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Virginia's best defenders since 2024
Ethan Minter leads with 94 tackles in 27 games at Virginia; Anthony Britton had 93.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Virginia 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.
82 defenders with 5+ games at Virginiatackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Minter | 2024–2026 | 27 | 94 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Anthony Britton | 2024–2026 | 31 | 93 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Devin Neal | 2025 | 14 | 88 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Maddox Marcellus | 2025–2026 | 20 | 83 | 1.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Landon Danley | 2024–2026 | 25 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Fisher Camac | 2025–2026 | 20 | 76 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Jam Jackson | 2024–2026 | 16 | 65 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Corey Thomas Jr. | 2024 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Donavon Platt | 2025–2026 | 19 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Mitchell Melton | 2025 | 14 | 45 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | Christian Charles | 2025 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Kendren Smith | 2024 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Jacobie Henderson | 2026 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kempton Shine | 2024 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Corey Costner | 2025–2026 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Daniel Rickert | 2025 | 13 | 35 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | Myles Brown | 2025–2026 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Jacob Holmes | 2025 | 13 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Montino Williams | 2025–2026 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Jordan Robinson | 2025 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Terrell Jones | 2024–2025 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Emmanuel Karnley | 2025 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Matthew Fobbs-White | 2026 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Ja'Son Prevard | 2025 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Brandyn Hillman | 2026 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Cazeem Moore | 2025–2026 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Billy Koudelka | 2024–2026 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Sichan John | 2025–2026 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Nnanna Anyanwu | 2026 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Dorian Jones | 2024 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Christian Ellis | 2026 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Hunter Osborne | 2025 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Darrion Henry-Young | 2026 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Justin Ross | 2026 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Jewett Hayes | 2024–2026 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Omillio Agard | 2026 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Keke Adams | 2025–2026 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | Josiah Persinger | 2025–2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Jahmeer Carter | 2020–2025 | 34 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | James Jackson | 2022–2025 | 31 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 41 | Kam Robinson | 2023–2026 | 31 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 42 | Antonio Clary | 2020–2025 | 23 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 43 | Chico Bennett Jr. | 2022–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 44 | Jonas Sanker | 2022–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 45 | Caleb Hardy | 2023–2026 | 22 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 46 | Jason Hammond | 2023–2026 | 21 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 47 | Mike Diatta | 2022–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | Trey McDonald | 2023–2025 | 18 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 49 | Ben Smiley III | 2022–2024 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 50 | De'Vante Cross | 2017–2021 | 14 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 51 | Joey Blount | 2018–2021 | 14 | — | — | — | 9 |
| 52 | Kam Butler | 2022–2024 | 14 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 53 | Aaron Faumui | 2019–2023 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 54 | Juan Thornhill | 2016–2018 | 12 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 55 | Anthony Harris | 2012–2014 | 11 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 56 | Coen King | 2021–2023 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 57 | Quin Blanding | 2014–2017 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 58 | Anthony Johnson | 2021–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 59 | Brenton Nelson | 2017–2020 | 9 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 60 | Josh Ahern | 2021–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 61 | Nick Jackson | 2019–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 62 | Maurice Canady | 2012–2015 | 8 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 63 | Paul Akere | 2022–2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 64 | Tayvonn Kyle | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | Charles Snowden | 2018–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 66 | Mandy Alonso | 2018–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 67 | Mekhi Buchanan | 2023–2025 | 7 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 68 | Micah Gaffney | 2022–2024 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 69 | Nick Grant | 2019–2020 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 70 | Noah Taylor | 2019–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 71 | Sam Westfall | 2023 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 72 | Bryce Hall | 2016–2018 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 73 | Dave Herard | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 74 | Dre Walker | 2023–2024 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 75 | Eli Hanback | 2016–2019 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Jacob Rodriguez | 2021 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Stevie Bracey | 2022–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 78 | Bryce Carter | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 79 | Malcolm Greene | 2023–2024 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 80 | Matt Gahm | 2018–2020 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 81 | Olasunkonmi Agunloye | 2021–2023 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 82 | Tim Harris | 2014–2018 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
Also at Virginia: 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.