2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Tackles through 01/03/2009
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle McCarthy | SR | DB | 13 | 64 | 46 | 110 | 8.46 |
| 2 | David Bruton | SR | DB | 13 | 61 | 36 | 97 | 7.46 |
| 3 | Maurice Crum Jr. | SR | LB | 13 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Harrison Smith | SO | DB | 13 | 39 | 18 | 57 | 4.38 |
| 5 | Brian Smith | SO | LB | 11 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 4.91 |
| 6 | Pat Kuntz | SR | DL | 13 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 3.23 |
| 7 | Raeshon McNeil | JR | DB | 13 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 3.15 |
| 8 | Ian Williams | SO | DL | 13 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 3.08 |
| 9 | Robert Blanton | FR | DB | 12 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 2.75 |
| 10 | Terrail Lambert | SR | DB | 12 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 2.75 |
| 11 | Sergio Brown | JR | DB | 13 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 2.15 |
| 12 | Darius Fleming | FR | LB | 13 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 1.92 |
| 13 | Kerry Neal | SO | LB | 13 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.92 |
| 14 | Justin Brown | SR | DL | 13 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 1.85 |
| 15 | Mike Anello | SR | DB | 12 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 1.92 |
| 16 | Toryan Smith | JR | LB | 9 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2.00 |
| 17 | Ray Herring | SR | DB | 13 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1.31 |
| 18 | Ethan Johnson | FR | DL | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1.31 |
| 19 | Gary Gray | SO | DB | 8 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1.88 |
| 20 | Steve Quinn | SR | LB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1.08 |
| 21 | Scott Smith | SR | LB | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| 22 | Morrice Richardson | JR | DL | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 23 | John Ryan | JR | LB | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 24 | Leonard Gordon | JR | DB | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 25 | Emeka Nwankwo | SO | DL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 26 | Eric Maust | JR | P | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 27 | John Leonis | SR | DB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 28 | Michael Floyd | FR | WR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 29 | Steve Filer | FR | LB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 30 | Duval Kamara | SO | WR | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 31 | Kyle Rudolph | FR | TE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 32 | Golden Tate | SO | WR | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 33 | Eric Olsen | JR | OL | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 34 | David Grimes | SR | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 35 | Kevin Washington | SR | LB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 36 | Kevin Brooks | JR | TE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 13 | 505 | 322 | 827 | 63.62 | |||
| Opponents | 13 | 498 | 410 | 908 | 69.85 |