Xavier Watts and Ricardo Hallman were tied for defending the most passes in 2023, with 8 passes defended.

Interpreted as:

most passes defended by a player in 2023

	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Xavier Watts X. Watts	8	2023	ND	13	32	21	53	0.5	1	7	137	0	1	1	1
2	Ricardo Hallman R. Hallman	8	2023	WIS	13	27	7	34	0.0	0	7	152	1	0	0	0
3	Quincy Riley Q. Riley	7	2023	LOU	14	30	19	49	0.0	0	3	75	0	0	0	0
4	Mike Sainristil M. Sainristil	7	2023	MICH	15	27	18	45	2.0	10	6	232	2	2	0	0
5	Billy Bowman Jr. B. Bowman Jr.	7	2023	OKLA	13	38	25	63	0.0	0	6	238	3	0	0	0
6	Rayuan Lane III R. Lane III	7	2023	NAVY	12	43	24	67	0.5	2	4	122	1	2	1	0
7	Terrion Arnold T. Arnold	7	2023	ALA	14	42	22	64	1.0	9	5	69	0	1	0	0
8	Dillon Thieneman D. Thieneman	7	2023	PUR	12	75	32	107	0.0	0	6	58	0	2	0	0
9	Dadrion Taylor D. Taylor	6	2023	TTU	13	53	19	72	1.0	11	4	23	0	0	0	0
10	Colby Dempsey C. Dempsey	6	2023	UAB	12	24	11	35	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Dashaun Peele D. Peele	6	2023	NAVY	11	18	16	34	0.0	0	4	37	0	0	1	0
12	Jalen Huskey J. Huskey	6	2023	BGSU	12	31	22	53	0.0	0	4	42	0	0	2	0
13	Yahsyn McKee Y. McKee	6	2023	M-OH	14	36	22	58	0.0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tre'Shon Devones T. Devones	5	2023	RICE	13	32	13	45	0.0	0	2	11	0	0	1	0
15	Damel Hickman D. Hickman	5	2023	GASO	12	30	5	35	0.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
16	Alex Johnson A. Johnson	5	2023	UCLA	13	20	9	29	0.0	0	5	54	0	0	1	1
17	Elijah Jones E. Jones	5	2023	BC	10	19	8	27	0.0	0	5	11	0	1	0	0
18	Tyler Nubin T. Nubin	5	2023	MINN	12	37	13	50	1.0	11	5	66	0	1	1	0
19	Tykee Smith T. Smith	5	2023	UGA	14	46	25	71	2.0	15	4	20	0	0	0	0
20	Jaxen Turner J. Turner	5	2023	UNLV	14	33	28	61	0.0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0
21	Quindrelin Hammonds Q. Hammonds	5	2023	ARMY	12	33	29	62	2.5	15	3	29	0	0	1	0
22	Kris Abrams-Draine K. Abrams-Draine	5	2023	MIZ	13	37	13	50	0.0	0	4	9	0	0	0	0
23	Flip Dixon F. Dixon	5	2023	RUTG	13	50	26	76	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
24	Tarheeb Still T. Still	5	2023	MD	11	33	11	44	0.0	0	5	29	0	0	0	0
25	Cedarious Barfield C. Barfield	5	2023	SDSU	12	29	21	50	0.0	0	4	23	0	1	0	0

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RUSH

1,372

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REC

640

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PPG

42.0

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OPP PPG

17.6

13th

RUSH YDS/G

203.4

17th

PASS YDS/G

255.1

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

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PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

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309.6

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43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167