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Defense · 2023 regular season · FBS

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Top 100

2023 REG

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Solo	Ast	Tot ↓	TFL	Sk	QBH	PD	INT
1	Jason Henderson	LB	ODU	50	115	165	19.0	4.5	5	0	—
2	Jay Higgins	LB	IOWA	65	90	155	4.0	1.0	2	3	1
3	Payton Wilson	LB	NCSU	69	69	138	17.5	6.0	10	6	3
4	Nathaniel Watson	LB	MSST	35	102	137	13.0	10.0	7	2	1
5	Joseph Sparacio	LB	EMU	58	76	134	7.5	2.5	5	3	—
6	Nickolas Martin	LB	OKST	77	56	133	16.0	6.0	8	0	2
7	MJ Tafisi	LB	USU	50	81	131	8.5	0.0	2	1	—
8	Kendarin Ray	S	TLSA	73	58	131	4.0	0.0	1	1	1
9	Jett Johnson	LB	MSST	45	85	130	14.0	6.0	4	1	3
10	Matthew Salopek	LB	M-OH	72	55	127	8.5	3.0	3	2	1
11	Chase Kline	LB	EMU	42	82	124	4.0	2.0	9	3	—
12	Cedric Gray	LB	UNC	64	57	121	11.0	5.0	7	4	1
13	Wayne Matthews III	LB	ODU	36	85	121	8.5	2.5	0	2	—
14	Bryce Houston	LB	OHIO	55	65	120	12.5	2.5	4	1	3
15	Jack Howell	DB	CSU	50	64	114	0.5	0.0	3	3	1
16	Trevor Williams	LB	SHSU	71	43	114	7.5	1.5	4	0	2
17	Hunter Wohler	S	WIS	73	40	113	4.5	1.0	4	4	2
18	Jackson Mitchell	LB	CONN	56	57	113	7.0	1.0	4	1	1
19	Tyrice Knight	LB	UTEP	63	50	113	13.0	3.5	3	6	—
20	Debo Williams	LB	SC	67	46	113	9.0	1.0	2	2	—
21	Marques Watson-Trent	LB	GASO	56	55	111	12.5	3.5	2	2	2
22	Ty Wise	LB	M-OH	55	55	110	8.0	7.0	5	5	1
23	Tyren Dupree	LB	LIB	55	53	108	8.0	2.5	5	2	2
24	Aaron Casey	LB	IU	77	31	108	20.0	6.5	1	3	—
25	Jonas Sanker	S	UVA	73	34	107	4.0	0.0	1	11	—
26	Chase Wilson	LB	CSU	44	63	107	8.5	3.5	1	3	—
27	Dallas Gant	LB	TOL	45	62	107	8.0	1.0	0	2	1
28	Dillon Thieneman	DB	PUR	74	32	106	2.0	0.0	1	2	6
29	Easton Mascarenas-Arnold	LB	ORST	49	57	106	6.5	2.0	3	0	2
30	Donovan McMillon	DB	PITT	54	51	105	0.5	0.0	0	1	—
31	Terry Jones	DB	ODU	29	75	104	4.0	0.0	3	4	—
32	Bryce Gallagher	LB	NU	39	64	103	4.0	1.0	0	2	1
33	Andrew Parker	LB	APP	48	55	103	6.0	2.0	4	2	—
34	Ben Roberts	LB	TTU	54	46	100	5.5	1.0	2	0	1
35	Keyshaun Elliott	LB	NMSU	54	46	100	8.5	2.5	4	5	—
36	Nick Jackson	LB	IOWA	42	57	99	8.0	4.0	7	2	—
37	Caleb Downs	S	ALA	64	35	99	3.5	0.0	0	3	2
38	Brian Holloway	LB	TXST	56	43	99	16.0	1.5	8	0	2
39	Kendal Daniels	LB	OKST	58	40	98	4.5	2.0	0	0	1
40	Jesus Machado	LB	TULN	56	42	98	3.0	0.0	1	1	1
41	Donovan Manuel	LB	FIU	56	42	98	11.5	0.0	1	2	—
42	Easton Gibbs	LB	WYO	41	57	98	4.0	2.0	3	4	1
43	Jacob Manu	LB	ARIZ	39	57	96	9.5	6.5	7	1	1
44	Marlowe Wax	LB	SYR	65	31	96	10.5	4.0	4	2	—
45	Beau Freyler	DB	ISU	46	49	95	4.0	1.0	0	5	3
46	Xander Mueller	LB	NU	48	47	95	9.5	5.0	0	2	3
47	Keye Thompson	LB	OHIO	42	52	94	10.0	1.5	4	2	1
