CFB Leaders · Tackles

Defense · 2025 · full season · FBS · min 12 G

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Top 100

2025 REG

#	Player	Pos	Tm	G	Solo	Ast	Tot ↓	TFL	Sk	QBH	PD	INT
1	Owen Long	LB	CSU	12	58	90	148	5.0	2.0	0	5	—
2	Red Murdock	LB	BUF	12	53	89	142	13.5	5.0	1	1	—
3	Caden Fordham	LB	NCSU	12	55	75	130	8.0	3.5	4	3	1
4	Ray Coney	LB	TLSA	12	41	87	128	7.0	2.0	4	2	—
5	Baron Hopson	LB	KENN	13	64	63	127	9.5	0.5	2	6	1
6	Jaxton Eck	DL	UNM	12	64	62	126	6.5	1.5	3	2	—
7	Chris Jones	LB	USM	12	44	82	126	7.5	3.5	0	2	1
8	Gideon Lampron	LB	BGSU	12	65	54	119	17.5	2.5	4	1	—
9	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	TCU	12	57	62	119	9.5	4.0	5	2	—
10	Jaden Dugger	LB	UL	12	59	58	117	11.0	3.0	1	3	1
11	Bryun Parham	LB	CONN	12	58	58	116	14.5	9.5	1	1	1
12	Oumar Diomande	LB	CONN	12	61	50	111	8.0	5.0	5	1	—
13	Jacob Rodriguez	LB	TTU	13	60	51	111	10.0	1.0	1	6	4
14	Tahj Ra-El	DB	PUR	12	63	47	110	2.5	0.0	0	5	—
15	Mani Powell	LB	PUR	12	57	53	110	12.0	5.0	3	2	—
16	John Miller	LB	USU	12	35	74	109	9.5	7.5	7	3	—
17	Blake Fletcher	LB	AF	12	39	69	108	1.0	0.0	5	2	—
18	Jordan Pollard	LB	SJSU	12	58	50	108	4.5	2.5	4	4	1
19	JonJon Vaughns	LB	UCLA	12	46	61	107	6.0	1.0	0	1	—
20	Jordan Stringer	LB	TROY	13	43	64	107	11.0	2.0	1	4	—
21	Andon Thomas	LB	ARMY	12	62	45	107	3.5	0.0	3	5	—
22	Matt Rose	LB	STAN	12	49	57	106	8.0	3.0	3	3	—
23	Eli Blakey	DB	M-OH	13	58	47	105	4.5	1.0	3	8	2
24	Jordan Kwiatkowski	LB	CMU	12	48	56	104	12.0	2.5	2	4	3
25	Ethan Wesloski	LB	UNT	13	56	48	104	9.0	1.5	5	0	1
26	Devin Lafayette	S	TROY	13	48	56	104	2.5	1.0	0	4	2
27	Gavin Moul	LB	DEL	12	45	59	104	7.0	2.0	1	2	—
28	Marsel McDuffie	LB	UNLV	12	50	53	103	5.5	2.0	2	3	2
29	Bryce Llewellyn	DB	EMU	12	44	59	103	5.0	0.0	2	4	2
30	Daniel Wingate	LB	MD	12	62	40	102	6.5	1.5	2	1	1
31	Trey Fields	LB	UNT	13	47	53	100	6.5	1.0	6	2	1
32	Bryce Boettcher	LB	ORE	12	39	61	100	4.0	1.0	2	3	1
33	Mac Harris	LB	USF	12	51	49	100	7.5	6.0	6	2	2
34	Keaton Thomas	LB	BAY	12	62	37	99	7.0	1.0	1	3	1
35	Johnny Chaney Jr.	LB	FIU	12	60	39	99	6.5	2.0	1	1	—
36	Ty Benefield	DB	BOIS	13	65	33	98	8.5	0.0	1	2	2
37	Keyshaun Elliott	LB	ASU	12	54	44	98	14.0	7.0	4	2	—
38	Brevin Hamblin	S	USU	12	49	49	98	2.0	1.5	0	6	1
39	Dalton Johnson	DB	ARIZ	12	48	49	97	2.0	1.0	0	7	4
40	Josiah Robinson	LB	GAST	12	42	54	96	8.0	2.0	1	1	—
41	Amare Campbell	LB	PSU	12	57	39	96	9.5	3.0	3	0	—
42	Jake Golday	LB	CIN	12	36	59	95	4.0	3.5	2	3	—
43	Jhalyn Shuler	LB	USF	12	42	53	95	6.5	1.5	4	7	1
44	Nick Andersen	DB	WAKE	12	41	54	95	6.0	0.5	0	7	—
45	Mason Woods	LB	KENT	12	35	59	94	11.0	2.0	3	1	—
46	MarcAnthony Parker	LB	NAVY	12	43	50	93	6.5	2.0	3	0	1
47	KP Price	DB	BC	12	65	28	93	3.0	0.0	3	0	2
