2001 Division I-A Football Defensive Statistics
Final Rankings
TOTAL TACKLES Player, Team CL G Solo Ast Total PG1. Rick Sherrod, West Virginia SR 10 102 54 156 15.602. Hanik Milligan, Houston JR 10 82 67 149 14.903. Kyle Kayden, West Virginia SR 11 88 71 159 14.454. Jack Brewer, Minnesota SR 11 89 66 155 14.095. Nick Greisen, Wisconsin SR 12 101 66 167 13.926. Pernell Griffin, East Caro. SR 11 72 81 153 13.917. E.J. Henderson, Maryland JR 11 104 46 150 13.648. Levar Fisher, North Carolina St. SR 11 79 69 148 13.459. Kevin Bentley, Northwestern SR 11 72 74 146 13.2710. Max Yates, Marshall SR 12 92 67 159 13.2511. Lawrence Flugence, Texas Tech JR 11 78 67 145 13.1812. Tito Rodriguez, UCF SR 11 100 43 143 13.0013. Jermaine Petty, Arkansas SR 11 80 60 140 12.7314. Bradley Jennings, Florida St. SR 10 72 55 127 12.7015. Robert Rodriguez, UTEP FR 11 77 60 137 12.4516. Glenn Sumter, Memphis JR 11 89 47 136 12.3617. Angelo Crowell, Virginia JR 12 87 57 144 12.0017. Billy Silva, Northwestern SR 10 61 59 120 12.0019. Chad Carson, Clemson SR 11 73 57 130 11.8220. Sean Doyle, Missouri JR 11 93 36 129 11.7321. Adrian Mitchell, Tulane JR 12 97 41 138 11.5022. Dantonio Burnette, North Carolina St. JR 10 55 59 114 11.4023. Marquis Hopkins, Wake Forest SR 11 75 50 125 11.3624. Nick Duffy, Northern Ill. SO 11 91 34 125 11.3625. Phil Archer, Minnesota SO 10 63 50 113 11.3025. Shawn Hackett, West Virginia SR 10 59 54 113 11.3027. Josh Thornhill, Michigan St. SR 11 89 35 124 11.2727. Tom Ward, Toledo JR 11 73 51 124 11.2729. Ryan Fowler, Duke SO 11 68 55 123 11.1830. Bob Sanders, Iowa SO 10 69 42 111 11.10
SOLO TACKLES Player, Team CL G Solo PG1. Rick Sherrod, West Virginia SR 10 102 10.202. E.J. Henderson, Maryland JR 11 104 9.453. Tito Rodriguez, UCF SR 11 100 9.094. Sean Doyle, Missouri JR 11 93 8.455. Nick Griesen, Wisconsin SR 12 101 8.426. Larry Williams, Northern Ill. JR 11 91 8.276. Nick Duffy, Northern Ill. SO 11 91 8.278. Hanik Milligan, Houston JR 10 82 8.209. Glenn Sumter, Memphis JR 11 89 8.099. Jack Brewer, Minnesota SR 11 89 8.099. Josh Thornhill, Michigan St. SR 11 89 8.0912. Adrain Mitchell, Tulane JR 12 97 8.0813. Kyle Kayden, West Virginia SR 11 88 8.0014. Charles Hafley, Clemson SR 11 82 7.4515. David Thornton, North Carolina SR 12 88 7.3316. Antuian Bradford, Vanderbilt SR 11 80 7.2716. Jamonte Robinson, Missouri SR 11 80 7.2716. Jermaine Petty, Arkansas SR 11 80 7.2716. Justin Smith, Indiana SR 11 80 7.2720. Angelo Crowell, Virginia JR 12 87 7.2521. Bradley Jennings, Florida St. SR 10 72 7.2022. Jerry Schumacher, Illinois JR 11 79 7.1822. Levar Fisher, North Carolina St. SR 11 79 7.1824. Lawrence Flugence, Texas Tech JR 11 78 7.0925. Daniel Nevil, Tulane SO 12 85 7.0826. Rashad Faison, South Carolina JR 11 76 6.9127. Bob Sanders, Iowa SO 10 69 6.9028. Marquis Hopkins, Wake Forest SR 11 75 6.8229. Quincy Monk, North Carolina SR 12 81 6.7530. Chad Carson, Clemson SR 11 73 6.64
