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Defense · 2022 regular season · FBS

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Top 100

2022 REG

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Solo	Ast	Tot	TFL ↓	Sk	QBH	PD	INT
1	Durrell Johnson	DE	LIB	32	17	49	22.5	8.0	2	4	1
2	Tuli Tuipulotu	DL	USC	26	14	40	20.0	12.5	2	3	—
3	Jose Ramirez	DL	EMU	36	26	62	19.5	12.0	10	2	—
4	Ivan Pace Jr.	LB	CIN	48	72	120	19.5	9.0	7	4	—
5	Thomas Incoom	DL	CMU	32	26	58	19.0	10.5	4	0	—
6	John Marshall	LB	NAVY	41	47	88	18.5	10.5	6	7	1
7	Junior Fehoko	DL	SJSU	40	24	64	18.5	10.0	6	1	—
8	Layton Jordan	LB	TEM	37	16	53	18.5	9.0	2	1	2
9	Karl Brooks	DL	BGSU	30	19	49	17.5	10.0	6	3	—
10	Will Anderson Jr.	LB	ALA	24	27	51	17.0	10.0	12	1	1
11	T.J. Jackson	DL	TROY	23	30	53	16.0	9.5	3	2	—
12	Mohamed Kamara	DL	CSU	24	19	43	15.5	8.0	11	0	—
13	Jordan Ferguson	DE	MTSU	30	31	61	15.5	8.5	5	5	—
14	Nick Herbig	LB	WIS	32	15	47	15.5	11.0	2	2	—
15	David Perales	DE	FRES	30	15	45	15.0	10.5	6	3	1
16	Drake Thomas	LB	NCSU	44	46	90	15.0	6.5	23	4	—
17	Cal Wallerstedt	LB	UTEP	32	63	95	14.5	8.0	3	1	—
18	Jared Verse	DL	FSU	19	22	41	14.5	7.5	3	0	—
19	Jasheen Davis	DL	WAKE	16	17	33	14.0	6.5	4	0	—
20	Cole Pearce	LB	BALL	48	37	85	14.0	5.0	0	5	1
21	Owen Porter	DL	MRSH	17	37	54	14.0	9.5	9	2	1
22	Drew Sanders	LB	ARK	40	64	104	14.0	10.0	6	5	1
23	Calijah Kancey	DL	PITT	19	10	29	14.0	7.5	10	0	—
24	Keion White	DL	GT	29	25	54	14.0	7.5	2	1	—
25	Jalen Mackie	LB	MASS	36	62	98	14.0	3.5	1	1	1
26	Levi Bell	DL	TXST	26	39	65	13.5	5.0	7	0	—
27	Donovan Ezeiruaku	DE	BC	31	25	56	13.5	7.5	4	2	—
28	Isaiah Moore	LB	NCSU	37	34	71	13.5	3.0	6	3	—
29	Isaiah Foskey	DL	ND	23	21	44	13.5	10.5	6	0	—
30	Tyree Wilson	LB	TTU	35	26	61	13.5	6.5	8	0	—
31	Ty'Ron Hopper	LB	MIZ	54	11	65	13.5	3.0	6	2	1
32	Dom Peterson	DT	NEV	19	15	34	13.0	5.0	1	0	—
33	Marcus Cushnie	DL	MASS	23	24	47	13.0	5.5	5	0	—
34	Mason Cobb	LB	OKST	58	38	96	13.0	1.0	10	1	1
35	Yasir Abdullah	LB	LOU	31	26	57	13.0	8.0	7	4	2
36	Isaiah McGuire	DL	MIZ	24	15	39	13.0	7.0	4	0	—
37	Adam Plant Jr.	DL	UNLV	33	23	56	12.5	8.0	0	0	—
38	Andre Carter	DL	WMU	34	33	67	12.5	6.0	11	2	1
39	Dennis Osagiede	DL	LIB	12	23	35	12.5	6.0	1	0	—
40	DeVonne Harris	DE	WYO	27	24	51	12.5	8.5	6	1	—
41	Shaun Dolac	LB	BUF	90	45	135	12.5	4.5	2	7	—
42	Jamare Edwards	DL	JMU	23	21	44	12.5	6.5	4	0	—
43	Darian Varner	DE	TEM	25	10	35	12.5	7.5	0	0	—
44	Cade Hall	DL	SJSU	20	12	32	12.5	7.5	2	1	1
45	Ethan Downs	DL	OU	17	20	37	12.5	4.5	9	3	—
46	Jonah Tavai	DL	SDSU	29	27	56	12.5	9.0	5	0	—
47	Zi'Yon Hill	DL	UL	17	25	42	12.5	7.0	9	0	—
48	Jer'Zhan Newton	DL	ILL	25	31	56	12.5	5.0	11	1	—
