2008 North Carolina Tar Heels Tackles through 01/08/2009
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quan Sturdivant | SO | LB | 13 | 87 | 35 | 122 | 9.38 |
| 2 | Mark Paschal | SR | LB | 12 | 65 | 38 | 103 | 8.58 |
| 3 | Kendric Burney | SO | DB | 13 | 62 | 15 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 4 | Bruce Carter | SO | LB | 13 | 49 | 19 | 68 | 5.23 |
| 5 | Deunta Williams | SO | DB | 13 | 55 | 10 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 6 | Trimane Goddard | SR | DB | 13 | 37 | 17 | 54 | 4.15 |
| 7 | Jordan Hemby | JR | DB | 13 | 36 | 13 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 8 | Marvin Austin | SO | DL | 13 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 2.92 |
| 9 | E.J. Wilson | JR | DL | 13 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 2.92 |
| 10 | Robert Quinn | FR | DL | 12 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 2.83 |
| 11 | Cam Thomas | JR | DL | 13 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 2.62 |
| 12 | Charles Brown | SO | DB | 10 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 2.60 |
| 13 | Da'Norris Searcy | SO | DB | 13 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 1.92 |
| 14 | Chase Rice | SR | LB | 11 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1.82 |
| 15 | Ryan Taylor | JR | LB | 13 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1.46 |
| 16 | Tydreke Powell | FR | DL | 12 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1.50 |
| 17 | Aleric Mullins | JR | DL | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.92 |
| 18 | Johnny White | SO | DB | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 19 | Matt Merletti | SO | DB | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.85 |
| 20 | Richie Rich | JR | DB | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.82 |
| 21 | Michael McAdoo | FR | DL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.90 |
| 22 | Kennedy Tinsley | JR | LB | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.50 |
| 23 | Quenton Coples | FR | DL | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 24 | Darrius Massenburg | SO | DL | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.88 |
| 25 | Jonathan Smith | SO | DB | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 26 | Zach Brown | FR | LB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 27 | Greg Elleby | SO | DL | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 28 | Melvin Williams | JR | DB | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 29 | Brooks Foster | SR | WR | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.31 |
| 30 | Cooter Arnold | SR | WR | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 31 | Darius Powell | SO | DL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 |
| 32 | Hakeem Nicks | JR | WR | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 33 | Shaun Draughn | SO | DB | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 34 | Ebele Okakpu | FR | LB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 35 | Anthony Elzy | SO | RB | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 36 | Cameron Sexton | JR | QB | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 37 | Linwan Euwell | FR | LB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 38 | Vince Jacobs | SO | DL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 39 | Jay Wooten | FR | K | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 40 | Greg Little | SO | RB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 41 | Tavorris Jolly | SO | DB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 42 | Trevor Stuart | SO | OL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 43 | Richard Quinn | SR | TE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 13 | 610 | 308 | 918 | 70.62 | |||
| Opponents | 13 | 427 | 286 | 713 | 54.85 |