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Vanderbilt's best defenders since 2024
Randon Fontenette leads with 124 tackles in 25 games at Vanderbilt; CJ Heard had 123.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Vanderbilt 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.
73 defenders with 5+ games at Vanderbilttackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randon Fontenette | 2024–2025 | 25 | 124 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| 2 | CJ Heard | 2025–2026 | 20 | 123 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Glenn Seabrooks III | 2024–2026 | 29 | 63 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Kolbey Taylor | 2024–2025 | 21 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Dontae Carter | 2024–2026 | 26 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Khordae Sydnor | 2024–2025 | 22 | 44 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | Jaylon Stone | 2025–2026 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Zaylin Wood | 2024–2025 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | Prince Kollie | 2024–2025 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Mason Lewis | 2026 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ricardo Jones | 2026 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Jordan Matthews | 2025–2026 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Joshua Singh | 2025 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Jaylin Lackey | 2024–2025 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Mark Davis | 2025 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Cayden Daniels | 2025–2026 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Maurice Hampton Jr. | 2024 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Talan Carter | 2026 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Edwin Kolenge | 2026 | 7 | 16 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Davin Chandler | 2026 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Carson Lawrence | 2025–2026 | 9 | 14 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Jalen Gilbert | 2024–2026 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Keanu Koht | 2025 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Austin Howard | 2025–2026 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Jamison Curtis | 2025–2026 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Marlon Jones | 2025 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mason Carter | 2024–2026 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jailen Ruth | 2024–2026 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hayden Bray | 2024–2026 | 6 | 7 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Bryan Longwell | 2023–2026 | 41 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 31 | Martel Hight | 2023–2026 | 40 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 32 | Nick Rinaldi | 2023–2026 | 38 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 33 | Miles Capers | 2023–2026 | 37 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 34 | Langston Patterson | 2022–2025 | 36 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 35 | Bryce Cowan | 2023–2026 | 30 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 36 | Marlen Sewell | 2023–2025 | 27 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 37 | De'Rickey Wright | 2020–2024 | 26 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 38 | Bradley Mann | 2022–2026 | 25 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 39 | Linus Zunk | 2023–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | CJ Taylor | 2022–2024 | 22 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 41 | Issa Ouattara | 2023–2026 | 22 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 42 | Tyson Russell | 2022–2024 | 20 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 43 | Aeneas DiCosmo | 2023–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | Christian James | 2021–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 45 | Jaylen Mahoney | 2019–2023 | 18 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 46 | De'Marion Thomas | 2023–2024 | 16 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Ryan White | 2014–2017 | 16 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 48 | Ethan Barr | 2020–2023 | 14 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 49 | Trudell Berry | 2023–2024 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | James Ziglor | 2021 | 11 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 51 | Jeffrey Ugochukwu | 2022–2024 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 52 | Nate Clifton | 2020–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 53 | BJ Diakite | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 54 | Devin Lee | 2023–2024 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 55 | Allan George | 2018–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 56 | Dashaun Jerkins | 2019–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 57 | Dayo Odeyingbo | 2017–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 58 | Kane Patterson | 2022–2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 59 | Oren Burks | 2015–2017 | 7 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 60 | Tre Herndon | 2014–2017 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 61 | Anfernee Orji | 2019–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 62 | Darren Agu | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 63 | Elijah McAllister | 2019–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 64 | Joejuan Williams | 2017–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 65 | Maxwell Worship | 2018–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 66 | Savion Riley | 2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Torren McGaster | 2013–2016 | 6 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 68 | Andre Mintze | 2017–2020 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 69 | Dare Odeyingbo | 2016–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 70 | John Howse IV | 2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 71 | LaDarius Wiley | 2016–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 72 | Randall Haynie | 2018–2020 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 73 | Taurean Ferguson | 2014–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
Also at Vanderbilt: 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.