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Career Leaders and Records for Solo Tackles

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Since 2005

Rank	Player	Solo	From	To	Last School
1.	Luke Kuechly*	299	2009	2011	Boston College
2.	Cody Davis*	286	2009	2012	Texas Tech
3.	Taylor Reed*	258	2009	2012	Southern Methodist
	Davonte Shannon*	258	2007	2010	Buffalo
5.	Marcus McGraw*	250	2008	2011	Houston
6.	Lawrence Wilson*	246	2007	2010	Connecticut
7.	Solomon Elimimian*	243	2005	2008	Hawaii
	Mason Foster*	243	2007	2010	Washington
	Travis Lewis*	243	2008	2011	Oklahoma
10.	Jason Venson*	239	2005	2008	Central Florida
11.	Shiloh Keo*	237	2006	2010	Idaho
12.	Marvin Burdette	236	2009	2012	Alabama-Birmingham
	Patrick Chung*	236	2005	2008	Oregon
	Greg Jones*	236	2007	2010	Michigan State
15.	Sean Weatherspoon*	233	2006	2009	Missouri
16.	Nick Bellore*	229	2007	2010	Central Michigan
17.	Cardia Jackson	228	2006	2009	Louisiana-Monroe
18.	Wesley Woodyard*	227	2005	2007	Kentucky
19.	Jake Knott*	223	2009	2012	Iowa State
20.	Jordon Dizon*	220	2005	2007	Colorado
	Andre Sexton*	220	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
22.	Courtney Greene*	218	2005	2008	Rutgers
	Mark Herzlich*	218	2006	2010	Boston College
24.	Carmen Messina	217	2008	2011	New Mexico
25.	Brian Duncan*	216	2007	2010	Texas Tech
	Andrew Sendejo*	216	2006	2009	Rice
27.	Russell Allen	215	2005	2008	San Diego State
28.	Travis Bradshaw*	214	2008	2010	Rice
29.	Curnelius Arnick*	213	2008	2011	Tulsa
	Jonathan Cyprien*	213	2009	2012	Florida International
	Kemal Ishmael*	213	2009	2012	Central Florida
32.	Manti Te'O*	212	2009	2012	Notre Dame
33.	Khaseem Greene*	211	2009	2012	Rutgers
	Scott McKillop*	211	2005	2008	Pittsburgh
	Earl Wolff*	211	2009	2012	North Carolina State
36.	Aaron Curry*	209	2005	2008	Wake Forest
37.	Gerald McRath*	208	2005	2008	Southern Mississippi
	Wyatt Middleton*	208	2007	2010	Navy
39.	Chris Marve*	207	2008	2011	Vanderbilt
40.	Scott Lutrus*	206	2007	2010	Connecticut
41.	Louis Delmas*	203	2005	2008	Western Michigan
	Shakiel Smith	203	2009	2012	Tulane
43.	Barry Church	201	2006	2009	Toledo
	Tyrone McKenzie*	201	2006	2008	South Florida
45.	Thomas Keith*	200	2005	2007	Central Michigan
	Bobby Wagner*	200	2008	2011	Utah State
47.	Johnell Neal*	199	2005	2008	Central Florida
	Chris Prosinski*	199	2007	2010	Wyoming
49.	Chris Harris*	198	2007	2010	Kansas
	Jordan Lake	198	2006	2009	Baylor
	Danny Trevathan*	198	2008	2011	Kentucky
	Alterraun Verner*	198	2006	2009	UCLA
	Duke Williams*	198	2009	2012	Nevada
54.	Van Eskridge*	197	2006	2009	East Carolina
	Jason Phillips*	197	2005	2008	Texas Christian
	David Vobora	197	2005	2007	Idaho
57.	Jamie Collins*	196	2009	2012	Southern Mississippi
	Mike Mohamed*	196	2007	2010	California
	Mike Newton*	196	2006	2009	Buffalo
60.	Chris Banjo*	195	2008	2011	Southern Methodist
