2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers Tackles through 01/08/2009
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ndamukong Suh | JR | DL | 13 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 5.85 |
| 2 | Larry Asante | JR | DB | 13 | 44 | 23 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 3 | Matt O'Hanlon | SR | DB | 12 | 33 | 19 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 4 | Pierre Allen | SO | DL | 13 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Cody Glenn | SR | LB | 10 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 5.10 |
| 6 | Ty Steinkuhler | SR | DL | 13 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 3.69 |
| 7 | Zach Potter | SR | DL | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 3.54 |
| 8 | Armando Murillo | SR | DB | 13 | 35 | 9 | 44 | 3.38 |
| 9 | Eric Hagg | SO | DB | 13 | 29 | 10 | 39 | 3.00 |
| 10 | Phillip Dillard | JR | LB | 9 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 4.22 |
| 11 | Tyler Wortman | SR | LB | 13 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 2.77 |
| 12 | Prince Amukamara | SO | DB | 13 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 2.62 |
| 13 | Anthony West | SO | DB | 12 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 2.42 |
| 14 | Rickey Thenarse | JR | DB | 11 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 2.18 |
| 15 | Lance Thorell | FR | DB | 11 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 2.18 |
| 16 | Blake Lawrence | SO | LB | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2.10 |
| 17 | Colton Koehler | JR | LB | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 18 | Matt Holt | FR | LB | 9 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1.56 |
| 19 | Clayton Sievers | SR | DL | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.08 |
| 20 | Shukree Barfield | SR | DL | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1.11 |
| 21 | Major Culbert | JR | DB | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.43 |
| 22 | Wes Cammack | JR | WR | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.69 |
| 23 | Niles Paul | SO | WR | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 24 | Terrence Moore | FR | DL | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.14 |
| 25 | Mathew May | FR | DB | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 26 | Mason Wald | FR | DB | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 27 | Hunter Teafatiller | SR | TE | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 28 | Alfonzo Dennard | FR | DB | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 29 | Todd Peterson | SR | WR | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.23 |
| 30 | Mike Hays | FR | RB | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 |
| 31 | Barry Turner | SR | DL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 32 | Quentin Castille | SO | RB | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 |
| 33 | Ryan Hill | FR | TE | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 34 | Jared Crick | FR | DL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 35 | Thomas Grove | SO | LB | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 36 | Austin Cassidy | FR | DB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 |
| 37 | Lydon Murtha | SR | OL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 38 | Chris Brooks | JR | WR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 39 | T.J. O'Leary | SR | OL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 40 | Joe Ganz | SR | QB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 41 | Roy Helu Jr. | SO | RB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 42 | Mike Smith | SO | OL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 43 | Keith Williams | SO | OL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 44 | Adi Kunalic | SO | K | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 45 | Ben Martin | SO | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 46 | William Yancy | FR | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 47 | Menelik Holt | JR | WR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 48 | Marlon Lucky | SR | RB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 13 | 469 | 354 | 823 | 63.31 | |||
| Opponents | 13 | 587 | 384 | 971 | 74.69 |