most sacks by a freshman in a season ever

Gregory Rousseau has the most sacks by a freshman in a season, with 15.5 sacks in 2019.

Interpreted as:

most defensive sacks by a freshman in a season ever

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Gregory Rousseau G. Rousseau	15.5	2019	MIA	13	42	11	53	94	0	0	0	2	1	0
2	Josaiah Stewart J. Stewart	12.5	2021	CCAR	13	21	16	37	69	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	Collin Oliver C. Oliver	11.5	2021	OKST	14	15	8	23	75.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	Myles Garrett M. Garrett	11.5	2014	TAMU	8	15	3	18	66.5				0	0
5	Javon Solomon J. Solomon	11.0	2021	TROY	12	20	20	40	60.5	1	0	0	0	2	0
6	Curtis Weaver C. Weaver	11.0	2017	BSU	13	17	8	25	46	1	17	0	1	1	1
7	Derek Barnett D. Barnett	10.0	2014	TENN	9	15	1	16	53	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	Elijah Hill E. Hill	9.0	2025	KENN	14	11	9	20	59.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Colin Simmons C. Simmons	9.0	2024	TEX	16	32	15	47	64	1	-2	0	3	0	0
10	Kayvon Thibodeaux K. Thibodeaux	9.0	2019	ORE	13	29	7	36	56	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Dallas Turner D. Turner	8.5	2021	ALA	15	14	16	30	52	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Brian Burns B. Burns	8.5	2016	FSU	8	13	4	17	51.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	8.5	2016	MIA	11	22	5	27	51				2	2	0
14	Joey Bosa J. Bosa	8.5	2013	OSU	13	30	5	35	62.5				0	1	1
15	Paul Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	8.0	2023	USU	13	26	17	43	48	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	Trey Moore T. Moore	8.0	2022	UTSA	14	22	16	38	57	0	0	0	2	1	0
17	Rueben Bain Jr. R. Bain Jr.	7.5	2023	MIA	13	23	21	44	50	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	Nate Johnson N. Johnson	7.5	2023	APP	14	21	23	44	65.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Harold Perkins Jr. H. Perkins Jr.	7.5	2022	LSU	14	37	20	57	59.5	1	-3	0	4	0	0
20	George Karlaftis G. Karlaftis	7.5	2019	PUR	12	36	6	42	56.5	1	0	0	1	2	0
21	Kylan Wilborn K. Wilborn	7.5	2017	ARIZ	12	26	1	27	72	0	0	0	4	1	0
22	Marquis Haynes M. Haynes	7.5	2014	MISS	7	13	1	14	74				3	1	0
23	Darron Lee D. Lee	7.5	2014	OSU	11	20	3	23	52	2	36	0	1	2	2
24	Kemoko Turay K. Turay	7.5	2014	RUTG	10	7	5	12	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Tarell Basham T. Basham	7.5	2013	OHIO	13	15	15	30	12	0	0	0	1	0	0

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RUSH YDS/G

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2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Duke	6-2	9-5
2	Virginia	7-1	11-3
3	Miami	6-2	13-2
4	Pittsburgh	6-2	8-5
5	SMU	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/4	MIA	@	STAN	9:00 PM
Thu 9/10	FAMU	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	CMU	@	MIA	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	MIA	@	CLEM	1:00 PM

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Final

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3 - 0

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

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3,937

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1,659

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1,649

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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15

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14

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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170.4

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Sack Leaders

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42.0

41.6

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11.8

13.3

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512.4

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488.7

482.9

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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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