	Boris Lee*	195	2006	2009	Troy
62.	Jeron Johnson*	194	2007	2010	Boise State
63.	Jordan Kovacs*	193	2009	2012	Michigan
	Craig Robertson	193	2007	2010	North Texas
	Brian Wagner	193	2009	2011	Akron
66.	Deone Bucannon	192	2010	2012	Washington State
	Matthew Castelo*	192	2004	2007	San Jose State
	Pete Fleps*	192	2007	2010	Southern Methodist
	Bo McNally*	192	2006	2009	Stanford
	Quan Sturdivant*	192	2007	2010	North Carolina
71.	Joe Pawelek	191	2006	2009	Baylor
72.	Mike Holmes*	190	2007	2010	Syracuse
	Sha'Reff Rashad*	190	2005	2008	Central Florida
74.	Jerry Franklin*	189	2008	2011	Arkansas
	Clinton Snyder*	189	2006	2009	Stanford
76.	Nigel Bradham*	188	2008	2011	Florida State
	Chris Chamberlain*	188	2004	2007	Tulsa
	Greg James	188	2006	2009	Louisiana-Monroe
	D.J. Johnson*	188	2009	2012	Texas Tech
80.	Frantz Joseph*	187	2006	2008	Florida Atlantic
	Rico McCoy*	187	2006	2009	Tennessee
82.	Dwight Bentley*	186	2008	2011	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Derrick Hallman*	186	2007	2010	Central Florida
	Trent Hunter*	186	2008	2011	Texas A&M
	Harrison Smith*	186	2008	2011	Notre Dame
86.	Nelson Coleman*	185	2004	2007	Tulsa
	Dexter McCoil*	185	2009	2012	Tulsa
88.	John Boyett*	184	2009	2012	Oregon
	Kevin Grant*	184	2005	2008	Akron
	Patrick Lavine*	184	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
	D.J. Swearinger*	184	2009	2012	South Carolina
	Kyle Theret*	184	2007	2010	Minnesota
93.	J Leman*	183	2005	2007	Illinois
	Corey Paredes*	183	2009	2011	Hawaii
95.	Antwyne Zanders	182	2006	2009	Louisiana-Lafayette
96.	Matt Daniels	181	2008	2011	Duke
	Ja'Gared Davis*	181	2009	2012	Southern Methodist
	Archie Donald*	181	2006	2010	Toledo
	Michael Hamlin*	181	2005	2008	Clemson
	Mario Harvey*	181	2007	2010	Marshall
	Tony Jefferson*	181	2010	2012	Oklahoma
	Tyrell Johnson*	181	2004	2007	Arkansas State
	Noah Keller*	181	2007	2011	Ohio
	A.J. Klein*	181	2009	2012	Iowa State
	Brian Lainhart	181	2007	2010	Kent State
	Walter Thurmond III*	181	2006	2009	Oregon
107.	Leonard Johnson*	180	2008	2011	Iowa State
	Jordan Mabin*	180	2008	2011	Northwestern
	Corey Small*	180	2005	2008	Florida Atlantic
	Gary Walker*	180	2009	2012	Idaho
111.	Emmanuel Cook*	179	2006	2008	South Carolina
	Tashaun Gipson*	179	2008	2011	Wyoming
	Daniel Holtzclaw	179	2005	2008	Eastern Michigan
	Spencer Larsen	179	2005	2007	Arizona
	Jamie Silva*	179	2004	2007	Boston College
116.	Luke Batton*	178	2009	2012	Kent State
	Joe Burnett*	178	2005	2008	Central Florida
	Alex Hoffman-Ellis	178	2009	2011	Washington State
	Joe Holland*	178	2008	2011	Purdue
	Ben Jacobs*	178	2007	2010	Fresno State
	Jamarca Sanford*	178	2005	2008	Mississippi
	Brandon Spikes*	178	2006	2009	Florida
	Darrell Stuckey*	178	2006	2009	Kansas
124.	Antonio Baker*	177	2006	2009	Louisiana Tech
	Dan Connor*	177	2004	2007	Penn State
