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Florida International's best defenders since 2024
Travion Barnes leads with 129 tackles in 11 games at Florida International; Johnny Chaney Jr. had 107.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Florida International 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.
89 defenders with 5+ games at Florida Internationaltackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travion Barnes | 2024 | 11 | 129 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Johnny Chaney Jr. | 2025 | 13 | 107 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Josiah Taylor | 2024–2026 | 23 | 100 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | JoJo Evans Jr. | 2024 | 12 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Shamir Sterlin | 2024–2026 | 19 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Jessiah McGrew | 2025 | 12 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Mister Clark | 2025 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | Kenton Simmons | 2025–2026 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | DeAndre Boykins | 2026 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Jai-Ayviauynn Celestine | 2025–2026 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Germaine Carter | 2024–2026 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | Giovanni Davis | 2024 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Eddie Walls III | 2024 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Olasunkonmi Agunloye | 2025 | 10 | 23 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Pickle Stewart | 2026 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Elisha Baldridge | 2026 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Wesley Miller | 2026 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Jamarrion Solomon | 2024 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Ormond Wallace | 2025–2026 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ashton Levells | 2025 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Brayshawn Littlejohn | 2026 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Dwight Nunoo | 2024–2025 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Gadson | 2026 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Xion Chapman | 2025 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Marquez Tatum | 2024 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dante Anderson | 2025 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | DeeJay Holmes Jr. | 2026 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | Preston Thompson | 2024–2025 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Anthony Cunningham | 2026 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Websley Etienne | 2025 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | RJ Moss Jr. | 2026 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Nick Watson | 2025–2026 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Robert Williams | 2024–2025 | 8 | 7 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Lawrence Johnson | 2026 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Anthony Smith | 2025–2026 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Nathan Jennings | 2026 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Elijah Simmons | 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Richard Leonard | 2011–2015 | 42 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 39 | Keegan Davis | 2022–2025 | 31 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | Percy Courtney Jr. | 2022–2026 | 25 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 41 | Deuce Blades II | 2023–2025 | 24 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 42 | Hezekiah Masses | 2022–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 43 | Rishard Dames | 2018–2021 | 22 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 44 | Jamal Potts | 2021–2024 | 21 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 45 | Quaylen Hill | 2023–2025 | 21 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | CJ Christian | 2022–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 47 | Jeramy Passmore | 2021–2024 | 19 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | Stantley Thomas-Oliver III | 2016–2019 | 19 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 49 | Victor Evans III | 2023–2025 | 19 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 50 | Demetrius Hill | 2021–2026 | 17 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 51 | Dorian Hall | 2018–2022 | 17 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 52 | Elijah Anderson-Taylor | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Bobby Salla Jr. | 2023–2025 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 54 | Ike Brown | 2016–2019 | 14 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 55 | Steven Shannon | 2023–2025 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Sage Lewis | 2016–2019 | 12 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 57 | Pharoah McKever | 2017 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 58 | Reggie Peterson | 2022–2024 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 59 | Donovan Manuel | 2022–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Richard Dames | 2018–2021 | 9 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 61 | Adrian Cole | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 62 | Alex Nobles | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 63 | D'Verik Daniel | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 64 | Jamal Gates | 2018–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 65 | Jason Mercier | 2018–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 66 | Jordan Guerad | 2021–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Kevin Oliver | 2017–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 68 | Toddrick Brewton | 2023–2025 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | Daniel Jackson | 2018–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 70 | Jeremiah McKinnon | 2014–2015 | 7 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 71 | Landon Hale | 2023–2024 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Noah Curtis | 2018–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 73 | Olin Cushion III | 2016–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 74 | Davon Strickland | 2018–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 75 | Gaethan Bernadel | 2021–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Jermaine Sheriff | 2016–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Josh Valentine-Turner | 2019–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 78 | Travonte O'Neal | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 79 | Tyree Johnson | 2016–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 80 | Alexy Jean-Baptiste | 2019 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 81 | Andrew Volmar | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 82 | Anthony Wint | 2015–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 83 | Edwin Freeman | 2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 84 | Emmanuel Lubin | 2016–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 85 | Jack Daly | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 86 | Josh Powell | 2018–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 87 | Niko Gonzalez | 2015–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 88 | Rocky Jacques-Louis | 2018–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 89 | Teair Tart | 2018–2019 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
Also at Florida International: 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.