2008 Iowa State Cyclones Tackles through 01/03/2009
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Smith | JR | DB | 11 | 60 | 25 | 85 | 7.73 |
| 2 | Jesse Smith | JR | LB | 12 | 47 | 37 | 84 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Fred Garrin | JR | LB | 12 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 4 | Michael Bibbs | SR | LB | 9 | 32 | 16 | 48 | 5.33 |
| 5 | Brandon Hunley | SR | DB | 12 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 3.75 |
| 6 | Leonard Johnson | FR | DB | 12 | 31 | 10 | 41 | 3.42 |
| 7 | Christopher Lyle | JR | DL | 12 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 8 | Kurtis Taylor | SR | DL | 12 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 3.08 |
| 9 | Chris Singleton | SR | DB | 12 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 2.58 |
| 10 | Nate Frere | JR | DL | 12 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 2.17 |
| 11 | Ter'ran Benton | FR | DB | 12 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 2.00 |
| 12 | Michael Tate | JR | DL | 11 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 2.18 |
| 13 | Josh Raven | JR | LB | 8 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2.75 |
| 14 | Ernest Ferguson | FR | LB | 11 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 2.00 |
| 15 | Michael O'Connell | SO | DB | 12 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 1.75 |
| 16 | Rashawn Parker | JR | DL | 12 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1.75 |
| 17 | Cameron Bell | SO | LB | 11 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1.73 |
| 18 | Zac Sandvig | SO | DB | 12 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1.58 |
| 19 | Steve Johnson | JR | DB | 9 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 2.11 |
| 20 | Kennard Banks | JR | DB | 8 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2.25 |
| 21 | Devin McDowell | SO | DB | 7 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 22 | Chris Brown | SR | DB | 6 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2.33 |
| 23 | Allen Bell | JR | DB | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1.08 |
| 24 | Derec Schmidgall | JR | LB | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 25 | Travis Ferguson | SR | DL | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| 26 | Marquis Hamilton | JR | WR | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 27 | Stephen Ruempolhamer | FR | DL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.89 |
| 28 | Austin Alburtis | SO | DL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 29 | Chris Weir | SR | DL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 30 | Nick Frere | SR | DL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 31 | Brian Ekwelundu | JR | RB | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 32 | Mike Brandtner | JR | P | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 33 | Alexander Robinson | SO | RB | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 34 | Matt Hulbert | SO | OL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 35 | Jerrod Black | FR | DL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 36 | Dakota Zimmerman | FR | OL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 37 | Patrick Neal | SO | TE | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 38 | Scott Haughton | FR | OL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 39 | Austen Arnaud | SO | QB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 40 | Sedrick Johnson | FR | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 41 | Ben Lamaak | SO | OL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 42 | Euseph Messiah | SR | WR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 12 | 540 | 283 | 823 | 68.58 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 475 | 306 | 781 | 65.08 |