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Utah's best defenders since 2024
Jackson Bennee leads with 92 tackles in 25 games at Utah; Rabbit Evans had 58.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Utah 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.
68 defenders with 5+ games at Utahtackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson Bennee | 2024–2026 | 25 | 92 | 0.5 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Rabbit Evans | 2024–2026 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | John Henry Daley | 2024–2025 | 13 | 49 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Kash Dillon | 2024–2026 | 18 | 45 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Alaka'i Gilman | 2024 | 10 | 41 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Lance Holtzclaw | 2025–2026 | 16 | 40 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Elijah Elliss | 2025–2026 | 13 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Jonah Lea'ea | 2024–2025 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Cyrus Polu | 2025–2026 | 14 | 33 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Dallas Vakalahi | 2024–2025 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Blake Cotton | 2025 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Karson Kaufusi | 2025–2026 | 12 | 24 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Nate Tilmon | 2025–2026 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Cam Calhoun | 2024 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Pupu Sepulona | 2025–2026 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Paul Fitzgerald | 2024–2026 | 10 | 17 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Elijah Reed | 2026 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ethan Day | 2026 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Moroni Anae | 2024–2025 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brock Fonoimoana | 2025–2026 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Rock Caldwell | 2025–2026 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | JC Hart | 2025–2026 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | James Chenault Jr. | 2026 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Don Saunders | 2025 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mateaki Helu | 2025–2026 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Johnathan Hall | 2023–2026 | 35 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 27 | Tao Johnson | 2023–2025 | 33 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 28 | Lander Barton | 2022–2025 | 29 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 29 | Boobie Hobbs | 2014–2017 | 28 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 30 | Elijah Davis | 2023–2026 | 28 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 31 | Smith Snowden | 2023–2025 | 27 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 32 | Nate Ritchie | 2020–2026 | 24 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 33 | Trey Reynolds | 2021–2026 | 24 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 34 | Zemaiah Vaughn | 2020–2024 | 24 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 35 | Logan Fano | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 36 | Charles Henderson | 2011–2014 | 22 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 37 | Junior Tafuna | 2021–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 38 | Karene Reid | 2021–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 39 | Levani Damuni | 2023–2025 | 20 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | Aliki Vimahi | 2021–2025 | 19 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 41 | Van Fillinger | 2021–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 42 | Connor O'Toole | 2021–2024 | 15 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 43 | Cory Butler-Byrd | 2015–2016 | 15 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 44 | Dominique Hatfield | 2013–2016 | 13 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 45 | Julian Blackmon | 2016–2019 | 13 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 46 | Keanu Tanuvasa | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Chase Hansen | 2015–2018 | 12 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 48 | Marcus Williams | 2014–2016 | 12 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 49 | Cole Bishop | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 50 | Jake Jackson | 2017–2018 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | JaTravis Broughton | 2019–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 52 | Simote Pepa | 2023–2024 | 10 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Brian Blechen | 2010–2014 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 54 | Clark Phillips III | 2020–2022 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 55 | Gionni Paul | 2014–2015 | 8 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 56 | Harvey Langi | 2011 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 57 | Jonah Elliss | 2021–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 58 | Miles Battle | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 59 | Sione Fotu | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 60 | Sione Vaki | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 61 | Jaylon Johnson | 2017–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 62 | Devin Lloyd | 2019–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 63 | Mika Tafua | 2019–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 64 | Miki Suguturaga | 2021–2024 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | Nephi Sewell | 2020–2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 66 | R.J. Hubert | 2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 67 | Terrell Burgess | 2016–2019 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 68 | Tevita Fotu | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
Also at Utah: 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.