Arden Key holds the LDE · Starter spot in Indianapolis Colts’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Arden Key played 12 games in 2025 with a 59% snap share.

Arden Key is a 6'5", 240-pound defensive end from Atlanta, Georgia, who played college football at LSU. Selected 87th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft by Oakland, he spent three seasons with the Raiders before moving to San Francisco in 2021. Key subsequently played for Jacksonville and Tennessee before signing with Indianapolis as an unrestricted free agent on March 11, 2026. In 2025, his final year with Tennessee, he appeared in 12 games with nine starts and recorded 4.0 sacks to go with 22 tackles and 6.0 tackles for loss.

LSU2015 – 2017

Raiders2018 – 2020

49ers2021

Jaguars2022

Titans2023 – 2025

Coltspresent

CollegeLSUDraftRound 3 · No. 87 overall · 2018 · OAKAcquiredAcquired from Las Vegas Raiders · drafted thereHometownAtlanta, GA