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Air Force's best defenders since 2024
Blake Fletcher leads with 209 tackles in 26 games at Air Force; Roger Jones Jr. had 95.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Air Force since 2024, ranked by tackles; the lines are each player's tackles game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
58 defenders with 5+ games at Air Forcetackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Fletcher | 2024–2026 | 26 | 209 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 | Roger Jones Jr. | 2025–2026 | 17 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Dallas Daley | 2024–2026 | 17 | 94 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Max Mustell | 2025–2026 | 16 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Korey Johnson | 2024–2026 | 19 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Lincoln Tuioti-Mariner | 2024 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Luke Fisher | 2024–2026 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Alexander Perez | 2025–2026 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Isaac Hubert | 2025–2026 | 17 | 42 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | Grant Uyl | 2024 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | David Santiago | 2024 | 10 | 37 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Brody Bujnoch | 2024–2026 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Mikhail Seiken | 2025–2026 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Jaylin Reese | 2024–2026 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | Houston Hendrix | 2024–2025 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jackson Adams | 2024–2025 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Nick Beckwith | 2025–2026 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Chen | 2024 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Andrew Tillett | 2024–2026 | 14 | 19 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Lukia Rawls Jr. | 2024–2025 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Cade Paterson | 2026 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jordan Elie-Stuart | 2025–2026 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Jayden Oquendo | 2024–2026 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Noah Daniels | 2026 | 5 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Carter Cremascoli | 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Payton Zdroik | 2022–2025 | 29 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 27 | Aidan Swartz | 2023–2025 | 22 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 28 | Daniel Grobe | 2023–2025 | 21 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 29 | Jamari Bellamy | 2022–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 30 | Camby Goff | 2021–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 31 | Trey Williams | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 32 | Levi Brown | 2023–2025 | 17 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 33 | James Tomasi | 2023–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 34 | Jayden Goodwin | 2021–2023 | 15 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 35 | Weston Steelhammer | 2014–2016 | 15 | — | — | — | 18 |
| 36 | Alec Mock | 2021–2023 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 37 | Jerome Gaillard Jr. | 2023–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 38 | Trey Taylor | 2021–2023 | 14 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 39 | Bo Richter | 2021–2023 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 40 | Osaro Aihie | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 41 | Johnathan Youngblood | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 42 | Benjamin Waters | 2019 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 43 | Corvan Taylor | 2020–2021 | 9 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 44 | Jake Martin | 2023–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 45 | Jalen Mergerson | 2021–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 46 | Jayden Thiergood | 2021–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Milton Bugg III | 2019–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 48 | PJ Ramsey | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 49 | James Jones IV | 2017–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 50 | Zach Juckel | 2023–2025 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | Christopher Herrera | 2019–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 52 | Jeremy Fejedelem | 2017–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 53 | Brodie Hicks | 2015–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 54 | Kupono Blake | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 55 | Kyle Floyd | 2017–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 56 | Michael Mack II | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 57 | Roland Ladipo | 2015–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 58 | Tyme Collins | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
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