The NFL’s number one interior defensive linemen in terms of pressure rate this past season? Unsurprisingly, that would be Aaron Donald, who created pressure on 18.1% of his pass-rush snaps in 2020, according to Pro Football Focus.
The league’s second-best pressure producer on the interior in 2020? That would be a former pupil of Donald’s – the New York Jets’ own John Franklin-Myers (15.6% pressure rate).
A 2018 fourth-round pick out of Stephen F. Austin, Franklin-Myers had a promising rookie season as a 5-technique defensive end playing alongside Donald. He recorded a 12.4% pressure rate that ranked at the 71st percentile among qualified edge defenders.