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San Diego State's best defenders since 2024
Tano Letuli leads with 156 tackles in 22 games at San Diego State; Owen Chambliss had 141.
Every defender with 5 or more games at San Diego 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.
81 defenders with 5+ games at San Diego Statetackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tano Letuli | 2024–2026 | 22 | 156 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Owen Chambliss | 2024–2025 | 20 | 141 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Dalesean Staley | 2024–2025 | 24 | 136 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Krishna Clay | 2024–2026 | 30 | 76 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Bryce Phillips | 2024–2025 | 24 | 75 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Jelani McLaughlin | 2024–2026 | 20 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Josiah Cox | 2025–2026 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Sione Hala | 2026 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Kyle Moretti | 2024 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Dwayne McDougle III | 2025 | 13 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | DJ Herman | 2024–2025 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mister Williams | 2025 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Malachi Finau | 2025–2026 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Gavriel Lightfoot | 2026 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Niles King | 2025 | 13 | 30 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Cameron Cooper | 2026 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | William Nimmo Jr. | 2024 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Amari Comier | 2025–2026 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Sam Benjamin | 2024–2025 | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Jelani Whitmore | 2024–2026 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Jalen Thomeson | 2026 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kai Wallin | 2026 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Mike Lindsay | 2026 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Tainoa Lave | 2026 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Djibril Rahman | 2026 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Darrion Dalton | 2024 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Teivis Tuioti | 2024–2025 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Caleb Ricks | 2026 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Prince Williams | 2025–2026 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Jared Badie | 2024–2025 | 10 | 12 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Isaiah Green | 2026 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Marlem Louis | 2024 | 6 | 10 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Dean Harrington | 2025–2026 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Oberhiri Eyafe | 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Trey White | 2022–2025 | 31 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 36 | Chris Johnson | 2022–2025 | 30 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 37 | Eric Butler | 2022–2025 | 30 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 38 | Josh Hunter | 2023–2026 | 30 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 39 | Brady Nassar | 2023–2026 | 29 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 40 | Brady Anderson | 2021–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 41 | Ryan Henderson | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 42 | Deshawn McCuin | 2023–2025 | 20 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 43 | Damontae Kazee | 2013–2016 | 16 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 44 | Tariq Thompson | 2017–2020 | 16 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 45 | Tupu Alualu | 2023–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Cody Moon | 2023–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Kameron Kelly | 2014–2017 | 14 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 48 | JD Coffey III | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 49 | Max Garrison | 2022–2026 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | Cedarious Barfield | 2021–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 51 | Garret Fountain | 2021–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 52 | Dez Malone | 2022–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 53 | Noah Tumblin | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 54 | Trenton Thompson | 2018–2021 | 11 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 55 | Dominic Oliver | 2023–2024 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Malik Smith | 2014–2016 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 57 | Dallas Branch | 2021–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 58 | Parker Baldwin | 2015–2018 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 59 | Caden McDonald | 2019–2022 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 60 | Patrick McMorris | 2021–2022 | 8 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 61 | Daniel Okpoko | 2021–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Darren Hall | 2018–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 63 | JJ Augustus Whittaker | 2013–2015 | 7 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 64 | Luq Barcoo | 2018–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 65 | Michael Shawcroft | 2020–2022 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 66 | Seyddrick Lakalaka | 2020–2022 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 67 | Andrew Aleki | 2017–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 68 | C.J. Baskerville | 2021–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 69 | Calvin Munson | 2014–2016 | 6 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 70 | Cooper McDonald | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 71 | Jatavious Magee | 2023–2025 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Keshawn Banks | 2020–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 73 | Noah Avinger | 2021–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 74 | Tayler Hawkins | 2020–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 75 | Wyatt Draeger | 2021–2024 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Zyrus Fiaseu | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Jonah Tavai | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 78 | Marcus Ratcliffe | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 79 | Ron Smith | 2016–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 80 | Sefo Mailangi | 2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 81 | Segun Olubi | 2020–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
Also at San Diego 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.