College Football Defensive Leaders: Tackles, Sacks & TFL 2026

College Football Defensive Leaders: Tackles, Sacks & TFL 2026: every FBS player's 2026 season, sortable, filterable by conference and class, and linked to prospect and NFL player pages.

Team details

Season: 2026
Players: 1000

Top 100

#	Player	Pos	School	Class	G	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	INT	PD	FF	QB Hur
1	EJ Smith	LB	Nevada	SR	4	56	31	3.5	1.5		2		0
2	Jared Lloyd	LB	Missouri State	SR	4	45	20	3.5	1.0		1		1
3	Muaaz Byard	LB	UAB	SR	4	44	31	1.5	0.0		1		0
4	Zach Mowchan	LB	Eastern Michigan	SR	5	43	16	2.5	0.0		3		3
5	Anthony Palano	LB	Boston College	SO	4	40	20	6.0	1.0	2	1		1
6	Curly Ordonez	LB	Temple	SR	4	40	28	2.0	1.0		1		0
7	Korey Smith	LB	Middle Tennessee	JR	4	39	16	1.5	0.0		0	0	0
8	Dylan Labarbera	EDGE	Nevada	SR	4	39	24	1.5	1.0		1		3
9	Dorian Pringle	LB	Bowling Green	SO	4	39	21	1.5	0.0		0		0
10	Robert Fitzgerald	DB	Northwestern	SR	3	38	15	0.0	0.0		1	0	0
11	Matt Rose	LB	Stanford	SR	4	38	20	4.0	0.0		0		1
12	Samuel Omosigho	LB	UCLA	SR	4	38	27	7.0	3.0		0		2
13	Cam Buffington	LB	Iowa	JR	4	38	22	3.0	0.0		0		1
14	Kevin Adams	S	Tulane	JR	4	38	26	1.0	0.0		0		0
15	Brandon Tucker Jr.	LB	UTSA	SR	4	37	17	2.0	1.0		2		3
16	Raul Aguirre Jr.	LB	NC State	SR	4	37	13	1.0	0.0		0		0
17	Michael Molnar	LB	Ohio	SR	4	37	20	3.5	0.0		0		0
18	Marcellius Pulliam	LB	Coastal Carolina	JR	4	37	11	1.5	0.0		0		0
19	Joe Drew	S	Arkansas State	SO	4	36	19	0.0	0.0		2		0
20	Ethan Wesloski	LB	Oklahoma State	SR	4	36	13	1.0	1.0		1		1
21	Jordan Castell	DB	Kentucky	SR	4	36	13	2.0	0.0	2	1		0
22	Sione Hala	LB	San Diego State	SR	4	36	24	1.0	1.0		1		0
23	Dylan Lee	LB	San José State	JR	4	35	17	3.0	1.0	1	2		1
24	Sullivan Schlimgen	LB	Iowa State	SO	4	35	19	3.0	1.0		2	0	0
25	Chris Thompson Jr.	LB	Tulsa	SR	4	35	15	1.0	0.0		1	0	2
26	Cooper Catalano	LB	Wisconsin	SO	4	35	13	0.0	0.0		1	0	1
27	Caleb Clark-Glover	DB	Marshall	JR	4	35	25	0.5	0.0		2		0
28	Nicholas Rodriguez	LB	Missouri	JR	4	35	13	1.0	1.0		0		0
29	Kal-El Pascal	S	Bowling Green	JR	4	35	21	1.5	0.0		1		0
30	Blake Fletcher	LB	Air Force	SR	3	34	16	2.5	1.0	1	1		0
31	Donelius Johnson	LB	Akron	SR	4	34	15	1.5	0.0		0		0
32	Corey Myrick	S	Clemson	JR	4	34	19	0.0	0.0		1		0
33	Dickson Agu	LB	Tulane	JR	4	34	11	0.0	0.0		0	0	0
34	Elijah Melendez	LB	Auburn	SO	4	34	23	6.0	2.0		3		2
35	Colin Gallagher	LB	Delaware	JR	4	34	15	4.5	2.5		1	0	0
36	Jalen Woods	LB	UCLA	SR	4	33	17	1.5	1.0	1	2		1
37	Oumar Diomande	LB	Colorado State	SR	4	33	14	1.5	0.0	2	0	0	0
38	Kona Moore	DB	Hawai'i	JR	4	33	20	3.0	0.0		2		0
39	Xavier White	LB	Central Michigan	JR	4	33	13	0.0	0.0		1		1
40	CJ Coombes	S	North Texas	SR	4	33	12	0.0	0.0		1		0
41	Nakian Jackson	LB	James Madison	SR	4	33	13	2.5	1.5		0		2
42	Grant Godfrey	LB	Kentucky	SR	4	33	13	1.5	1.0	1	1		3
43	Santana Banner	S	Missouri	SR	4	33	15	2.0	0.0		3		0
44	Aiden Hall	LB	Wake Forest	SR	4	33	9	2.0	0.0		0		0
45	Boogsie Silvera	S	Sacramento State	SR	5	33	14	0.5	0.0		1		0
46	Isaac Zay	LB	Toledo	SO	4	32	11	2.0	2.0	2	3		1
47	K'Vion Thunderbird	LB	Fresno State	JR	4	32	17	3.0	1.0		0		0
48	Mario Thompson	LB	Old Dominion	JR	4	32	6	2.5	1.0		0		4