49	Keith Randolph Jr.	DL	ILL	24	27	51	12.5	3.5	3	0	1
50	Josh Chandler	LB	COLO	64	32	96	12.5	4.5	0	1	1
51	Marquis Waters	DB	TTU	39	16	55	12.5	1.0	7	1	—
52	Desjaun Johnson	DT	TOL	23	38	61	12.5	5.5	2	0	1
53	Trey Moore	LB	UTSA	22	23	45	12.0	6.0	5	1	—
54	Michael Shawcroft	LB	SDSU	45	32	77	12.0	5.5	0	3	—
55	Tommy Eichenberg	LB	OSU	72	40	112	12.0	2.5	5	3	1
56	Daiyan Henley	LB	WSU	54	52	106	12.0	4.0	3	1	1
57	Harold Perkins Jr.	LB	LSU	37	33	70	12.0	7.5	10	5	1
58	Tre'Mon Morris-Brash	DE	UCF	28	22	50	12.0	6.0	7	3	—
59	TyJuan Garbutt	DL	VT	16	15	31	12.0	6.5	6	1	—
60	Averie Habas	LB	USM	18	25	43	12.0	3.0	0	1	—
61	Mohamoud Diabate	LB	UTAH	23	23	46	11.5	5.0	0	1	—
62	Victor Jones	DL	AKR	24	28	52	11.5	5.5	3	3	—
63	Vonnie Watkins	DE	OHIO	14	24	38	11.5	3.5	6	1	—
64	Marlowe Wax	LB	SYR	54	32	86	11.5	4.5	7	1	—
65	Derick Hall	LB	AUB	41	19	60	11.5	6.5	7	0	1
66	Colby Wooden	DE	AUB	36	9	45	11.5	6.0	10	3	—
67	JaQues Evans	LB	WKU	62	39	101	11.5	8.0	8	4	—
68	Dee Winters	LB	TCU	33	25	58	11.5	7.5	7	1	—
69	James Carpenter	DL	JMU	15	37	52	11.5	5.5	2	3	—
70	Maema Njongmeta	LB	WIS	52	36	88	11.5	3.5	5	1	1
71	SirVocea Dennis	LB	PITT	45	44	89	11.5	6.5	6	3	1
72	D'Anthony Jones	DL	HOU	26	9	35	11.5	6.0	6	0	—
73	Marshawn Kneeland	DL	WMU	24	16	40	11.5	3.0	5	3	—
74	Jadrian Taylor	DE	UTEP	21	21	42	11.5	9.5	4	3	—
75	Zayin West	DE	KENT	23	11	34	11.5	4.5	1	0	—
76	Chris Ojoh	LB	NMSU	63	39	102	11.0	5.5	4	2	—
77	Cal Haladay	LB	MSU	42	78	120	11.0	1.5	1	0	—
78	Ahmad Walker	LB	LIB	33	30	63	11.0	4.0	1	2	1
79	Felix Anudike	DE	KSU	27	13	40	11.0	8.5	3	1	—
80	Laiatu Latu	DL	UCLA	21	12	33	11.0	9.5	5	1	—
81	Nathaniel Watson	LB	MSST	49	59	108	11.0	5.0	2	0	1
82	Jeremiah Martin	DL	WASH	22	16	38	11.0	8.5	5	1	—
83	Brennan Jackson	DE	WSU	16	23	39	11.0	5.0	5	2	—
84	Jordan Revels	DE	TXST	27	42	69	11.0	4.5	10	1	—
85	Myles Murphy	DE	CLEM	21	16	37	11.0	6.5	4	2	—
86	Bralen Trice	DE	WASH	19	14	33	11.0	8.0	3	0	—
87	Xander Mueller	LB	NU	53	34	87	11.0	8.0	0	3	2
88	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	LB	CLEM	44	36	80	11.0	5.5	4	5	2
89	Jahdae Barron	DB	TEX	39	28	67	11.0	1.0	0	2	2
90	Corvin Moment	LB	WMU	36	40	76	11.0	6.5	5	1	—
91	James Patterson	LB	BUF	65	44	109	11.0	1.5	2	2	1
92	J.T. Tuimoloau	DE	OSU	17	11	28	11.0	4.0	4	2	2
93	DeWayne Carter	DT	DUKE	20	15	35	11.0	5.5	6	2	—
94	Tyrus Wheat	LB	MSST	25	29	54	10.5	6.0	8	2	1
95	Jacoby Windmon	LB	MSU	18	31	49	10.5	5.5	0	2	1
96	Justin Wright	LB	TLSA	56	45	101	10.5	2.0	5	3	2
97	Brock Martin	DE	OKST	27	11	38	10.5	4.5	8	1	—
98	Isaac Ukwu	DE	JMU	22	18	40	10.5	7.5	6	1	—
99	Braden Siders	LB	WYO	29	9	38	10.5	5.0	6	1	—
100	Lonnie Phelps	DE	KU	43	11	54	10.5	7.0	5	1	—