48	Jontrey Hunter	LB	GAST	50	44	94	7.0	1.5	2	4	—
49	Bryun Parham	LB	SJSU	50	44	94	5.0	1.5	3	2	1
50	Colin Ramos	LB	NAVY	52	42	94	8.0	2.0	6	4	—
51	Trey Rucker	S	OKST	58	36	94	4.0	0.0	0	0	1
52	Jackson Woodard	LB	UNLV	39	55	94	8.0	2.5	1	1	1
53	Jeslord Boateng	LB	LT	31	62	93	9.0	1.0	0	1	—
54	Dominique Hampton	CB	WASH	54	38	92	0.0	0.0	0	5	2
55	Max Tooley	LB	BYU	53	39	92	5.0	1.0	0	2	1
56	Cal Haladay	LB	MSU	41	50	91	5.5	1.0	1	0	1
57	Ike Larsen	S	USU	51	40	91	4.5	0.0	1	6	4
58	Nicholas Ross	S	APP	41	50	91	3.5	1.5	2	3	1
59	Jason Johnson	LB	UCF	52	39	91	5.5	3.0	0	1	—
60	Power Echols	LB	UNC	55	36	91	5.5	0.0	4	1	1
61	Emany Johnson	DB	NEV	67	23	90	2.5	0.0	0	3	3
62	Aiden Fisher	LB	JMU	38	52	90	5.0	1.5	5	6	1
63	A.J. Haulcy	S	HOU	69	21	90	1.0	0.0	1	2	—
64	Demetrius Knight II	LB	CLT	42	47	89	5.5	1.5	0	4	3
65	Alec Mock	LB	AF	49	40	89	5.0	2.0	2	1	1
66	Reggie Peterson	LB	FIU	42	47	89	7.0	3.0	1	0	1
67	Charles Willekes	LB	ARST	31	58	89	8.5	2.0	1	1	—
68	Jaheim Thomas	LB	ARK	38	51	89	5.5	2.5	5	2	—
69	Myles Heard	DB	LT	40	48	88	5.5	0.0	3	4	—
70	Peter Manuma	DB	HAW	60	28	88	5.5	0.0	0	1	3
71	Vinny DePalma	LB	BC	39	48	87	1.5	0.5	1	1	—
72	Justin Sanchez	LB	CSU	42	45	87	3.5	0.5	2	3	—
73	Julius Wood	DB	ECU	42	45	87	3.0	0.0	1	1	2
74	Kyle Thornton	LB	WSU	35	52	87	4.5	1.0	6	1	—
75	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	CAL	49	38	87	3.0	1.0	6	6	1
76	Shawn Asbury II	DB	ODU	38	49	87	6.0	0.0	3	4	1
77	Quae Drake	LB	JXST	45	41	86	5.5	1.0	2	2	1
78	Tre Freeman	LB	DUKE	46	40	86	5.0	1.5	5	2	1
79	Isaac Gifford	DB	NEB	44	42	86	6.5	0.5	0	8	1
80	Jaylan Ford	LB	TEX	40	46	86	10.5	1.0	6	2	2
81	Chandler Martin	LB	MEM	59	27	86	12.0	2.0	3	2	2
82	Dylan Hazen	LB	WAKE	44	42	86	8.5	1.0	3	0	—
83	Clayton Isbell	S	CCU	47	39	86	4.5	1.0	0	5	3
84	Lee Kpogba	LB	WVU	39	46	85	6.5	3.0	8	1	—
85	Jhalyn Shuler	LB	USF	42	43	85	7.0	2.0	2	4	—
86	Deion Jennings	LB	RUTG	43	42	85	3.5	0.0	0	4	—
87	Anthony Switzer	DB	USU	39	46	85	8.0	3.0	5	4	1
88	Antavious Fish	LB	AKR	35	50	85	4.0	1.0	3	0	—
89	Daniel Bolden	LB	TOL	36	49	85	5.5	0.5	3	2	—
90	Elias Neal	LB	MRSH	31	54	85	10.0	2.5	3	2	1
91	AJ Vongphachanh	LB	BYU	33	52	85	5.5	0.0	5	1	—
92	Javon McIntyre	DB	PITT	43	42	85	3.5	0.0	0	7	—
93	Shae Suiaunoa	LB	WYO	55	29	84	4.5	1.5	1	2	1
94	Louis Moore	DB	IU	60	24	84	1.0	0.0	0	1	3
95	Mohamed Toure	LB	RUTG	41	43	84	7.5	3.5	4	2	1
96	Matt Jones	LB	BAY	56	28	84	12.5	4.0	1	5	—
97	Javante Mackey	DE	ARST	52	32	84	7.0	2.0	2	1	—
98	Eugene Asante	LB	AUB	54	30	84	8.5	5.0	5	1	—
99	Edefuan Ulofoshio	LB	WASH	53	30	83	6.0	3.0	0	2	1
100	Shawn Holton	S	TXST	58	25	83	0.0	0.0	0	1	1