	Cory Hogue*	177	2005	2009	Central Florida
	Mychal Sisson*	177	2008	2011	Colorado State
	Brandon Sumrall*	177	2005	2007	Southern Mississippi
	Mike Taylor*	177	2009	2012	Wisconsin
	Shamarko Thomas*	177	2009	2012	Syracuse
	Nate Williams*	177	2007	2010	Washington
	Patrick Willis	177	2004	2006	Mississippi
133.	Deaundre Brown*	176	2008	2012	Tulsa
	Eric Norwood*	176	2006	2009	South Carolina
	Chris Thomas*	176	2006	2009	Air Force
136.	Daren Bates*	175	2009	2012	Auburn
	Travis Freeman*	175	2009	2012	Ball State
	Carl Gettis*	175	2007	2010	Missouri
	Dennis Keyes*	175	2005	2007	UCLA
	Clayton Mullins	175	2005	2008	Miami (OH)
141.	Sean Baker*	174	2008	2011	Ball State
	Bryant Haines*	174	2005	2008	Ball State
	Jaiquawn Jarrett*	174	2007	2010	Temple
	Sio Moore*	174	2009	2012	Connecticut
	Roddrick Muckelroy*	174	2006	2009	Texas
	Brian Peters*	174	2008	2011	Northwestern
	Neiko Thorpe*	174	2008	2011	Auburn
	Chip Vaughn*	174	2005	2008	Wake Forest
149.	Jonathan Hefney*	173	2004	2007	Tennessee
	Shawn Jackson*	173	2010	2012	Tulsa
	Deandre McDaniel*	173	2007	2010	Clemson
	Ben Moffitt*	173	2005	2007	South Florida
	Dan Molls*	173	2009	2012	Toledo
	Will Patterson*	173	2006	2009	Indiana
155.	Aaron Grymes*	172	2009	2012	Idaho
	Jeremy Kellem*	172	2007	2010	Middle Tennessee State
	James Smith*	172	2006	2009	Iowa State
158.	Stephen Anderson*	171	2007	2010	Army
	Jonathan Goff	171	2005	2007	Vanderbilt
	Joey Hudson	171	2005	2008	Miami (OH)
	Reshard Langford*	171	2005	2008	Vanderbilt
	Andrew Preston*	171	2007	2010	San Diego State
163.	Beau Bell	170	2004	2007	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Rennie Curran*	170	2007	2009	Georgia
	Greg Trent	170	2005	2008	Washington State
166.	Will Dunbar	169	2005	2008	Alabama-Birmingham
	James-Michael Johnson*	169	2007	2011	Nevada
	Adam Leonard*	169	2005	2008	Hawaii
	Mike Nixon*	169	2006	2009	Arizona State
	Derrell Smith*	169	2007	2010	Syracuse
	Sean Spence*	169	2008	2011	Miami (FL)
172.	Cha'Pelle Brown*	168	2006	2009	Colorado
	Braxton Kelley*	168	2005	2008	Kentucky
	William Moore*	168	2005	2008	Missouri
175.	Chris Clemons*	167	2005	2008	Clemson
	Dom Decicco*	167	2007	2010	Pittsburgh
	George Iloka*	167	2008	2011	Boise State
	Keenan Robinson*	167	2008	2011	Texas
	Syd'Quan Thompson*	167	2006	2009	California
180.	Omar Brown*	166	2008	2011	Marshall
	Jake Hutton	166	2005	2008	Utah State
	Austin Thomas*	166	2006	2009	Indiana
183.	Bront Bird*	165	2007	2010	Texas Tech
	Rashard Hall*	165	2009	2012	Clemson
	Joe Henderson	165	2005	2008	Alabama-Birmingham
186.	Jason Beauchamp	164	2006	2009	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Brandan Bishop*	164	2009	2012	North Carolina State
	Danny Carmichael*	164	2006	2009	Middle Tennessee State
	Rey Maualuga*	164	2005	2008	Southern California
190.	Pierre Bell*	163	2005	2008	East Carolina
