3"
265
102
FRES
-
79.7
623
335
264
24
6' 4"
245