most tackles and tfls and sacks by a freshman linebacker in 2025

Mac Sanders had the most tackles by a freshman linebacker in 2025, with 45 tackles.

	NAME	TKL	TFL	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Mac Sanders M. Sanders	45	8	1.5	2025	JVST	14	32	77	14.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Carlton Smith C. Smith	41	1	0.5	2025	MD	12	20	61	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Luke Ferrelli L. Ferrelli	35	4	1.0	2025	CAL	13	49	84	11	1	2	0	0	0	0
4	Cooper Catalano C. Catalano	35	5	2.0	2025	WIS	12	22	57	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Edwin Spillman E. Spillman	34	3	2.5	2025	TENN	13	47	81	14.5	1	15	0	0	0	0
6	Charlie Christopher C. Christopher	34	2	1.5	2025	OHIO	13	30	64	9.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
7	Tywon Christopher T. Christopher	33	1	1.5	2025	KENN	13	39	72	9.5	1	0	0	1	0	0
8	Mason Posa M. Posa	33	2	4.0	2025	WIS	11	26	59	25	0	0	0	2	1	0
9	Nigel Nelson N. Nelson	31	1	1.0	2025	ARST	13	19	50	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Antoine Deslauriers A. Deslauriers	27	2	1.0	2025	SYR	12	29	56	15	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	Dean Ford D. Ford	25	5	2.0	2025	SHSU	8	10	35	20	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Tytus Khajavi T. Khajavi	25	3	1.0	2025	FRES	13	12	37	14	1	2	0	0	0	0
13	Jadyn Walker J. Walker	25	4	1.0	2025	USC	12	7	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Anthony Palano A. Palano	23	0	0.5	2025	WSU	12	36	59	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Wendell Gregory W. Gregory	22	11	4.0	2025	OKST	12	5	27	17	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	Elijah Melendez E. Melendez	22	3	1.0	2025	AUB	12	7	29	2	2	68	1	0	0	0
17	Isaiah Patterson I. Patterson	20	1	0.5	2025	UNLV	14	18	38	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Chris Joe C. Joe	20	4	4.0	2025	USU	13	20	40	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Frank Cusano F. Cusano	19	0	0.5	2025	WAKE	12	26	45	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Cameron Lindsey C. Lindsey	18	3	2.0	2025	PITT	13	9	27	23	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Jackson Forrest J. Forrest	18	4	4.5	2025	ODU	13	29	47	39	0	0	0	1	1	0
22	Noah Chambers N. Chambers	18	1	1.0	2025	VT	8	20	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Alonzo Jackson Jr. A. Jackson Jr.	17	3	0.0	2025	LT	10	13	30	0	1	23	1	0	0	0
24	Sullivan Schlimgen S. Schlimgen	17	1	0.0	2025	WSU	13	24	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Caden Marshall C. Marshall	15	3	1.0	2025	BGSU	7	23	38	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

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More Jacksonville State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,112

Creel

RUSH

375

Creel

REC

231

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

91st

OPP PPG

21.8

68th

RUSH YDS/G

160.8

77th

PASS YDS/G

231.6

82nd

2026 C-USA Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	JVST	@	KENN	7:00 PM
Tue 10/13	FIU	@	JVST	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	JVST	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Sat 11/7	SHSU	@	JVST	7:00 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

2 - 2

Final

Jacksonville State

3 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

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

7.0

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

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

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	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	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

	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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	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