2025 National Leaders Tackles - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/19/2026

Name Team Yr Pos G Solo Assisted Total Total/G
1 Owen Long CSU SO LB 12 58 93 151 12.58
2 Red Murdock Buffalo SR LB 12 53 89 142 11.83
3 Quinn Urwiler N Illinois SR LB 12 71 70 141 11.75
4 Caden Fordham NC State SR LB 10 48 65 113 11.30
5 Micah Davey UTEP SR LB 11 61 61 122 11.09
6 Ray Coney Tulsa JR LB 10 37 71 108 10.80
7 Chris Jones USM SO LB 13 51 84 135 10.38
8 Baron Hopson KSU SR LB 13 64 69 133 10.23
9 Mani Powell Purdue SR LB 7 29 42 71 10.14
10 Jaxton Eck New Mexico JR LB 12 60 61 121 10.08
11 Gideon ESPN Lampron BGSU JR LB 12 65 54 119 9.92
12 Kaleb Elarms-Orr TCU SR LB 10 44 53 97 9.70
13 Bryun Parham UConn SR LB 13 63 63 126 9.69
14 Jaden Dugger La-Lafytte SR LB 12 60 53 113 9.42
15 Jordan Pollard SJSU SR LB 11 56 47 103 9.36
16 Jordan Kwiatkowski CMU SR LB 12 48 64 112 9.33
17 Jordan Stringer Troy SR LB 13 43 77 120 9.23
18 Cade Uluave California JR ILB 11 42 58 100 9.09
19 Brevin Hamblin Utah State JR S 11 50 49 99 9.00
19 Tyler Martin U Mass JR LB 11 35 64 99 9.00
19 John Miller Utah State SR ILB 11 32 67 99 9.00
19 Jake Golday Cincinnati SR LB 9 33 48 81 9.00
19 Tahj Ra-El Purdue SR DB 7 28 35 63 9.00
24 Oumar Diomande UConn SO LB 13 65 51 116 8.92
25 Daniel Wingate Maryland JR LB 10 54 35 89 8.90
26 Owen Chambliss SDSU SO LB 12 61 45 106 8.83
27 Blake Fletcher Air Force JR LB 11 36 61 97 8.82
28 CJ Young Kent State SO LB 9 37 42 79 8.78
29 Michael Montgomery USM JR LB 12 30 75 105 8.75
30 Charles Correa Purdue SO LB 7 16 45 61 8.71
31 Andon Thomas Army SR ILB 10 52 35 87 8.70
32 Matt Rose Stanford JR ILB 8 37 32 69 8.63
33 Gavin Moul Delaware JR LB 13 50 61 111 8.54
34 Bryce Llewellyn EMU SR DB 12 41 61 102 8.50
34 Mason Woods Kent State SR LB 10 31 54 85 8.50
36 Keaton Thomas Baylor JR LB 9 40 36 76 8.44
36 Leon Hart Jr. FAU JR LB 9 24 52 76 8.44
38 Eli Blakey Miami (Oh) SR DB 14 62 56 118 8.43
39 Treylin Payne Texas St SR LB 12 44 57 101 8.42
40 Devin Lafayette Troy SR SPR 13 52 57 109 8.38
41 Parker Hughes MTSU SR ILB 12 50 50 100 8.33
41 Zeraun Daniel U Mass JR S 9 34 41 75 8.33
41 Blayne Myrick USA JR LB 9 33 42 75 8.33
44 Johnny Chaney Jr. FIU SR LB 13 68 39 107 8.23
45 Jordan Crook Ariz St SR LB 9 41 33 74 8.22
46 Andrew Awe Rice SR LB 10 39 43 82 8.20
47 Nick Andersen Wk Forest SR DB 12 43 55 98 8.17
48 Jadon Pearson Fresno St SR LB 13 51 55 106 8.15
48 Sammy Brown Clemson SO LB 13 51 55 106 8.15
