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Wake Forest's best defenders since 2024
Langston Hardy leads with 102 tackles in 20 games at Wake Forest; Branson Combs had 94.
Every defender with 5 or more games at Wake Forest 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.
84 defenders with 5+ games at Wake Foresttackles
| # | player | seasons | games | tackles | sacks | tackles for loss | interceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Langston Hardy | 2025–2026 | 20 | 102 | 12.5 | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | Branson Combs | 2024 | 11 | 94 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Frank Cusano | 2025–2026 | 19 | 86 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Braylon Johnson | 2025–2026 | 19 | 78 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Gabe Kirschke | 2025–2026 | 20 | 60 | 8 | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | Zamari Stevenson | 2024–2026 | 22 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Myles Turpin | 2024–2026 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Vincent Firenze | 2026 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Dallas Afalava | 2025–2026 | 19 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | Jayden Loving | 2025 | 13 | 44 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Karon Prunty | 2025 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Nuer Gatkuoth | 2025 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 13 | Lardarius Webb Jr. | 2025 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Jaxon Mull | 2024 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Deuce Blades II | 2026 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ashaad Williams | 2025–2026 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Tyler Walton | 2024–2026 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Mateen Ibirogba | 2024–2025 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | C'Darius Kelley | 2024 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Capone Blue | 2024 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Somad Eaddy | 2026 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Matt Herron | 2026 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Kerrington Lee | 2024–2026 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Kadear Dembele | 2025–2026 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | Deuce Dyce | 2026 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Whittman Whaley | 2025–2026 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Zeek Jackson | 2025–2026 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Koredell Bartley | 2025–2026 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Camden Hardy | 2024–2026 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Devin Cook | 2025–2026 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | William Tackie Jr. | 2024–2025 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Nick Andersen | 2020–2025 | 39 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 33 | Dylan Hazen | 2022–2025 | 35 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 34 | Quincy Bryant | 2022–2025 | 33 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 35 | Davaughn Patterson | 2023–2026 | 32 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 36 | Aiden Hall | 2023–2026 | 31 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 37 | Zach Lohavichan | 2023–2026 | 27 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 38 | John Armstrong | 2013–2016 | 26 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 39 | Jasheen Davis | 2021–2024 | 23 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 40 | Evan Slocum | 2021–2024 | 22 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 41 | Rushaun Tongue | 2023–2026 | 21 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 42 | BJ Williams | 2023–2025 | 19 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 43 | Kendron Wayman | 2022–2024 | 19 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 44 | Kevin Pointer | 2022–2024 | 18 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 45 | Ja'Sir Taylor | 2017–2021 | 17 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 46 | Jessie Bates III | 2016–2017 | 17 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 47 | Travon West | 2023–2026 | 17 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 48 | Bryce Ganious | 2023–2024 | 16 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 49 | Bud Noel | 2011–2014 | 14 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 50 | Malik Mustapha | 2021–2023 | 14 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 51 | Caelen Carson | 2020–2023 | 13 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 52 | Jamare Glasker | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 53 | Justin Cody | 2023–2024 | 13 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 54 | Traveon Redd | 2019–2021 | 11 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 55 | Amari Henderson | 2016–2019 | 10 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 56 | Chase Jones | 2019–2022 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 57 | Chelen Garnes | 2022–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 58 | DaShawn Jones | 2022–2023 | 10 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 59 | Essang Bassey | 2016–2019 | 10 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 60 | Ryan Smenda Jr. | 2018–2022 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 61 | AJ Williams | 2020–2023 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 62 | Eldrick Robinson | 2022–2024 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 63 | Kevin Johnson | 2012–2014 | 9 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 64 | Rondell Bothroyd | 2019–2022 | 9 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 65 | DeAndre' Delaney | 2018–2019 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 66 | Demetrius Kemp | 2015–2018 | 8 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 67 | Jacob Roberts | 2023 | 8 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 68 | Cameron Glenn | 2015–2017 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 69 | Demarcus Rankin | 2023–2024 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 70 | Justin Strnad | 2017–2019 | 7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 71 | Luke Masterson | 2017–2021 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 72 | Boogie Basham | 2017–2020 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 73 | Dion Bergan Jr. | 2019–2022 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 74 | Ja'Cquez Williams | 2017–2020 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 75 | Jaylen Hudson | 2021–2023 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 76 | Sulaiman Kamara | 2017–2020 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 77 | Coby Davis | 2017–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 78 | Duke Ejiofor | 2016–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 79 | Gavin Holmes | 2020–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 80 | Grant Dawson | 2014–2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 81 | Jaboree Williams | 2017 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 82 | Jacorey Johns | 2019–2022 | 5 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 83 | Nasir Greer | 2018–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 84 | Zion Keith | 2019–2021 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 |
Also at Wake Forest: 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.