49	Sammy Brown	LB	Clemson	JR	4	32	15	1.5	1.0		1		1
50	Dax Collins	LB	Tulsa	JR	4	31	15	2.5	2.5		3		1
51	C.J. Heard	S	Vanderbilt	JR	4	31	22	2.0	2.0		2		1
52	Armorion Smith	S	Toledo	SR	4	31	12	1.0	0.5		4		0
53	Julian Fox	LB	Toledo	JR	4	31	13	0.0	0.0		0	0	1
54	Jaylen Lewis	DB	Western Kentucky	SR	4	31	21	0.0	0.0		1		0
55	KP Price	DB	Boston College	SR	4	31	19	1.0	0.0	2	0		3
56	Troy Bowles	LB	Michigan	SR	4	31	15	3.0	0.0		0	0	0
57	Malcolm Mccain	LB	Miami (OH)	JR	4	31	13	1.0	0.0		0		0
58	Ike Esonwune	LB	UAB	JR	4	31	19	0.0	0.0	1	1		2
59	Caleb Womack	CB	San José State	SR	4	31	20	0.0	0.0	1	1		1
60	Naseri Danielson	LB	San José State	JR	4	31	15	0.0	0.0	1	3		1
61	Randon Fontenette	DB	Colorado	SR	4	31	17	1.5	0.0	1	1		1
62	Mason Posa	LB	Wisconsin	SO	4	31	16	1.0	0.0	1	0		0
63	Brevin Hamblin	S	Utah State	JR	4	31	14	0.0	0.0	1	2		2
64	Jeremy Naborne	LB	Nevada	SR	4	31	17	2.0	2.0		1		2
65	Noah Flemmings	LB	UL Monroe	SR	4	30	16	1.5	0.0		0	0	1
66	Ty Bryant	DB	Kentucky	SR	4	30	11	0.5	0.5		1	0	0
67	Vincent Firenze	LB	Wake Forest	JR	4	30	13	2.0	0.0		1		0
68	Rasheem Biles	LB	Texas	SR	4	30	18	2.5	1.0	2	0		2
69	Gary Rutherford	LB	Wyoming	SO	4	30	7	1.0	1.0		0		0
70	Isaiah Patterson	LB	West Virginia	SO	4	30	15	1.5	1.0		0		2
71	Lucas Struck	S	Old Dominion	JR	4	30	7	2.5	0.0		3		0
72	Caleb Woodson	LB	Alabama	SR	4	30	12	2.0	2.0		0		0
73	Antwan Peek Jr.	LB	Cincinnati	SR	4	30	16	1.0	1.0		1		1
74	Tano Letuli	LB	San Diego State	SR	4	30	18	1.0	0.0		0		0
75	Caleb Nix	S	Jacksonville State	SR	5	30	17	1.0	0.0	1	3		1
76	Walker O'Steen	LB	Jacksonville State	SR	5	30	13	1.0	0.0		2		1
77	Ethan Stuhlsatz	LB	Wyoming	SR	3	29	8	1.0	0.5		0		3
78	Ben Roberts	LB	Texas Tech	SR	4	29	18	5.0	1.0		2		2
79	Tate Romney	LB	Oklahoma State	SR	4	29	14	3.0	1.0		2		0
80	Aiden Sullivan	LB	Oregon State	SR	4	29	11	3.0	2.0		2		3
81	Jerome Carter	S	Clemson	JR	4	29	16	0.0	0.0		1		0
82	Gavin Willis	LB	Charlotte	SR	4	29	15	5.0	0.5		0		2
83	Mike Steven Robinson III	DB	Southern Miss	JR	4	29	16	0.0	0.0		0		0
84	Mathis Haygood	LB	Southern Miss	JR	4	29	9	2.5	0.5		0		1
85	Isaiah Jones	LB	Indiana	SR	4	29	18	1.0	0.0	1	0		2
86	Rolijah Hardy	LB	Indiana	JR	4	29	18	3.0	0.0	1	1		2
87	DJ Johnson Jr.	LB	East Carolina	SR	4	29	12	2.5	0.5		0		2
88	Braylon Johnson	DB	Wake Forest	JR	4	29	17	1.0	1.0		1		0
89	Cole Blaylock	S	South Alabama	SR	4	29	15	3.5	0.0		0		0
90	Naeten Mitchell	DB	Colorado	SR	4	29	20	1.0	0.0		0	0	0
91	CJ Richard Jr.	DB	Florida State	SO	4	29	17	0.5	0.0		1		1
92	Myles Graham	LB	Florida	JR	4	29	17	1.5	0.5		0	0	0
93	Ayden Jackson	DB	South Florida	SR	4	29	16	2.0	0.0		3		0
94	Jamih Otis	LB	Hawai'i	SR	4	29	14	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0
95	Cannon Lewis	LB	Marshall	SO	4	29	8	1.0	0.0		0		1
96	Conor McPherson	LB	Louisiana	SO	4	29	15	2.5	1.0		0		0
97	Ryan Nolan	DB	Texas State	SR	4	29	9	0.0	0.0	1	3		0
98	Jayden Bradley	DB	Texas State	FR	4	29	14	0.5	0.0		2		0
99	Luke Metz	LB	Alabama	SO	4	29	7	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	3
100	Jason Marshall	DB	Eastern Michigan	SR	4	29	16	0.5	0.0	1	2	0	0

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