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

Red Murdock, Javante Mackey and Nate Johnson were tied for the most tackles for loss by a freshman linebacker in 2023, with 7 tackles.

	NAME	TFL	TKL	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Red Murdock R. Murdock	7	35	2.0	2023	BUFF	12	24	59	12	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Javante Mackey J. Mackey	7	53	2.0	2023	ARST	12	28	81	16	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Nate Johnson N. Johnson	7	21	7.5	2023	APP	14	23	44	65.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	Alexander Kilgore A. Kilgore	6	27	4.0	2023	SMU	14	9	36	27	1	-5	0	0	0	0
5	Anthony Hill Jr. A. Hill Jr.	6	40	5.0	2023	TEX	14	26	66	27	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Keon Wylie K. Wylie	5	13	3.0	2023	PSU	12	4	17	27	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Owen Pewee O. Pewee	5	21	1.0	2023	UTSA	13	10	31	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ethan Wesloski E. Wesloski	5	36	3.0	2023	UNT	12	27	63	10	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	Jordan Hall J. Hall	5	31	4.5	2023	MSU	12	34	65	42	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Suntarine Perkins S. Perkins	5	20	3.5	2023	MISS	13	18	38	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Taurean York T. York	5	39	3.0	2023	TAMU	13	34	73	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	Ben Cutter B. Cutter	5	31	2.0	2023	WVU	13	27	58	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sone Aupiu S. Aupiu	4	32	2.0	2023	NMSU	14	15	47	11	0	0	0	2	1	0
14	Logan Pili L. Pili	4	16	1.0	2023	USU	11	16	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Maverick Baranowski M. Baranowski	4	28	1.0	2023	MINN	10	25	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Tackett Curtis T. Curtis	4	25	2.0	2023	USC	12	14	39	11	0	0	0	1	2	0
17	Teitum Tuioti T. Tuioti	4	19	2.0	2023	ORE	13	11	30	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Isaiah Chisom I. Chisom	4	9	1.0	2023	ORST	5	5	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Tate Romney T. Romney	3	29	1.0	2023	ASU	12	22	51	9	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Jonathan Thompson J. Thompson	3	20	0.0	2023	CIN	12	11	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Melvin Jordan IV M. Jordan IV	3	13	1.0	2023	ORST	12	9	22	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kip Lewis K. Lewis	3	42	1.0	2023	OKLA	13	25	67	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Kam Robinson K. Robinson	3	45	1.0	2023	UVA	12	25	70	3	2	42	1	0	0	0
24	Cade Uluave C. Uluave	3	40	2.0	2023	CAL	12	28	68	25	2	4	0	2	2	1
25	Mario Thompson M. Thompson	3	17	2.0	2023	ODU	9	26	43	17	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

385

Wright

RUSH

246

Burch

REC

310

Morrow

Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

124th

OPP PPG

33.3

139th

RUSH YDS/G

156.3

87th

PASS YDS/G

159.5

160th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Eastern Michigan	1-0	2-3
4	Toledo	0-0	3-1
5	Buffalo	0-0	2-2
6	Central Michigan	0-0	2-2
7	Miami (OH)	0-0	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	WMU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	BUFF	@	TOL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MASS	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BGSU	@	BUFF	1:00 PM
Tue 11/3	BUFF	@	M-OH	7:00 PM

Last Game

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0 - 2

Final

Buffalo

2 - 2

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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