48 Jaylen Wester Western Ky SR LB 13 50 56 106 8.15
51 JonJon Vaughns UCLA SR LB 8 29 36 65 8.13
52 KP Price BC JR DB 11 62 27 89 8.09
53 Marsel McDuffie UNLV SR ILB 14 55 57 112 8.00
53 Maverick Baranowski Minnesota JR LB 10 40 40 80 8.00
53 Josiah Robinson Georgia St JR ILB 9 31 41 72 8.00
53 Bryce Boettcher Oregon SR ILB 9 26 46 72 8.00
57 Trey Lathan Kansas JR LB 10 44 35 79 7.90
57 Malachi McLean UConn SR DB 10 38 41 79 7.90
59 Amare Campbell Penn State JR LB 9 46 25 71 7.89
59 Jacob Rodriguez Texas Tech SR LB 9 38 33 71 7.89
61 MarcAnthony Parker Navy SO LB 11 40 46 86 7.82
62 Jackson Kuwatch Miami (Oh) SR LB 14 47 62 109 7.79
63 Naeten Mitchell NMSU SO S 12 58 35 93 7.75
63 Colton Phares App St SO LB 12 38 55 93 7.75
63 Jordan Hall Mich St JR LB 8 33 29 62 7.75
66 Sam Brumfield Memphis SR LB 11 33 52 85 7.73
67 Jacob Fields La Tech JR DB 12 50 42 92 7.67
67 Ethan Wesloski N Texas JR LB 12 44 48 92 7.67
67 Robert Fitzgerald N'western JR DB 9 42 27 69 7.67
67 Devon Williams Minnesota SR LB 9 30 39 69 7.67
67 Anthony Hill Jr. Texas JR LB 6 26 20 46 7.67
72 Jayden Wilson UTEP JR LB 11 31 53 84 7.64
72 Kyle Taylor Ark St SR LB 11 28 56 84 7.64
74 Keyshaun Elliott Ariz St SR LB 8 38 23 61 7.63
75 Ty Benefield Boise St JR S 13 67 32 99 7.62
76 Shad Banks, Jr. UTSA SR ILB 10 47 29 76 7.60
76 Mac Harris S Florida SR OLB 10 44 32 76 7.60
76 Dalton Johnson Arizona SR DB 10 39 37 76 7.60
76 Jhalyn Shuler S Florida SR LB 10 36 40 76 7.60
80 Ahmaad Moses SMU SR S 11 47 36 83 7.55
81 West Weeks LSU SR LB 6 16 29 45 7.50
82 Tory Gethers NMSU JR LB 12 40 49 89 7.42
83 Jamel Johnson TCU JR S 10 48 26 74 7.40
83 Tyler Stolsky FAU JR LB 10 35 39 74 7.40
83 Derrieon Craig U Mass SR STA 10 22 52 74 7.40
86 Trent Hendrick James Mad SR LB 13 33 63 96 7.38
86 CJ Allen Georgia JR ILB 8 28 31 59 7.38
88 Dion Crawford Buffalo JR LB 11 30 51 81 7.36
88 Bronson Olevao Jr. Utah State JR ILB 11 26 55 81 7.36
90 Terrence Williams La-Lafytte SR LB 12 46 42 88 7.33
91 Austin Romaine Kansas St JR LB 7 32 19 51 7.29
92 Trey Fields N Texas SR LB 11 36 44 80 7.27
93 Dylan LaBarbera Nevada JR DL 12 50 37 87 7.25
93 Filip Maciorowski N Illinois SO LB 12 39 48 87 7.25
95 K'Von Sherman Toledo JR LB 13 54 40 94 7.23
96 Kyle Louis Pittsburgh JR LB 9 34 30 64 7.11
97 Corey Myrick USM SO SAF 13 47 45 92 7.08
98 KT Seay Delaware JR S 13 62 29 91 7.00
98 Aaron Alexander Ark St JR LB 13 35 56 91 7.00
98 Luke Ferrelli California FR ILB 12 36 48 84 7.00

Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.