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Temple's best defenders since 2024
Curly Ordonez leads with 130 tackles in 19 games at Temple; Tyquan King had 111.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Temple 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.
90 defenders with 5+ games at Templetackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Ordonez | 2025–2026 | 19 | 130 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Tyquan King | 2024 | 11 | 111 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Javier Morton | 2024–2025 | 18 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Avery Powell | 2025–2026 | 17 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Eric Stuart | 2024–2026 | 20 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Andreas Keaton | 2024 | 12 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cam'Ron Stewart | 2024–2025 | 19 | 51 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | Jamel Johnson | 2024 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Katin Surprenant | 2024–2025 | 12 | 47 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaylen Castleberry | 2025 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Tyree Alualu | 2024–2026 | 20 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Saboor Karriem | 2026 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Jaylen Lewis | 2024 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | KJ Miles | 2024–2025 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Louis Frye | 2024–2025 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Dontae Pollard | 2025 | 10 | 36 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Jamere Jones | 2025 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Sekou Kromah | 2024–2025 | 14 | 34 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Khalil Poteat | 2024–2025 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Allan Haye | 2024–2025 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Zyil Powell | 2024–2026 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Joseph Auzenne | 2024–2026 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Russell Sykes IV | 2024–2026 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Jayvant Brown | 2025–2026 | 10 | 25 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Pooh Lawton | 2025 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Torey Richardson | 2024 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Latrell Jean | 2024 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Jaeden Gould | 2026 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Adrian Laing | 2025–2026 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Denzel Chavis | 2025–2026 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Asa Locks | 2026 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Sultan Badmus | 2024–2025 | 10 | 15 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Wesley Brown | 2024–2026 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Kevin Hornbeak Jr. | 2026 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Cameron Jones | 2025–2026 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Orel Gray | 2026 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Jamarcus Pierre | 2025–2026 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Ty Davis | 2025 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Jordan Montgomery | 2024–2026 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Charles Calhoun | 2025 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Kolin Dinkins | 2026 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Jaylon Joseph | 2026 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Earl Kulp | 2025–2026 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Davier Bishop | 2026 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | London Hall | 2025 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Ben Osueke | 2023–2025 | 26 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 47 | Sean Chandler | 2014–2017 | 23 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 48 | Nick Sharga | 2015–2017 | 22 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 49 | Demerick Morris | 2021–2025 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | Elijah Deravil | 2023–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 51 | Delvon Randall | 2016–2018 | 16 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 52 | Tra Thomas | 2023–2024 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 53 | D.J. Woodbury Sr. | 2021–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 54 | Nate Hairston | 2013–2016 | 12 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 55 | Sam Martin | 2022–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 56 | Tyrese Whitaker | 2023–2025 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 57 | Antwone Santiago | 2023–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 58 | Conlan Greene | 2023–2025 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 59 | Alex Odom | 2021–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 60 | Diwun Black | 2023–2024 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 61 | Jordan Magee | 2020–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 62 | Mike Jones | 2017 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 63 | Shaun Bradley | 2017–2019 | 9 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 64 | Corey Palmer | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | Layton Jordan | 2021–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 66 | Avery Williams | 2014–2016 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 67 | Benny Walls | 2016–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 68 | Chapelle Russell | 2016–2018 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | Christian Braswell | 2018–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 70 | Jalen McMurray | 2022–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 71 | Yvandy Rigby | 2021–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 72 | Jacob Hollins | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 73 | Jerquavion Mahone | 2021–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 74 | Keyshawn Paul | 2021–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 75 | Quincy Roche | 2017–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Sam Franklin Jr. | 2018–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 77 | Tavon Young | 2012–2014 | 6 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 78 | Ty Mason | 2018–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 79 | Tyler Matakevich | 2013–2015 | 6 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 80 | Amir Tyler | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 81 | Davion Hood | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 82 | Dominick Hill | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 83 | Freddie Booth-Lloyd | 2017–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 84 | Ihsim Smith-Marsette | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 85 | Kobe Wilson | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 86 | Manny Walker | 2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 87 | Muheem McCargo | 2021–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 88 | Sharif Finch | 2013–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 89 | Tywan Francis | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 90 | William Kwenkeu | 2018–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
Also at Temple: 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.