CFB Leaders · Tackles
Defense · 2021 regular season · FBS
Top 100
2021 REG
| # | Player | Pos | Tm | Solo | Ast | Tot ↓ | TFL | Sk | QBH | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damone Clark | LB | LSU | 78 | 58 | 136 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Harmon | LB | SJSU | 72 | 62 | 134 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 3 | Chris Bergin | LB | NU | 84 | 48 | 132 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Chad Muma | LB | WYO | 80 | 49 | 129 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jack Campbell | LB | IOWA | 53 | 73 | 126 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Carlton Martial | LB | TROY | 44 | 82 | 126 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Darren Anders | LB | BGSU | 56 | 68 | 124 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | JJ Russell | LB | MEM | 78 | 45 | 123 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Avery Roberts | LB | ORST | 65 | 58 | 123 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Bumper Pool | LB | ARK | 41 | 79 | 120 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 11 | Jacoby Windmon | LB | UNLV | 72 | 46 | 118 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 12 | Malcolm Rodriguez | LB | OKST | 68 | 50 | 118 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Nick Jackson | LB | UVA | 54 | 63 | 117 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Ivan Pace Jr. | LB | M-OH | 57 | 59 | 116 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Justin Rice | LB | USU | 57 | 58 | 115 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | James Patterson | LB | BUF | 49 | 65 | 114 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | D'Marco Jackson | LB | APP | 55 | 59 | 114 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | Jackson Mitchell | LB | CONN | 40 | 73 | 113 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Matthew Salopek | LB | M-OH | 69 | 43 | 112 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Kenny Logan Jr. | S | KU | 78 | 32 | 110 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | Mikel Jones | LB | SYR | 59 | 50 | 109 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Jeremy Banks | LB | TENN | 49 | 59 | 108 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Darius Muasau | LB | HAW | 65 | 43 | 108 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Devin Lloyd | LB | UTAH | 63 | 44 | 107 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 25 | Joel Dublanko | LB | CIN | 56 | 50 | 106 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | KD Davis | LB | UNT | 46 | 60 | 106 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 27 | Reed Blankenship | S | MTSU | 71 | 35 | 106 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | Jaylin Thomas | LB | BALL | 54 | 52 | 106 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 | Noah Sewell | LB | ORE | 51 | 55 | 106 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Quindell Johnson | DB | MEM | 66 | 38 | 104 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 31 | Josh Chandler | LB | WVU | 64 | 40 | 104 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Abraham Beauplan | LB | MRSH | 38 | 66 | 104 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 33 | CJ Brown | DB | NIU | 58 | 45 | 103 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Dean Clark | DB | KENT | 70 | 33 | 103 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 35 | Quez Jackson | LB | GT | 45 | 57 | 102 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 36 | Tatum Bethune | LB | UCF | 54 | 47 | 101 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Cam'ron Carter | LB | CSU | 34 | 66 | 100 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Ellis Brooks | LB | PSU | 54 | 46 | 100 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 39 | Jahad Woods | LB | WSU | 51 | 49 | 100 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Henry To'o To'o | LB | ALA | 47 | 53 | 100 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 41 | Bryce Cosby | S | BALL | 62 | 38 | 100 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | Chance Campbell | LB | MISS | 39 | 60 | 99 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 11 | 2 | — |
| 43 | Khoury Bethley | DB | HAW | 72 | 27 | 99 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| 44 | Nick Henrich | LB | NEB | 39 | 60 | 99 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 45 | Drake Thomas | LB | NCSU | 48 | 51 | 99 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 46 | Colin Schooler | LB | TTU | 63 | 35 | 98 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 47 | Shaka Heyward | LB | DUKE | 37 | 60 | 97 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Bryce Houston | LB | OHIO | 47 | 50 | 97 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 49 | Tyler Grubbs | LB | LT | 44 | 53 | 97 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | — |
| 50 | Grant Morgan | LB | ARK | 38 | 58 | 96 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | Silas Kelly | LB | CCU | 40 | 55 | 95 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | Jordan Helm | S | FAU | 51 | 44 | 95 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 53 | Josh Ross | LB | MICH | 50 | 45 | 95 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 54 | Zakoby McClain | LB | AUB | 55 | 40 | 95 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 6 | — |
| 55 | Richard Dames | DB | FIU | 60 | 35 | 95 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 56 | Seth Benson | LB | IOWA | 49 | 46 | 95 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 57 | Ronnie Hickman | S | OSU | 53 | 42 | 95 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 | Daiyan Henley | LB | NEV | 59 | 35 | 94 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 59 | Xavier Henderson | S | MSU | 59 | 35 | 94 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 60 | Jaylan Alexander | LB | PUR | 59 | 35 | 94 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 61 | Diego Fagot | LB | NAVY | 49 | 45 | 94 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | Trey Baldwin | LB | LT | 47 | 47 | 94 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 63 | Hayden Henry | LB | ARK | 46 | 48 | 94 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 64 | Storey Jackson | LB | LIB | 55 | 38 | 93 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 65 | JD Bertrand | LB | ND | 57 | 36 | 93 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 66 | Ben Bywater | LB | BYU | 52 | 41 | 93 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 67 | Elias Neal | LB | MRSH | 34 | 58 | 92 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 68 | Kana'i Mauga | LB | USC | 56 | 36 | 92 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 69 | JL Skinner | S | BOIS | 66 | 26 | 92 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 70 | Traveion Webster | LB | ULM | 38 | 54 | 92 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 71 | Jackson Sirmon | LB | WASH | 59 | 32 | 91 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 72 | Will Anderson Jr. | LB | ALA | 52 | 39 | 91 | 30.0 | 15.5 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 73 | Luke Reimer | LB | NEB | 51 | 39 | 90 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 74 | Jaylan Foster | DB | SC | 63 | 27 | 90 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 75 | Antwon Kincade | DB | WKU | 49 | 41 | 90 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 | Bryce Gallagher | LB | NU | 54 | 36 | 90 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 77 | Malik Shorts | DB | USM | 54 | 35 | 89 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 78 | Zack Woodard | LB | ULM | 43 | 46 | 89 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Maxen Hook | S | TOL | 34 | 55 | 89 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 80 | Jonathan Jones | LB | TOL | 27 | 62 | 89 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | — |
| 81 | Brock Horne | LB | BGSU | 44 | 45 | 89 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Aaron Hansford | LB | TA&M | 45 | 44 | 89 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | — |
| 83 | Mohamoud Diabate | LB | FLA | 34 | 55 | 89 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 84 | Ayinde Eley | LB | GT | 42 | 46 | 88 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 85 | Tywan Francis | S | CSU | 56 | 32 | 88 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 86 | Darrian Beavers | LB | CIN | 42 | 46 | 88 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 87 | DeAngelo Malone | DE | WKU | 41 | 47 | 88 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | — |
| 88 | Dax Hollifield | LB | VT | 40 | 48 | 88 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 | Mark Robinson | LB | MISS | 39 | 48 | 87 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 90 | A.J. Finley | S | MISS | 34 | 53 | 87 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 91 | Bryan Cook | S | CIN | 53 | 34 | 87 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 92 | Jordan Veneziale | LB | GAST | 49 | 38 | 87 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 93 | C.J. Avery | LB | LOU | 39 | 48 | 87 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 94 | Breon Hayward | LB | UTEP | 48 | 39 | 87 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 | — |
| 95 | Evan Williams | DB | FRES | 57 | 30 | 87 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 96 | Leo Chenal | LB | WIS | 51 | 36 | 87 | 16.5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 97 | Levani Damuni | LB | STAN | 47 | 39 | 86 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 98 | Jack Gibbens | LB | MINN | 51 | 35 | 86 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 99 | Joey Blount | S | UVA | 54 | 32 | 86 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100 | Deshawn Pace | LB | CIN | 42 | 44 | 86 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |