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Sam Houston's best defenders since 2024
Antavious Fish leads with 82 tackles in 12 games at Sam Houston; Dean Ford had 73.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Sam Houston 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.
59 defenders with 5+ games at Sam Houstontackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antavious Fish | 2025 | 12 | 82 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Dean Ford | 2025–2026 | 14 | 73 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Isaiah Cash | 2024 | 13 | 68 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tyler Bailey | 2025–2026 | 18 | 66 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | CJ Johnson | 2024–2025 | 19 | 64 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | CJ Brown | 2025 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Jaylon Jimmerson | 2024 | 13 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Dylan Frazier | 2025–2026 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Cecil Powell | 2025 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Brody Henderson | 2025–2026 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Alonzo Edwards Jr. | 2025 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Dravon Wilson | 2025–2026 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Railyn Adams | 2024–2026 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Jace Arnold | 2025–2026 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Chauncey Chidi | 2025–2026 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Ca'lub Holloway | 2024–2026 | 10 | 34 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | Trey Harris | 2025 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Tokyo Gordon | 2025–2026 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Christopher Eaton Jr. | 2025 | 12 | 28 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Brian Bates Jr. | 2026 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Denver Warren | 2024 | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Caesar Magee | 2026 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Kendrick DuJour | 2024 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Jalyn Stanford | 2025–2026 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Ishmel Atkins | 2026 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Richard Outland Jr. | 2024 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Darien Jackson | 2025–2026 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Lyric Smith | 2025–2026 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | She'Fon Boyd | 2025–2026 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Zeiqui Lawton | 2025 | 9 | 15 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Quincy Wright | 2024 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Mike King Jr. | 2026 | 6 | 14 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Justin Cottrell | 2026 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Elijah Groves | 2026 | 6 | 12 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Josh Alexander-Felton | 2026 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Quardale Patt | 2024–2025 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Cameron Franklin | 2026 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | S'Maje Burrell | 2024 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | AJ Sargent | 2025 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eli Wallace | 2024–2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Emon Allen | 2023–2025 | 27 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 42 | Caleb Weaver | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 43 | Jevon Leon | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | Kavian Gaither | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 45 | Trey Fields | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Chris Murray | 2023–2024 | 16 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | David Fisher | 2023–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 48 | Issiah Nixon | 2023–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 49 | Briceon Hayes | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 50 | Elias Escobar | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | Jaidan Scott | 2023–2025 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 52 | Sincere Jackson | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Da'Veawn Armstead | 2023–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 54 | Jaden Phillips | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 55 | Seth Mason | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Da'Marcus Crosby II | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 57 | Akeem Smith | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 58 | Trevor Williams | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 59 | Ysidro Mascorro | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
Also at Sam Houston: 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.