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Defense · 2025 · full season · FBS · DL
Top 100
2025 REG
| # | Player | Pos | Tm | G | Solo | Ast | Tot ↓ | TFL | Sk | QBH | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaxton Eck | DL |  UNM | 12 | 64 | 62 | 126 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Dylan Labarbera | DL |  NEV | 12 | 49 | 39 | 88 | 16.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Derrieon Craig | DL |  MASS | 10 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 4 | Carlos Allen Jr. | DL |  HOU | 12 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 5 | J'Mond Tapp | DL |  USM | 12 | 18 | 48 | 66 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 6 | Langston Hardy | DL |  WAKE | 12 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Eddie Walls III | DL | HOU | 12 | 33 | 25 | 58 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 9 | 5 | — |
| 8 | Donovan Green | DL |  EMU | 12 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Kayden McDonald | DL |  OSU | 13 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Aidan Keanaaina | DL |  CAL | 12 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Talan Carter | DL |  JXST | 12 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 12 | Tony Anyanwu | DL |  RICE | 12 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 13 | Ethan Hassler | DL |  ARST | 12 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 14 | Clev Lubin | DL |  LOU | 12 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 7 | 3 | — |
| 15 | Samuel Dankah | DL |  ECU | 12 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 16 | Alex VanSumeren | DL |  MSU | 12 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 17 | Ethan Day | DL |  UNT | 13 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Kemari Copeland | DL |  VT | 12 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Michael Heldman | DL |  CMU | 12 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 8 | 4 | — |
| 20 | Melkart Abou-Jaoude | DL |  UNC | 12 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Akheem Mesidor | DL |  MIA | 11 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Joe Hjelle | DL |  TLSA | 11 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Jacob Ferguson | DL |  GASO | 10 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 24 | Julien Laventure | DL |  AKR | 11 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Bear Alexander | DL |  ORE | 12 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 26 | Sahir West | DL |  JMU | 12 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 7 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Darrell Jackson Jr. | DL |  FSU | 12 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Bruno Dall | DL | AKR | 12 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | Quincy Rhodes Jr. | DL |  ARK | 12 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Tyrell Martin | DL | EMU | 10 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Marques White | DL | MASS | 11 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 32 | David Stone | DL |  OU | 12 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 33 | Nick Barrett | DL |  SC | 12 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 34 | David Onuoha | DL | MASS | 10 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 35 | CJ Nunnally IV | DL |  PUR | 12 | 29 | 13 | 42 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Dylan Frazier | DL |  SHSU | 10 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 37 | Finn Claypool | DL |  FRES | 11 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 38 | Ezra Christensen | DL |  NMSU | 11 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 10 | 2 | — |
| 39 | Hudson Ball | DL | TLSA | 12 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 40 | CJ Mims | DL | UNC | 11 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 41 | Ben Bell | DL | VT | 12 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 42 | Gary Smith III | DL |  UCLA | 10 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 43 | Jordan van den Berg | DL |  GT | 12 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 44 | Brendan Bett | DL |  FLA | 11 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 45 | T.J. Bollers | DL | CAL | 11 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 46 | Kevin Abrams-Verwayne | DL |  APP | 11 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 47 | Zion Wilson | DL | ECU | 12 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 48 | Adam Watkins | DL |  KENN | 12 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 49 | Tai Newhouse | DL | TLSA | 11 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 50 | Tylon Dunlap | DL | KENN | 12 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 51 | Kody Huisman | DL | VT | 12 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 52 | Wesley Bailey | DL | LOU | 12 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 53 | Jayden Loving | DL | WAKE | 12 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 54 | Keanu Williams | DL | UCLA | 12 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 55 | Michael Kilbane | DL |  NU | 10 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 56 | Dylan Manuel | DL | APP | 12 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | Isaiah Johnson | DL | UNC | 11 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 58 | Taylor Wein | DL | OU | 12 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | A.J. Holmes Jr. | DL |  TTU | 13 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 7 | 4 | — |
| 60 | Deven Eastern | DL |  MINN | 12 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 61 | Rodney McGraw | DL |  WMU | 13 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 62 | Rondo Porter | DL | APP | 11 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | — |
| 63 | Blake Boenisch | DL | RICE | 11 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 64 | Paul Hutson III | DL |  MRSH | 11 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 | Rueben Bain Jr. | DL | MIA | 11 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 66 | Boubacar Traore | DL |  ND | 10 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 67 | Carter Evans | DL | EMU | 12 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 68 | Nuer Gatkuoth | DL | WAKE | 11 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Eric O'Neill | DL |  RUTG | 12 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 10 | 1 | — |
| 70 | Amar Thomas | DL | JMU | 11 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 71 | D'Antre Robinson | DL | UNC | 11 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 72 | Quintayvious Hutchins | DL |  BC | 11 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 73 | Justin Wodtly | DL |  ASU | 10 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 74 | Aaron Graves | DL |  IOWA | 12 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | Jalen Bell | DL |  MEM | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Tim Hardiman | DL | TLSA | 11 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 77 | Payton Zdroik | DL |  AF | 12 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 78 | Malcolm Greene | DL | MASS | 9 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 79 | Naejaun Barber | DL |  FAU | 12 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 80 | Daniel Rickert | DL |  UVA | 12 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 81 | Stephen Daley | DL |  IU | 13 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 19.0 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 82 | Lee Hunter | DL | TTU | 13 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 83 | Quientrail Jamison-Travis | DL |  AUB | 11 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 84 | Zahir Mathis | DL |  MD | 9 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 85 | Leroy Jackson | DL | UNC | 11 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 86 | Kelvin Gilliam Jr. | DL | VT | 12 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 87 | Aiden Benton | DL | APP | 11 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 88 | Lesterlaisene Lagafuaina | DL |  HAW | 11 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 89 | Denver Warren | DL |  UAB | 11 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 90 | Sterling Miles | DL | EMU | 9 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 91 | Cam Rice | DL | MD | 12 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 92 | James Thompson Jr. | DL |  ILL | 11 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 93 | Clay Patterson | DL |  STAN | 12 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 94 | Aiden Gobaira | DL | JMU | 12 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 95 | LT Overton | DL |  ALA | 12 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 96 | Kevontay Wells | DL |  ULM | 12 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 97 | Cooper Lanz | DL |  BAY | 11 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 98 | Francis Brewu | DL |  PITT | 10 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 99 | Ethan Hurkett | DL | IOWA | 12 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 100 | Joshua Josephs | DL |  TENN | 10 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 2 | — |