most passes defended in a season by an ncaa defensive end as a freshman

TJ Bush Jr. and Javon Solomon are tied for defending the most passes by a freshman defensive lineman in a season, with 2 passes defended.

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	NAME	PDEF	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	TJ Bush Jr.	2	2023	LIB	14	12	21	33	2.0	11.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Javon Solomon J. Solomon	2	2021	TROY	12	20	20	40	11.0	60.5	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	Yamil Talib Y. Talib	1	2025	CHAR	12	11	16	27	1.5	4.5	1	4	0	1	0	0
4	Tegen Seeds T. Seeds	1	2025	WYO	10	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0
5	Josh Roberts J. Roberts	1	2025	FAU	12	12	9	21	2.0	9	1	8	0	1	0	0
6	Jahkeem Stewart J. Stewart	1	2025	USC	11	11	6	17	1.5	11.5	1	4	0	0	1	0
7	Jayden Woods J. Woods	1	2025	FLA	12	13	13	26	3.5	23	1	25	0	1	1	0
8	Elijah Fears E. Fears	1	2025	GASO	13	5	6	11	0.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
9	Jamarious Brown J. Brown	1	2024	MISS	13	5	14	19	0.5	4	1	10	0	0	0	0
10	Xzavier McLeod X. McLeod	1	2024	UGA	12	6	7	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Joseph Mutombo J. Mutombo	1	2024	RICE	12	8	3	11	2.0	5	1	9	0	1	0	0
12	Braydin Ward B. Ward	1	2024	MRSH	9	6	8	14	1.0	9	1	-7	0	1	0	0
13	Donovan Dozier D. Dozier	1	2024	LIB	10	1	1	2	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Ta'Derius Collins T. Collins	1	2024	IND	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0
15	Glenn Seabrooks III G. Seabrooks III	1	2024	VAN	13	16	12	28	0.0	0	1	15	0	1	0	0
16	Colin Simmons C. Simmons	1	2024	TEX	16	32	15	47	9.0	64	1	-2	0	3	0	0
17	Travis Jackson T. Jackson	1	2024	TCU	13	14	6	20	1.5	27.5	1	22	0	0	0	0
18	Ahmad Moten Sr. A. Moten Sr.	1	2023	MIA	9	1	1	2	0.0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0
19	Jacquez Williams J. Williams	1	2023	USF	12	5	4	9	1.0	4	1	5	0	0	0	0
20	DeSean Brown D. Brown	1	2023	OKST	14	3	4	7	0.5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Elhadj Fall E. Fall	1	2023	GASO	13	10	9	19	4.0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Ikenna Ezeogu I. Ezeogu	1	2023	ISU	13	5	10	15	1.0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Fisher Camac F. Camac	1	2023	UNLV	8	2	3	5	1.0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	Nuer Gatkuoth N. Gatkuoth	1	2023	CSU	10	20	34	54	0.5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
25	Rylan Kennedy R. Kennedy	1	2023	TAMU	11	3	3	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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More Liberty Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

936

Purdie

RUSH

457

Davis

REC

469

Jackson

Team Rankings

PPG

30.4

74th

OPP PPG

17.8

39th

RUSH YDS/G

208.2

32nd

PASS YDS/G

208.6

105th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Liberty	1-0	4-1
2	Jacksonville State	1-0	3-2
3	New Mexico State	1-0	2-3
4	Florida International	0-0	2-2
5	Kennesaw State	0-0	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/8	SHSU	@	LIB	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	LIB	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	FIU	@	LIB	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	LIB	@	NMSU	5:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MTU	@	LIB	3:30 PM

Last Game

Liberty

4 - 1

Final

Delaware

2 - 3

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36
Sat 9/12	ASU	@	TXAM	20-48

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	11:00 AM
Sat 10/3	SYR	@	CONN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM

TJ Bush Jr. and Javon Solomon are tied for defending the most passes by a freshman defensive lineman in a season, with 2 passes defended.

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