Jaguars' Arik Armstead Earns Votes in ESPN Ranking of Top Defensive Linemen

The first-year Jaguar earned votes from a group of up to 80 executives, coaches and scouts.

The Jacksonville Jaguars added a potential game-changer along the defensive line this season, scooping up the former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Arik Armstead in free agency.

Armstead, who was drafted in the first round by Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke in San Francisco in 2015, has spent the last nine seasons with the 49ers. In nine seasons, Armstead started 97 games and appeared in 116, recording 33.5 sacks, 43 tackles for loss, and 88 quarterback hits. "Being able to be an example and then coming in and seeing what he sees we need to do differently, trying to implement things he knows works in the whole defense.”

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