PASS SACKS Player, Team CL G Solo Ast Yds Total PG1. Dwight Freeney, Syracuse SR 12 17 1 121 17.5 1.462. Dewayne White, Louisville SO 11 15 0 105 15.0 1.363. Bryan Thomas, UAB SR 11 14 0 101 14.0 1.274. Antwan Peek, Cincinnati JR 10 12 1 102 12.5 1.255. James Harrison, Kent St. SR 10 10 2 75 11.0 1.106. Aaron Hunt, Texas Tech JR 11 12 0 83 12.0 1.096. Dennis Johnson, Kentucky JR 11 12 0 64 12.0 1.098. Brandon Green, Rice JR 12 12 0 79 12.0 1.009. Alex Brown, Florida SR 11 10 1 51 10.5 0.959. Jarr Penright, Texas A&M JR 11 10 1 68 10.5 0.9511. Alan Harper, Fresno St. SR 13 12 0 79 12.0 0.9211. Michael Josiah, Louisville JR 12 11 0 75 11.0 0.9213. Shurron Pierson, South Fla. SO 11 10 0 81 10.0 0.9113. Terrell Suggs, Arizona St. SO 11 10 0 57 10.0 0.9115. Algie Atkinson, Kansas SR 11 9 1 80 9.5 0.8615. Chris Daley, South Fla. JR 11 9 1 61 9.5 0.8615. D.D. Acholonu, Washington St. SO 11 8 3 69 9.5 0.8618. Sean Guthrie, Boston College SR 10 8 1 49 8.5 0.8519. Greg Gathers, Georgia Tech JR 12 10 0 68 10.0 0.8320. Aaron Kampman, Iowa SR 11 9 0 34 9.0 0.8220. Elton Patterson, UCF JR 11 9 0 47 9.0 0.8220. Jarret Johnson, Alabama JR 11 9 0 72 9.0 0.8220. Nick Onaindia, Utah St. JR 11 9 0 42 9.0 0.8224. Kenyon Coleman, UCLA SR 11 8 1 54 8.5 0.7724. Isaac Brown, Washington St. SO 11 8 1 50 8.5 0.77
TACKLES FOR LOSS Player, Team CL G Solo Ast Yds Total PG1. Kenny Philpot, Eastern Mich. SR 11 26 9 79 30.5 2.772. E.J. Henderson, Maryland JR 11 26 4 86 28.0 2.553. Larry Foote, Michigan SR 10 21 5 95 23.5 2.354. LeMarcus McDonald, TCU SR 11 23 3 109 24.5 2.234. Robert Thomas, UCLA SR 11 23 3 72 24.5 2.236. Dwight Freeney, Syracuse SR 12 24 3 141 25.5 2.137. Dewayne White, Louisville SO 12 24 0 122 24.0 2.008. Elton Patterson, UCF JR 11 21 0 90 21.0 1.918. Nate Bolling, Wake Forest SR 11 21 0 57 21.0 1.9110. Antwan Peek, Cincinnati JR 11 19 3 133 20.5 1.8611. Bryan Thomas, UAB SR 11 18 3 133 19.5 1.7711. Dan Klecko, Temple JR 11 19 1 68 19.5 1.7713. James Harrison, Kent St. SR 10 15 5 91 17.5 1.7514. Dennis Johnson, Kentucky JR 11 19 0 85 19.0 1.7314. Aaron Hunt, Texas Tech JR 11 19 0 67 19.0 1.7314. Darnell Dockett, Florida St. SO 11 18 2 62 19.0 1.7317. Anthony Weaver, Notre Dame SR 10 17 0 50 17.0 1.7018. Brandon Green, Rice JR 12 20 0 93 20.0 1.6719. Akin Ayodele, Purdue SR 11 17 2 81 18.0 1.6419. Gary Davis, New Mexico SR 11 16 4 72 18.0 1.6419. David Bockmore, Toledo SR 11 18 0 70 18.0 1.6419. Ben Taylor, Virginia Tech SR 11 18 0 56 18.0 1.6423. Algie