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Akron's best defenders since 2024
Gage Summers leads with 89 tackles in 16 games at Akron; Elijah Reed had 79.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Akron 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.
81 defenders with 5+ games at Akrontackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gage Summers | 2024–2025 | 16 | 89 | 1.5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Elijah Reed | 2024–2025 | 21 | 79 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Paul Lewis III | 2024 | 12 | 76 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Justin Anderson | 2024–2025 | 16 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Mehki Flowers | 2025–2026 | 17 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Melvin Spriggs | 2024–2025 | 22 | 69 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Donelius Johnson | 2026 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Rodrick Hunter | 2024–2026 | 20 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Malcolm DeWalt IV | 2024–2025 | 18 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Bruno Dall | 2024–2025 | 19 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | Cyrus Durham | 2025–2026 | 16 | 50 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | Julien Laventure | 2025 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Terence Thomas | 2024–2026 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Dwight Nunoo | 2026 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Aamii Branch | 2025–2026 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Nathan Kapongo | 2024 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Alex Branch | 2025–2026 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Tairan Davis Jr. | 2025–2026 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ronald Hull | 2024–2026 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Ben Kamara | 2025 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | Jon'Trell Mixon | 2025–2026 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Dahvon Frazier | 2025–2026 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Jamari Somerville | 2025–2026 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Daunte Curtis | 2026 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Kiawan Murphy | 2024–2025 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Aman Greenwood | 2024 | 10 | 20 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Vann Kavals | 2026 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Markus Boswell | 2025 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Austin Wondolowski | 2024–2026 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rich Benenge | 2024–2025 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Catrell White | 2024–2026 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Caiden Newsome | 2026 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Jason Hocker | 2025–2026 | 6 | 13 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Zy Brockington | 2024 | 5 | 11 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Dimitri Madden | 2024–2025 | 5 | 7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Jerome Lane | 2015–2016 | 24 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 37 | Darrian Lewis | 2022–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 38 | Bryan McCoy Jr. | 2023–2024 | 19 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 39 | Antavious Fish | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | Bennett Adler | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 41 | CJ Nunnally IV | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 42 | Devonte Golden-Nelson | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 43 | Cody Grice | 2014–2015 | 16 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | DiMarco Johnson | 2021–2025 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 45 | Shammond Cooper | 2023–2025 | 16 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Alvin Davis | 2016–2019 | 15 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 47 | Marcus Moore | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | Tyson Durant | 2021–2023 | 13 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 49 | Corey Thomas Jr. | 2019–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 50 | Shawn Featherstone | 2016–2019 | 12 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 51 | DeAndre Scott | 2013–2016 | 11 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 52 | Kyron Brown | 2016–2018 | 11 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 53 | Ulysees Gilbert | 2016–2018 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 54 | Joey Hunter | 2023–2024 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 55 | John Lako | 2016–2019 | 10 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 56 | Kam Cheatom | 2023–2025 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 57 | Jordan George | 2015–2018 | 9 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 58 | Lama Lavea | 2023–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 59 | Darian Dailey | 2017–2018 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 60 | Davon'te Jest | 2016–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 61 | KJ Martin | 2022–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 62 | Noel Roach | 2023–2024 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 63 | AJ Watts | 2019–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 64 | Andrew Hauser | 2015–2017 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 65 | Brian Bell | 2016–2017 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 66 | Devon Robinson | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Nate Thompson | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 68 | Terray Jones | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | Brian Reinke | 2017–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 70 | Bubba Arslanian | 2019–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 71 | Daumantas Venckus | 2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Deon'Tae Moore | 2016–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 73 | Judson Tallandier II | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 74 | Kabbash Richards | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 75 | Kris Givens | 2014–2015 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 76 | LaJoshua Jackson | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Larry Hope | 2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 78 | Martel Durant | 2012–2014 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 79 | Michael Scott | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 80 | Randy Cochran Jr. | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 81 | Zach Guiser | 2015–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
Also at Akron: quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.