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South Florida's best defenders since 2024
De'Shawn Rucker leads with 99 tackles in 24 games at South Florida; Zavier Hamilton had 73.
Every defender with 5 or more games at South Florida 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.
95 defenders with 5+ games at South Floridatackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De'Shawn Rucker | 2024–2025 | 24 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Zavier Hamilton | 2024–2026 | 18 | 73 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Fred Gaskin III | 2024–2025 | 20 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Rodney Hill | 2024–2026 | 18 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Brent Austin | 2024 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | James Chenault Jr. | 2024–2025 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Decarius Hawthorne | 2024 | 12 | 39 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | D'Marco Augustin | 2024 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Kajuan Banks | 2024–2025 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Ayden Jackson | 2026 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Ryan Jenkins | 2024–2026 | 19 | 37 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Bernard Gooden | 2024 | 13 | 35 | 1.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Jonas Duclona | 2025 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Josh Celiscar | 2025 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Ashton Mosley | 2024–2026 | 14 | 33 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | Devin Lee | 2025 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | Sam Robinson | 2026 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Ira Singleton IV | 2024–2025 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Traevon Mitchell | 2025 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Dennard Flowers | 2025 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Amarion Fortenberry | 2026 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Israel Boyce | 2026 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Grayson Howard | 2026 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Tayvion Beasley | 2026 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | C.J. Hicks | 2026 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Cedrick Hawkins Jr. | 2025–2026 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Jacob Merrifield | 2025 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Teddy Foster | 2026 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Levi Smiley | 2025–2026 | 8 | 16 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | Jabari Smith | 2025–2026 | 7 | 16 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Jahari Grant | 2024–2026 | 6 | 15 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Asani Redwood | 2026 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Jair Murphy | 2025–2026 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Dinellson Exume | 2024 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Gavin Leach | 2025–2026 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Major Dillard | 2026 | 6 | 9 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Jermaine Dalias | 2024–2025 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Herlin Perry Jr. | 2025–2026 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Terry Simmons Jr. | 2026 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Malcolm Ziglar | 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Tavin Ward | 2023–2026 | 39 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 42 | Mac Harris | 2020–2025 | 37 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 43 | D.J. Harris | 2023–2025 | 34 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 44 | Jhalyn Shuler | 2022–2025 | 33 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 45 | Michael Williams II | 2023–2026 | 32 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 46 | Jaelen Stokes | 2021–2025 | 28 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 47 | Rico Watson III | 2023–2025 | 24 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 48 | Jarvis Lee | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 49 | Tajee Fullwood | 2015–2017 | 22 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 50 | Ben Knox | 2021–2025 | 21 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | Jamie Pettway | 2023–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 52 | Daquan Evans | 2019–2023 | 19 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 53 | DJ Gordon IV | 2022–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 54 | Bentlee Sanders | 2018–2020 | 17 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 55 | Tramel Logan | 2021–2023 | 17 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 56 | Doug Blue-Eli | 2023–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 57 | KJ Sails | 2019–2020 | 15 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 58 | Matthew Hill | 2021–2023 | 15 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 59 | Rashad Cheney | 2022–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Dwayne Boyles | 2018–2022 | 14 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 61 | Jason Vaughn | 2021–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Tawfiq Byard | 2023–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 63 | Aamaris Brown | 2022–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 64 | Hassan Childs | 2013–2016 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 65 | Jayden Curry | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 66 | T-Mac Simpson | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Brian Norris | 2021–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 68 | Deatrick Nichols | 2015–2017 | 10 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 69 | Devin Abraham | 2015–2017 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 70 | Jonathan Ross | 2022–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 71 | Mekhi LaPointe | 2018–2022 | 10 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 72 | Antonio Grier Jr. | 2018–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 73 | Chris Townsel | 2020–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 74 | Jacquez Williams | 2023–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 75 | Ronnie Hoggins | 2015–2018 | 9 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 76 | Amer Amer | 2023–2025 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Immanuel Hickman Sr. | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 78 | Thad Mangum | 2020–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 79 | TJ Robinson | 2021–2022 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 80 | Vincent Davis | 2018–2021 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 81 | Will Jones II | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 82 | Brock Nichols | 2019–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 83 | Blake Green | 2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 84 | Braxton Clark | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 85 | Demaurez Bellamy | 2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 86 | Jaymon Thomas | 2016–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 87 | Auggie Sanchez | 2014–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 88 | Christian Williams | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 89 | Drew Mims | 2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 90 | Jamie Byrd | 2014–2015 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 91 | Johnny Ward | 2013–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 92 | Juwuan Brown | 2016–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 93 | Nate Godwin | 2013–2016 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 94 | Nick Roberts | 2018–2019 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 95 | Rashawn Yates | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
Also at South Florida: 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.