Atkinson, Kansas SR 11 17 1 96 17.5 1.5924. Julius Peppers, North Carolina JR 12 18 2 74 19.0 1.5825. Antwaun Bynum, Missouri JR 9 13 2 61 14.0 1.5626. Chris Kelsay, Nebraska JR 11 17 0 59 17.0 1.5526. Aaron Kampman, Iowa SR 11 17 0 54 17.0 1.5526. Kyle Kayden, West Virginia SR 11 17 0 42 17.0 1.5529. Alan Harper, Fresno St. SR 13 20 0 101 20.0 1.5430. T. Ranta-Cain, California JR 11 16 1 80 16.5 1.5030. Terrell Suggs, Arizona St. SO 11 15 3 79 16.5 1.5030. Bryan Knight, Pittsburgh SR 11 15 3 72 16.5 1.50
PASSES DEFENDED Player, Team CL G PBU Int Total PG1. Eugene Wilson, Illinois JR 11 23 6 29.0 2.642. Christian Morton, Illinois SO 11 22 4 26.0 2.363. Steve Smith, Oregon SR 11 18 6 24.0 2.183. Jason Goss, TCU JR 11 21 3 24.0 2.185. Lawrence Richardson, Arkansas SO 11 20 3 23.0 2.096. Quentin Jammer, Texas SR 12 22 2 24.0 2.006. Greg Brooks, Southern Miss. SO 11 19 3 22.0 2.006. Jason Olford, Louisiana Tech SR 10 15 5 20.0 2.009. Michael Jolivette, Arizona SO 11 15 5 20.0 1.829. Glenn Sumter, Memphis JR 11 14 6 20.0 1.829. Joselio Hanson, Texas Tech JR 11 19 1 20.0 1.8212. Nashville Dyer, Kent St. JR 9 12 4 16.0 1.7813. Kelvin Millhouse, Hawaii SO 12 16 5 21.0 1.7513. Roy Williams, Oklahoma JR 12 16 5 21.0 1.7515. Terence Newman, Kansas St. JR 11 16 3 19.0 1.7316. Kevin Thomas, UNLV SR 10 10 7 17.0 1.7016. Vince Thompson, Northern Ill. JR 10 12 5 17.0 1.7018. Nathan Vasher, Texas SO 12 13 7 20.0 1.6719. Bruce Nelson, Michigan St. JR 11 13 5 18.0 1.6419. Jykine Bradley, Middle Tenn. SR 11 14 4 18.0 1.6419. Korey Banks, Mississippi St. JR 11 14 4 18.0 1.6419. Lamont Thompson, Washington St. SR 11 10 8 18.0 1.6419. Mike Lehan, Minnesota FR 11 16 2 18.0 1.6419. Shawntae Spencer, Pittsburgh SO 11 17 1 18.0 1.6425. Stephen Persley, New Mexico SR 11 11 6 17.0 1.5525. Tony Jackson, Maryland SR 11 11 6 17.0 1.5525. Willie Sheppard, Louisiana Tech JR 11 15 2 17.0 1.5528. Dennis Weathersby, Oregon St. JR 11 14 2 16.0 1.4528. Edward Reed, Miami (Fla.) SR 11 7 9 16.0 1.4528. J.R. Reed, South Fla. SO 11 16 0 16.0 1.4528. Rashad Bauman, Oregon SR 11 14 2 16.0 1.4528. DeJuan Groce, Nebraska JR 11 13 3 16.0 1.4528. LaVar Glover, Cincinnati SR 11 15 1 16.0 1.4528. Chris Brown, UAB SR 11 14 2 16.0 1.45
FORCED FUMBLES Player, Team CL G FF PG1. Dwight Freeney, Syracuse SR 12 8 0.672. Bryan Lape, Western Mich. SR 11 6 0.552. Cory Smith, North Carolina St. SR 11 6 0.552. Ryan Claridge, UNLV SO 11 6 0.555. Antwan Peek, Cincinnati JR 10 5 0.506. Bruce Nelson, Michigan St. JR 11 5 0.456. Dennis Johnson, Kentucky JR 11 5 0.456. Elton Patterson, UCF JR 11 5 0.456. Greg White, Minnesota SR 11 5 0.456. Kemp Rasmussen, Indiana SR 11 5 0.45
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