2021 Illinois Fighting Illini Tackles through 01/10/2022
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Brown | JR | DB | 12 | 50 | 31 | 81 | 6.75 |
| 2 | Tarique Barnes | SO | LB | 12 | 44 | 36 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 3 | Tony Adams | SR | DB | 12 | 47 | 16 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 4 | Kerby Joseph | JR | DB | 12 | 41 | 16 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Jartavius Martin | JR | DB | 12 | 33 | 22 | 55 | 4.58 |
| 6 | Devon Witherspoon | SO | DB | 10 | 42 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 |
| 7 | Jer'Zhan Newton | FR | DL | 12 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 8 | Khalan Tolson | JR | LB | 12 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Isaiah Gay | SR | OLB | 12 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Owen Carney Jr. | SR | OLB | 12 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 11 | Keith Randolph Jr. | FR | DL | 10 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 4.20 |
| 12 | Jake Hansen | SR | LB | 6 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 5.50 |
| 13 | Roderick Perry II | SR | DL | 11 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2.36 |
| 14 | Seth Coleman | FR | OLB | 10 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2.20 |
| 15 | Derrick Smith | JR | DB | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 2.43 |
| 16 | Prather Hudson | SR | DB | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1.27 |
| 17 | Kendall Smith | SR | DB | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1.08 |
| 18 | Jamal Woods | SR | DL | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.20 |
| 19 | Tahveon Nicholson | FR | DB | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1.57 |
| 20 | Calvin Avery | JR | DL | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| 21 | Alec McEachern | JR | LB | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 22 | Isaac Darkangelo | JR | LB | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 23 | Calvin Hart Jr. | SO | LB | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 24 | Ezekiel Holmes | SO | OLB | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 25 | Eddie Smith | SO | DB | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.40 |
| 26 | DJ Johnson | FR | OLB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 |
| 27 | Sean Coghlan | JR | LB | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 |
| 28 | Verdis Brown | SO | DL | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.50 |
| 29 | Bryce Barnes | SO | OLB | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 30 | Christian Bobak | SR | DB | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 31 | Michael Marchese | SR | TE | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 32 | Chase Brown | SO | RB | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 33 | Team | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.18 | ||
| 34 | Tyler Strain | FR | DB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 35 | Tailon Leitzsey | SR | DB | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| Total | 12 | 495 | 344 | 839 | 69.92 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 440 | 332 | 772 | 64.33 |