most fumbles recovered by an ncaa defensive end in a season

11 players are tied for the most fumble recoveries by a defensive lineman in a season, with 4 recoveries. The first three are Jahzon Jacks in 2025, Brennan Jackson in 2023 and Zack Vanvalkenburg in 2020.

	NAME	FR	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR TD
1	Jahzon Jacks J. Jacks	4	2025	FRES	13	19	10	29	2.5	19.5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brennan Jackson B. Jackson	4	2023	WSU	12	25	32	57	8.0	58	0	0	0	1	3
3	Zack Vanvalkenburg Z. Vanvalkenburg	4	2020	IOWA	8	22	8	30	3.5	18.5				1	0
4	Mika Tafua M. Tafua	4	2019	UTAH	14	24	17	41	3.0	14	0	0	0	0	1
5	Stevie Tu'Ikolovatu S. Tu'Ikolovatu	4	2015	UTAH	10	16	5	21	2.0	14	0	0	0	0	1
6	Tylor Harris T. Harris	4	2014	WAKE	4	4	2	6	1.0	9				1	1
7	Darius Kilgo D. Kilgo	4	2014	MD	7	9	1	10	2.0	16				0	0
8	Taylor Royster T. Royster	4	2014	BGSU	10	8	2	10	1.0	5	1	0	0	1	1
9	Danny Shelton D. Shelton	4	2014	WASH	10	19	2	21	9.0	33				0	0
10	Jihad Ward J. Ward	4	2014	ILL	9	10	2	12	3.0	27				2	0
11	Shilique Calhoun S. Calhoun	4	2013	MSU	12	17	5	22	8.0	41	1	56	1	2	2
12	Jayden Loving J. Loving	3	2025	WAKE	13	17	27	44	2.5	22	0	0	0	0	0
13	T.J. Parker	3	2025	CLEM	12	22	14	36	5.0	28.5	0	0	0	0	0
14	Andrew Laurich A. Laurich	3	2025	CSU	11	10	20	30	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Ramon Puryear R. Puryear	3	2024	LOU	13	13	21	34	2.5	10.5	0	0	0	0	3
16	Vernon Broughton V. Broughton	3	2024	TEX	16	26	13	39	4.0	26	0	0	0	2	0
17	Justin Wodtly J. Wodtly	3	2024	ASU	13	7	19	26	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	0	1
18	Antwaun Powell-Ryland A. Powell-Ryland	3	2024	VT	12	31	13	44	16.0	101.5	0	0	0	3	0
19	Jack Sawyer J. Sawyer	3	2024	OSU	16	28	31	59	9.0	69	1	12	0	3	2
20	Mikail Kamara M. Kamara	3	2024	IND	13	21	26	47	10.0	77	0	0	0	2	0
21	J-Rock Swain J. Swain	3	2024	JVST	14	19	25	44	4.0	23.5	0	0	0	1	0
22	Billy Wooden B. Wooden	3	2023	MASS	12	24	26	50	6.0	48	0	0	0	2	0
23	Antwaun Powell-Ryland A. Powell-Ryland	3	2023	VT	13	23	17	40	9.5	77	0	0	0	3	0
24	Blaine Spires B. Spires	3	2023	USU	12	17	9	26	5.0	18	0	0	0	0	0
25	Justin Reed J. Reed	3	2023	NAVY	12	23	24	47	4.5	26.5	0	0	0	0	0

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PASS

77

Mandal

RUSH

21

Luke

REC

34

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PPG

0.0

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OPP PPG

39.0

134th

RUSH YDS/G

39.0

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PASS YDS/G

77.0

174th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	San Diego State	0-0	1-0
3	Boise State	0-0	0-1
4	Fresno State	0-0	0-1
5	Oregon State	0-0	0-1
6	Texas State	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	SAC	@	FRES	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	FRES	@	SJSU	11:00 PM
Sat 9/26	RICE	@	FRES	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	FRES	@	WSU	9:30 PM
Sat 10/10	BSU	@	FRES	10:30 PM

Last Game

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0 - 1

Final

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2 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

639

Kienholz

635

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

237

Olugbode

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

7

Simmons

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Wilson

3

Robinson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

4

Williams

4

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

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Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

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Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Missouri	2	1.000
2	Alabama	1	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	1.000
4	Auburn	1	1.000
5	Florida	1	1.000
6	Georgia	1	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	1.000
8	LSU	1	1.000
9	Mississippi State	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000