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PFF 2025 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
1
TT
-
93.3
623
380
225
18
6' 3"
250
2
CMU
-
93.2
568
321
246
1
6' 4"
260
3
MIA
-
92.8
897
557
336
4
6' 3"
270
4
MIA
-
92.6
827
444
314
69
6' 3"
280
5
TT
-
92.5
598
350
202
46
6' 3"
240
6
UTAH
-
92.0
513
279
220
14
6' 5"
252
8
LOU
-
91.4
597
301
233
63
6' 3"
260
8
WMU
-
91.4
579
316
250
13
6' 3"
250
10
M-OH
-
91.3
671
393
274
4
6' 4"
250
11
NEV
-
91.0
668
342
297
29
6' 1"
248
12
OSU
-
90.5
610
301
256
53
6' 3"
260
14
MASS
-
90.2
470
174
266
30
6' 2"
250
16
USM
-
90.0
636
346
282
8
6' 3"
256
19
MICH
-
89.9
440
234
182
24
6' 3"
260
21
UNM
-
88.8
683
381
288
14
6' 2"
244
25
TEM
-
88.0
290
144
140
6
6' 5"
250
28
TENN
-
87.1
365
184
148
33
6' 3"
240
30
WSU
-
86.8
409
220
186
3
6' 2"
255
31
NCST
-
86.7
658
392
245
21
6' 3"
263
34
UVA
-
85.8
610
304
280
26
6' 4"
256
37
BGSU
-
85.3
349
186
152
11
6' 0"
230
37
OKLA
-
85.3
372
191
147
34
6' 2"
249
41
SMU
-
85.1
605
361
217
27
6' 4"
260
42
MIZZ
-
85.0
569
326
238
5
6' 5"
262
43
RICE
-
84.9
657
320
284
53
6' 2"
249
45
TOL
-
84.7
322
164
146
12
6' 4"
262
46
KENT
-
84.5
453
247
183
23
6' 1"
250
47
CLEM
-
84.4
579
342
209
28
6' 6"
260
49
TEX
-
84.3
615
321
220
74
6' 3"
240
51
NW
-
84.0
491
254
232
5
6' 5"
275
52
ORE
-
83.8
705
329
334
42
6' 3"
263
54
TEX
-
83.6
378
224
135
19
6' 6"
259
57
APP
-
83.2
518
278
205
35
6' 3"
245
59
SDSU
-
82.9
642
333
274
35
6' 2"
250
62
WIS
-
82.4
514
292
204
18
6' 5"
248
65
ORE
-
82.2
726
383
332
11
6' 5"
265
67
FRES
-
81.9
504
286
196
22
6' 1"
250
70
TOL
-
81.5
442
227
200
15
6' 4"
255
70
UNC
-
81.5
291
158
110
23
6' 5"
245
74
TXAM
-
81.2
591
299
231
61
6' 2"
248
77
WIS
-
81.0
385
226
153
6
6' 1"
260
78
USM
-
80.9
392
165
171
56
6' 2"
247
82
CLEM
-
80.6
549
325
191
33
6' 3"
260
83
JMU
-
80.5
562
331
228
3
6' 3"
279
84
LOU
-
80.4
364
202
137
25
6' 6"
250
87
UVA
-
80.3
428
200
224
4
6' 7"
262
89
JVST
-
80.2
653
371
272
10
6' 6"
299
91
PSU
-
80.1
641
320
297
24
6' 5"
265
91
UCF
-
80.1
470
228
222
20
6' 4"
250
93
CCAR
-
80.0
306
174
132
0
6' 4"
275