most tackles in a season by a rookie defensive lineman

Shaun Rogers has the most tackles in his rookie season by a defensive lineman, with 61 tackles in 2001.

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	NAME	TKL	SEASON	TM	GP	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Shaun Rogers S. Rogers	61	2001	DET	16	20	81	3.0	19.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	J.J. Watt	49	2011	HOU	16	7	56	5.5	47.5	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	Ndamukong Suh N. Suh	49	2010	DET	16	17	66	10.0	47.5	1	20	0	1	1	1
4	Tyler Brayton T. Brayton	48	2003	OAK	16	13	61	2.5	17	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	Gerard Warren G. Warren	48	2001	CLE	15	13	61	5.0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dwight Freeney D. Freeney	45	2002	IND	16	1	46	13.0	92	0	0	0	9	1	0
7	John Henderson J. Henderson	45	2002	JAX	16	9	54	6.5	41.5	0	0	0	1	2	0
8	Tamba Hali T. Hali	44	2006	KC	16	18	62	8.0	48	1	-9	0	5	1	0
9	Mathias Kiwanuka M. Kiwanuka	44	2006	NYG	16	9	53	4.0	13	2	44	0	2	0	0
10	DeForest Buckner D. Buckner	43	2016	SF	15	30	73	6.0	26	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Greg Rousseau G. Rousseau	42	2021	BUF	17	8	50	4.0	12	1	3	0	1	0	0
12	Sheldon Richardson S. Richardson	42	2013	NYJ	16	36	78	3.5	29	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Justin Smith J. Smith	41	2001	CIN	15	13	54	8.5	76	2	28	0	0	0	0
14	Jabaal Sheard J. Sheard	40	2011	CLE	16	15	55	8.5	73.5	0	0	0	5	1	0
15	Andre Carter A. Carter	40	2001	SF	15	7	47	6.5	57.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
16	Jurrell Casey J. Casey	39	2011	TEN	16	13	52	2.5	15.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
17	Aaron Donald A. Donald	38	2014	STL	16	10	48	9.0	68	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	Trent Cole T. Cole	38	2005	PHI	15	8	46	5.0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Mike Patterson M. Patterson	38	2005	PHI	16	7	45	3.5	15	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Phillip Taylor P. Taylor	37	2011	CLE	16	22	59	4.0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Brian Orakpo B. Orakpo	37	2009	WAS	16	13	50	11.0	83.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	37	2005	SD	16	12	49	3.5	13.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Maxx Crosby M. Crosby	36	2019	OAK	16	11	47	10.0	69.5	0	0	0	4	0	0
24	Kevin Williams K. Williams	36	2003	MIN	16	15	51	10.5	70.5	1	3	0	0	1	0
25	Daron Payne D. Payne	35	2018	WAS	16	21	56	5.0	28	0	0	0	1	1	0

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