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PFF 2024 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
MRSH
-
92.4
719
354
348
17
6' 4"
248
4
PSU
-
91.3
734
350
322
62
6' 3"
252
4
SMU
-
91.3
590
372
213
5
6' 4"
295
6
MICH
-
91.2
440
217
168
55
6' 1"
245
7
MISS
-
91.1
474
288
168
18
6' 4"
255
9
STAN
-
90.9
364
192
111
61
6' 3"
250
11
MISS
-
90.6
541
337
201
3
6' 6"
285
12
OSU
-
90.5
698
380
297
21
6' 5"
260
14
UF
-
90.4
416
219
185
12
6' 2"
274
15
CCAR
-
90.3
442
207
195
40
6' 3"
260
16
JMU
-
90.2
589
342
235
12
6' 3"
261
17
BC
-
89.9
766
428
302
36
6' 2"
247
17
IOWA
-
89.9
290
203
79
8
6' 5"
263
21
TENN
-
89.7
365
186
151
28
6' 3"
240
22
AUB
-
89.1
598
206
269
123
6' 1"
236
23
TXST
-
88.9
469
228
200
41
6' 3"
225
25
CLEM
-
88.1
640
373
251
16
6' 3"
260
26
LOU
-
87.8
632
363
267
2
6' 3"
275
27
TENN
-
86.9
464
254
185
25
6' 5"
243
28
UTSA
-
86.6
318
201
117
0
6' 2"
260
30
IND
-
86.4
671
406
255
10
6' 1"
262
31
OSU
-
86.2
667
356
284
27
6' 5"
269
32
BAMA
-
86.0
246
108
100
38
6' 5"
241
33
WSU
-
85.7
247
131
109
7
6' 2"
242
40
LSU
-
83.8
637
313
281
43
6' 4"
250
40
AUB
-
83.8
591
311
274
6
6' 6"
285
42
USF
-
83.7
672
366
298
8
6' 2"
289
45
OHIO
-
83.4
606
377
221
8
6' 4"
267
46
NCST
-
83.2
562
331
229
2
6' 2"
276
47
ARK
-
83.0
645
362
273
10
6' 7"
280
50
TEX
-
82.5
472
242
164
66
6' 3"
240
50
IOWA
-
82.5
660
372
280
8
6' 3"
259
52
TEM
-
82.4
357
188
167
2
6' 4"
246
53
BAMA
-
82.2
503
257
227
19
6' 5"
278
53
TLSA
-
82.2
482
274
207
1
6' 2"
266
55
OHIO
-
82.0
589
349
218
22
6' 3"
250
55
BALL
-
82.0
594
324
269
1
6' 3"
261
62
BSU
-
81.6
734
429
293
12
6' 3"
271
62
TXAM
-
81.6
485
221
179
85
6' 2"
248
67
JMU
-
81.4
598
244
237
117
6' 3"
230
69
WYO
-
81.2
254
116
117
21
6' 4"
235
71
KENT
-
81.1
544
263
278
3
6' 1"
273
72
UGA
-
80.9
436
158
221
57
6' 2"
250
72
SCAR
-
80.9
538
309
224
5
6' 5"
250
75
MIA
-
80.8
272
147
91
34
6' 2"
256
81
FIU
-
80.1
465
248
206
11
6' 4"
250
81
TXST
-
80.1
238
131
86
21
6' 3"
260
81
MIZZ
-
80.1
555
284
259
12
6' 3"
255
81
TXAM
-
80.1
558
316
221
21
6' 4"
285
87
COLO
-
79.8
385
200
180
5
6' 2"
250