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Baylor's best defenders since 2024
Keaton Thomas leads with 211 tackles in 25 games at Baylor; Kyland Reed had 75.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Baylor 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.
77 defenders with 5+ games at Baylortackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keaton Thomas | 2024–2025 | 25 | 211 | 3.5 | 15 | 2 |
| 2 | Kyland Reed | 2024–2026 | 19 | 75 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Jackie Marshall | 2024–2025 | 23 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Jacob Redding | 2024–2025 | 17 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Travion Barnes | 2025–2026 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Tyler Turner | 2025–2026 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Kaleb Burns | 2025–2026 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Reggie Bush II | 2024–2026 | 18 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kendrick Simpkins | 2024–2025 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Emar'rion Winston | 2025 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | Steve Linton | 2024 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Devon Jordan | 2026 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bo Onu | 2025–2026 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Elinus Noel III | 2024 | 9 | 21 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Matthew Fobbs-White | 2025 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniel Cobbs | 2026 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Colby McCalister | 2026 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Caleb Parker | 2024 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Caldra Williford | 2025 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Kedrick Walker | 2026 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Garrick Ponder | 2026 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Lorando Johnson | 2024 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Ryan Davis | 2026 | 6 | 13 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DK Kalu | 2024–2025 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Traevon Mitchell | 2026 | 5 | 11 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Rara Dillworth | 2024 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Hosea Wheeler | 2026 | 6 | 8 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Kamren Washington | 2026 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Cameren Jenkins | 2024–2025 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Kamauryn Morgan | 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Jordan Mack | 2026 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Corey Kelly | 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Devyn Bobby | 2023–2025 | 32 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 34 | Kyler Jordan | 2023–2026 | 28 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 35 | Cooper Lanz | 2023–2025 | 27 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 36 | DJ Coleman | 2023–2025 | 27 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 37 | LeVar Thornton Jr. | 2023–2026 | 26 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 38 | Caden Jenkins | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 39 | Matt Jones | 2019–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 40 | Devin Lemear | 2022–2024 | 22 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 41 | Tevin Williams III | 2022–2025 | 22 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 42 | Devonte Tezino | 2023–2026 | 20 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 43 | Garmon Randolph | 2021–2024 | 19 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 44 | Corey Gordon | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 45 | Treven Ma'ae | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Carl Williams IV | 2023–2025 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 47 | Grayland Arnold | 2017–2019 | 16 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 48 | JT Woods | 2019–2021 | 13 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 49 | Brooks Miller | 2023–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | Dillon Doyle | 2020–2022 | 12 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 51 | Josh White | 2023–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 52 | Chateau Reed | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 53 | Christian Morgan | 2018–2022 | 11 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 54 | Orion Stewart | 2013–2016 | 11 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 55 | Trey Wilson | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Bryson Jackson | 2019–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 57 | Xavien Howard | 2013–2015 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 58 | Jalen Pitre | 2017–2021 | 9 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 59 | Trey Payne | 2005–2006 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Gabe Hall | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 61 | Jeremy Evans | 2023–2025 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Jordan Williams | 2017–2019 | 8 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 63 | Terrel Bernard | 2018–2020 | 8 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 64 | TJ Franklin | 2019–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | Byron Vaughns | 2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 66 | James Lynch | 2017–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Raleigh Texada | 2018–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 68 | Clay Johnston | 2016–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 69 | Henry Black | 2017–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 70 | Jameson Houston | 2016–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 71 | Patrick Levels | 2015–2016 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Brendan Bett | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 73 | Jairon McVea | 2017–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 74 | Kalon Barnes | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 75 | Michael Allen | 2023–2026 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Ryan Reid | 2015–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 77 | Travon Blanchard | 2014–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
Also at Baylor: 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.