48	Jackson Kuwatch	LB	M-OH	12	41	52	93	9.5	5.0	1	1	—
49	Jayden Wilson	LB	UTEP	12	35	57	92	8.0	0.5	6	0	1
50	Jordan Crook	LB	ASU	12	51	41	92	8.0	2.0	1	2	1
51	Naeten Mitchell	S	NMSU	12	58	34	92	1.5	0.0	0	7	3
52	Sammy Brown	LB	CLEM	12	48	44	92	13.0	5.5	6	5	1
53	Ahmaad Moses	S	SMU	12	44	47	91	5.5	1.0	0	2	5
54	Jacob Fields	DB	LT	12	50	40	90	2.5	0.0	1	5	3
55	Terrence Williams	LB	UL	12	49	41	90	2.5	1.0	0	0	—
56	Alex McLaughlin	S	WASH	12	59	31	90	3.0	0.0	0	6	2
57	Jamel Johnson	S	TCU	12	54	35	89	3.0	0.0	0	3	4
58	Colton Phares	LB	APP	12	37	52	89	9.0	2.0	2	3	3
59	Dylan Labarbera	DL	NEV	12	49	39	88	16.5	6.5	3	0	—
60	A.J. Haulcy	S	LSU	12	50	38	88	0.5	0.0	0	4	3
61	Jordan Hall	LB	MSU	12	47	41	88	4.5	2.5	2	1	1
62	TJ Quinn	LB	LOU	12	39	48	87	6.5	3.0	1	4	2
63	Tory Gethers	LB	NMSU	12	39	48	87	4.5	3.0	1	2	—
64	Luke Ferrelli	LB	CAL	12	36	51	87	5.0	1.0	1	1	1
65	Rolijah Hardy	LB	IU	13	41	46	87	13.0	8.0	2	4	—
66	Owen Chambliss	LB	SDSU	12	58	28	86	8.5	4.0	4	5	1
67	Tyler Stolsky	LB	FAU	12	42	44	86	2.0	1.0	1	2	—
68	Trent Hendrick	LB	JMU	12	28	58	86	6.0	3.0	2	2	—
69	CJ Allen	LB	UGA	12	45	40	85	8.0	3.5	2	4	—
70	Shad Banks Jr.	LB	UTSA	12	53	32	85	6.5	1.0	0	1	3
71	K'Von Sherman	LB	TOL	12	50	35	85	14.5	4.5	6	1	—
72	Jahron Manning	S	MSST	12	33	52	85	3.0	0.0	0	4	1
73	Maverick Baranowski	LB	MINN	12	38	47	85	8.0	2.0	3	1	—
74	Taye Brown	LB	ARIZ	12	32	52	84	8.5	1.5	3	1	1
75	KT Seay	S	DEL	12	56	28	84	5.5	0.0	0	1	3
76	Josiah Trotter	LB	MIZ	12	43	41	84	13.0	2.0	7	1	—
77	Xavier Atkins	LB	AUB	12	60	24	84	17.0	9.0	7	1	1
78	Isaiah Chisom	LB	UCLA	12	40	44	84	2.5	0.0	1	1	—
79	Parker McKenna	LB	WSU	12	48	35	83	5.0	2.0	1	1	1
80	Justin Meyers	DB	GASO	12	55	27	82	1.0	0.0	1	5	—
81	Omar Thornton	DB	BC	12	56	26	82	8.0	2.0	1	1	1
82	Corey Myrick	S	USM	12	41	41	82	3.5	0.0	1	4	1
83	Namdi Obiazor	LB	TCU	12	45	36	81	4.0	2.0	1	1	2
84	Sonny Styles	LB	OSU	13	45	36	81	5.0	0.5	4	3	1
85	Devin Hightower	LB	UAB	12	42	39	81	3.0	1.0	2	0	1
86	Luke Mergott	LB	DUKE	13	41	40	81	7.0	1.5	8	3	1
87	Bronson Olevao Jr.	LB	USU	12	28	53	81	7.5	4.0	5	3	2
88	Noah Avinger	CB	USU	12	42	39	81	3.5	1.0	1	10	3
89	Caleb Weaver	S	DUKE	13	35	46	81	4.5	1.5	0	1	2
90	Xavian Sorey Jr.	LB	ARK	12	36	45	81	7.5	2.5	3	3	1
91	Cole Kozlowski	LB	UCF	12	49	32	81	7.5	2.0	1	3	—
92	Noah Flemmings	LB	ULM	12	40	40	80	10.0	2.5	2	1	—
93	Kal-El Pascal	S	BGSU	12	37	43	80	3.5	0.0	0	5	1
94	Jalen Thomeson	S	OHIO	12	38	42	80	6.0	0.0	2	1	1
95	D'Angelo Hutchinson	DB	LOU	12	35	44	79	2.5	0.0	2	5	1
96	Brandon Tyson	LB	GASO	12	42	37	79	1.5	0.0	6	2	1
97	Stephen Dix Jr.	LB	ARK	12	29	50	79	4.0	1.0	0	0	—
98	Myles Rowser	DB	ASU	12	47	32	79	4.0	0.0	1	3	—
99	Lento Smith Jr.	S	TLSA	12	46	33	79	2.0	0.0	0	4	1
100	Jake Pope	DB	UNLV	12	37	41	78	2.5	1.5	1	2	1