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Rice's best defenders since 2024
Ty Morris leads with 136 tackles in 24 games at Rice; Jo Chavez had 66.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Rice 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.
75 defenders with 5+ games at Ricetackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Morris | 2024–2025 | 24 | 136 | 6.5 | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | Jo Chavez | 2025–2026 | 16 | 66 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Tony Anyanwu | 2025 | 13 | 63 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | AJ Brown | 2026 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Austin Harnetiaux | 2026 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Aquantis Clemmons | 2024–2026 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Stone Combs | 2026 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Jack Kane | 2025 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Joseph Mutombo | 2024–2026 | 21 | 40 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Blaise Tita | 2024–2025 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Omari Porter | 2025 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Koa Akui | 2026 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Charlie Looes | 2024 | 11 | 34 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Jamir Benjamin | 2026 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Jerrick Harper | 2025–2026 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Cooper King | 2024–2026 | 10 | 32 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Dillan Botts | 2025–2026 | 15 | 30 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Michael Daley | 2024–2025 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | Braden Bays | 2025–2026 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Christopher Clark-Jolivet | 2025–2026 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Kyren Condoll | 2026 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bailey Fletcher | 2025–2026 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Matthew Aribisala | 2025–2026 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Elroyal Morris III | 2024–2025 | 11 | 14 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Khary Crump | 2025 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Ephraim Dotson | 2024–2025 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Robert Rooks | 2025–2026 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Ahran Ogbor | 2025–2026 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Caden VerMaas | 2026 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Faybian Marks | 2024 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Chris Bruce | 2025–2026 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Seth Clarke | 2026 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Ty Thames | 2025 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Sean Fresch | 2020–2024 | 41 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 35 | Andrew Awe | 2023–2025 | 26 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 36 | Blake Boenisch | 2022–2025 | 26 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 37 | Bryce Callahan | 2011–2014 | 25 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 38 | Peyton Stevenson | 2022–2025 | 25 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 39 | Gabriel Taylor | 2021–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 40 | Daveon Hook | 2023–2026 | 20 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 41 | Myron Morrison | 2021–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 42 | Josh Pearcy | 2020–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 43 | Chibby Nwajuaku | 2022–2026 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | Marcus Williams | 2023–2025 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 45 | Izeya Floyd | 2019–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Chike Anigbogu | 2020–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | DJ Arkansas | 2023–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | George Nyakwol | 2018–2022 | 11 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 49 | Max Ahoia | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | Treshawn Chamberlain | 2018–2022 | 11 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 51 | Tyson Flowers | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 52 | Beau Barton | 2023–2026 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Naeem Smith | 2019–2021 | 10 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 54 | Plae Wyatt | 2021–2025 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 55 | V.J. Banks | 2014–2016 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 56 | Malcolm Hill | 2011–2014 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 57 | Jonathan Jean | 2022–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 58 | Michael Larbie | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 59 | De'Braylon Carroll | 2019–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Demone Green | 2023–2025 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 61 | Kenneth Orji | 2019–2022 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Kirk Lockhart | 2020–2022 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 63 | Tre'Shon Devones | 2020–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 64 | Antonio Montero | 2018–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 65 | Chris Conti | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 66 | Ikenna Enechukwu | 2019–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Prudy Calderon | 2018–2020 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 68 | Will Phillips | 2017–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | Andrew Bird | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 70 | Blaze Alldredge | 2018–2020 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 71 | Brandon Hamilton Douglas-Dotson | 2016–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 72 | D'Angelo Ellis | 2016–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 73 | Emmanuel Ellerbee | 2016–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 74 | J.T. Blasingame | 2012–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 75 | Julius White | 2011–2013 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
Also at Rice: 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.