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Appalachian State's best defenders since 2024
Colton Phares leads with 145 tackles in 22 games at Appalachian State; Zyeir Gamble had 100.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Appalachian State 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.
90 defenders with 5+ games at Appalachian Statetackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colton Phares | 2024–2026 | 22 | 145 | 3.5 | 17 | 4 |
| 2 | Zyeir Gamble | 2024–2025 | 17 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Elijah Mc-Cantos | 2024–2025 | 20 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Emory Floyd | 2025 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Aiden Benton | 2025–2026 | 18 | 54 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Jaelin Willis | 2025 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Rondo Porter | 2025 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Caleb Sandstrom | 2025–2026 | 17 | 40 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | Jason Chambers | 2024 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Dylan Manuel | 2025 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Alex Mitchell | 2026 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Kaleb Purdy | 2026 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Juan Berchal | 2025–2026 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Brayshawn Littlejohn | 2025 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Joshua Donald | 2024 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Dylan Hasz | 2025 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Devin Henderson | 2026 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Avarion Cole | 2024 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Ja'Den McBurrows | 2025–2026 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | DeNigel Cooper | 2025 | 12 | 23 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Carson Sloan | 2026 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Nick Campbell | 2024–2026 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Aaron Clark | 2026 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Caleb Pitts | 2025–2026 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Myles Farmer | 2024–2025 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Seth Robertson | 2024 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Cam Fleming | 2025 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Ronnie Porter | 2025 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint Farrior | 2025 | 7 | 15 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Khalil Conley | 2026 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Ricky Lolohea | 2026 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Nick Taylor | 2024 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Jason Hertz | 2024 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Jehchys Brown | 2026 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Joe Reddish | 2026 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Joseph Bakhole | 2025 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Eric Adams | 2026 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Ahmad Robinson | 2025–2026 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ethan Johnson | 2022–2025 | 34 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 40 | Kyle Arnholt | 2022–2025 | 30 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 41 | Jordan Favors | 2022–2025 | 29 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 42 | Clifton Duck | 2016–2018 | 26 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 43 | Thomas Davis | 2023–2025 | 25 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | DJ Burks | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 45 | Kevin Abrams-Verwayne | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Montez Kelley | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Santana Hopper | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | Brendan Harrington | 2020–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 49 | Caden Sullivan | 2022–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | Michael Fletcher | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | Nate Johnson | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 52 | Ronald Clarke | 2021–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Nick Ross | 2019–2023 | 16 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 54 | Steven Jones Jr. | 2018–2022 | 15 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 55 | Shawn Collins | 2023–2025 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Andre Hamilton | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 57 | Andrew Parker Jr. | 2022–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 58 | Jalik Thomas | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 59 | DeAndre Dingle-Prince | 2021–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Latrell Gibbs | 2014–2015 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 61 | Cahari Haynes | 2023–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Desmond Franklin | 2017–2019 | 9 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 63 | Eric Boggs | 2015–2017 | 9 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 64 | Kevon Haigler | 2021–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | Logan Doublin | 2019–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 66 | Trenton Alan Yowe | 2023–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 67 | Tyrek Funderburk | 2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 68 | Caleb Spurlin | 2017–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | D'Marco Jackson | 2018–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 70 | Josh Thomas | 2016–2019 | 8 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 71 | Markus Clark | 2022–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Shaun Jolly | 2019–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 73 | Tae Hayes | 2015–2018 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 74 | Derrell Farrar | 2023–2024 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 75 | Trey Cobb | 2019–2022 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 76 | A.J. Howard | 2015–2017 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 77 | Brodrick Gooch | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 78 | Demetrius Taylor | 2017–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 79 | Jackson Greene | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 80 | Mondo Williams | 2015–2016 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 81 | Nick Hampton | 2020–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 82 | Tyler Bird | 2021–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 83 | Deshawn McKnight | 2021–2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 84 | Dexter Lawson Jr. | 2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 85 | Donovan Spellman | 2022–2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 86 | Doug Middleton | 2014 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 87 | EJ Jackson | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 88 | Jordan Fehr | 2017–2019 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 89 | Kaiden Smith | 2017–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 90 | Ryan Huff | 2020–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
Also at Appalachian State: 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.