Interior defenders aren’t meant to get pressure on quarterbacks the way Aaron Donald does. They’re supposed to move bodies, eat up blocks and give edge rushers more one-on-one opportunities, but that doesn’t apply to Donald.

Simply put, he’s a different animal with no player like him in the NFL today.

This season, in just 14 games, he pressured the quarterback more than any other player in the league (91 times). He amassed 11 sacks and five forced fumbles, proving to be a dominant force up front for the Rams. Remember, he did all this after missing training camp, the preseason and Week 1.

Pro Football Focus recognizes just how great Donald is, selecting him as the NFL’s best pass rusher in 2017 – the third year in a row he’s won the award.

The production that Donald creates as a pass-rusher would be elite from the edge. The fact that he does it from the interior is frankly unbelievable, and that is why for the third consecutive season he is taking home PFF’s top pass-rusher award.

According to PFF, interior defenders generate pressure just 6.8 percent of the time, on average. This season, Donald nearly tripled that number, pressuring the quarterback 18.8 percent of the time.

Donald finished with a pass-rush grade of 99.7, which PFF says nearly “broke our grading scale.” That’s unheard of for a pass rusher, let alone a guy playing inside on the defensive line. It’s exactly why the Rams need to get a deal done with Donald sooner rather than later.

To say his career is on a Hall of Fame trajectory wouldn’t be an overstatement or hyperbole. He legitimately has a chance to go down as one of the best players in NFL history, and he’s only in his fourth NFL season.