	Domonic Cook*	163	2007	2010	Buffalo
	Mike Hicks*	163	2009	2012	Baylor
	Kevin Reddick*	163	2009	2012	North Carolina
	Phillip Steward*	163	2009	2012	Houston
195.	Alvin Bowen	162	2006	2007	Iowa State
	Chance Casey*	162	2009	2012	Baylor
	Demetrius Hartsfield*	162	2009	2012	Maryland
	Brian Raines*	162	2005	2008	Rice
199.	Chris Borland*	161	2009	2012	Wisconsin
	Caleb Campbell	161	2005	2007	Army
	Kenneth Fontenette*	161	2005	2008	Houston
	Zaviar Gooden*	161	2009	2012	Missouri
	Micah Johnson*	161	2006	2009	Kentucky
	Charles Mitchell*	161	2008	2011	Mississippi State
	Hakeem Smith*	161	2010	2012	Louisville
206.	Reggie Carter*	160	2006	2009	UCLA
	Ward Dobbs	160	2005	2008	Wyoming
	Robert Henson*	160	2005	2008	Texas Christian
	Trent Mackey	160	2010	2012	Tulane
	P.J. Mahone*	160	2006	2009	Bowling Green State
	Taylor Mays*	160	2006	2009	Southern California
	Jesse Smith*	160	2006	2009	Iowa State
213.	Donald Butler	159	2006	2009	Washington
	Blake Gideon*	159	2008	2011	Texas
	Max Gruder*	159	2008	2011	Pittsburgh
	Dominique Harris*	159	2006	2009	Temple
	James Laurinaitis*	159	2005	2008	Ohio State
	Orie Lemon*	159	2006	2010	Oklahoma State
	Colin McCarthy*	159	2006	2010	Miami (FL)
	Brit Miller*	159	2005	2008	Illinois
	Ronnie Palmer*	159	2005	2008	Arizona
	Bacarri Rambo*	159	2009	2012	Georgia
	Jeremy Reeves*	159	2009	2012	Iowa State
224.	Ricardo Allen*	158	2010	2012	Purdue
	Drew Astorino*	158	2008	2011	Penn State
	Kendric Burney*	158	2007	2010	North Carolina
	Jon Copper*	158	2005	2008	Virginia
	Durell Mapp	158	2005	2007	North Carolina
	Bradley McDougald	158	2009	2012	Kansas
	Kenny Vaccaro*	158	2009	2012	Texas
	Deunta Williams*	158	2007	2010	North Carolina
232.	Eric Berry*	157	2007	2009	Tennessee
	Cort Dennison*	157	2008	2011	Washington
	Joe Haden*	157	2007	2009	Florida
	John Mackey*	157	2005	2007	Akron
	Brandon Magee*	157	2008	2012	Arizona State
	Mike Mickens*	157	2005	2008	Cincinnati
	Marco Nelson*	157	2010	2012	Tulsa
	Vincent Rey	157	2006	2009	Duke
	Alex Wujciak*	157	2008	2010	Maryland
	Jacob Wyatt	157	2005	2008	Eastern Michigan
242.	Marcus Bartels	156	2009	2011	Florida Atlantic
	Michael Clay*	156	2009	2012	Oregon
	Kanorris Davis*	156	2009	2012	Troy
	Winston Fraser*	156	2009	2012	Florida International
	Terrence Frederick*	156	2008	2011	Texas A&M
	Tysyn Hartman*	156	2008	2011	Kansas State
	Tracy Porter*	156	2004	2007	Indiana
	Keith Smith*	156	2010	2012	San Jose State
250.	Adrien Cole*	155	2008	2011	Louisiana Tech
	Obi Ezeh*	155	2007	2010	Michigan
	Zack Follett*	155	2005	2008	California
	Steve Greer*	155	2009	2012	Virginia
	Jarred Holley*	155	2009	2012	Pittsburgh
	Ross Homan*	155	2006	2010	Ohio State
	Micah Hyde*	155	2009	2012	Iowa
	Mychal Kendricks*	155	2008	2011	California
	Justin Winters*	155	2007	2010	Buffalo

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