most tackles and tfls and sacks by a freshman linebacker in 2023

Ben Roberts made the most tackles by a freshman linebacker in 2023, with 54 tackles.

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most tackles and tfls and defensive sacks by a freshman linebacker in 2023

	NAME	TKL	TFL	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Ben Roberts B. Roberts	54	2	0.5	2023	TTU	13	50	104	1.5	1	5	0	2	0	0
2	Javante Mackey J. Mackey	53	7	2.0	2023	ARST	12	28	81	16	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Kam Robinson K. Robinson	45	3	1.0	2023	UVA	12	25	70	3	2	42	1	0	0	0
4	Kip Lewis K. Lewis	42	3	1.0	2023	OKLA	13	25	67	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Anthony Hill Jr. A. Hill Jr.	40	6	5.0	2023	TEX	14	26	66	27	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Cade Uluave C. Uluave	40	3	2.0	2023	CAL	12	28	68	25	2	4	0	2	2	1
7	Kyle Efford K. Efford	39	1	1.0	2023	GT	13	43	82	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Taurean York T. York	39	5	3.0	2023	TAMU	13	34	73	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Ethan Wesloski E. Wesloski	36	5	3.0	2023	UNT	12	27	63	10	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Red Murdock R. Murdock	35	7	2.0	2023	BUFF	12	24	59	12	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Sone Aupiu S. Aupiu	32	4	2.0	2023	NMSU	14	15	47	11	0	0	0	2	1	0
12	Jordan Hall J. Hall	31	5	4.5	2023	MSU	12	34	65	42	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Ben Cutter B. Cutter	31	5	2.0	2023	WVU	13	27	58	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Tate Romney T. Romney	29	3	1.0	2023	ASU	12	22	51	9	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Maverick Baranowski M. Baranowski	28	4	1.0	2023	MINN	10	25	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Alexander Kilgore A. Kilgore	27	6	4.0	2023	SMU	14	9	36	27	1	-5	0	0	0	0
17	Tackett Curtis T. Curtis	25	4	2.0	2023	USC	12	14	39	11	0	0	0	1	2	0
18	Everett Roussaw Jr. E. Roussaw Jr.	25	1	1.0	2023	UAB	12	24	49	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	Dion Crawford D. Crawford	25	1	0.0	2023	BUFF	11	6	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	CJ Allen	23	2	1.0	2023	UGA	14	20	43	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Buddah Al-Uqdah B. Al-Uqdah	22	2	0.0	2023	WSU	11	18	40	0	1	10	0	0	0	0
22	Owen Pewee O. Pewee	21	5	1.0	2023	UTSA	13	10	31	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Corey Yeoman C. Yeoman	21	0	0.5	2023	TEM	12	13	34	4.5				0	0
24	Nate Johnson N. Johnson	21	7	7.5	2023	APP	14	23	44	65.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	Jonathan Thompson J. Thompson	20	3	0.0	2023	CIN	12	11	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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7	Iowa State	0-0	1-0
8	Kansas State	0-0	1-0
9	Texas Tech	0-0	1-0
10	UCF	0-0	1-0
11	Utah	0-0	1-0

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Sat 9/12	TTU	@	ORST	7:30 PM
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Sat 9/26	SHSU	@	TTU	1:00 PM
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Pass Yards Leaders

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Mensah

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Kienholz

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Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

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Rec Yards Leaders

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	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