Fumble Recoveries Leaders: College Football Defense, 2026

David Santiago (Kansas) leads FBS defenders in fumble recoveries with 3, ahead of Raul Aguirre Jr. (NC State, 3) and Dahvon Frazier (Akron, 2).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 443 defenders rank; the top 150 are below.

Defense by fumble recoveries

Rank	Player	Team	Fumble recoveries
1	David Santiago	Kansas	3
2	Raul Aguirre Jr.	NC State	3
3	Dahvon Frazier	Akron	2
4	Luke Metz	Alabama	2
5	Aaron Clark	App State	2
6	D'Kyah Banks	Bowling Green	2
7	Eriq George	Bowling Green	2
8	Se'Von McDowell	Coastal Carolina	2
9	Myles Johnson	Florida	2
10	Dylan Hampsten	Fresno State	2
11	Chris Cole	Georgia	2
12	Jakyri Jones	Georgia Southern	2
13	Darien Whitaker Jr.	Kansas State	2
14	Tavion Gadson	Kentucky	2
15	Micah Johnson	Louisiana	2
16	TJ Magee	Massachusetts	2
17	JJ Clayton	Memphis	2
18	Jaylen Lewis	Memphis	2
19	Kalen Woods	Middle Tennessee	2
20	Korey Smith	Middle Tennessee	2
21	Kendel Dolby	Mississippi State	2
22	Martavis Blackmon	Missouri State	2
23	Jake Devos	New Mexico	2
24	Jaylen Harvey	North Carolina	2
25	Zakye Barker	North Texas	2
26	Jaiden Ausberry	Notre Dame	2
27	Taylor Wein	Oklahoma	2
28	Miles Bailey	Sacramento State	2
29	Christian Ross	South Alabama	2
30	C.J. Hicks	South Florida	2
31	Tevarua Tafiti	Stanford	2
32	Kylin Jackson	TCU	2
33	Max Carroll	TCU	2
34	Arion Carter	Tennessee	2
35	Xavier Gilliam	Tennessee	2
36	Andrew Zock	Toledo	2
37	Julian Fox	Toledo	2
38	Arias Nash	Tulsa	2
39	Chris Burge	UAB	2
40	Amier Washington	UCLA	2
41	Sahir West	UCLA	2
42	Camron Cooper	UTSA	2
43	Bronson Olevao	Utah State	2
44	Ben Cutter	West Virginia	2
45	Esaia Bogar	Wyoming	2
46	Steven Perez	Wyoming	2
47	Alexander Perez	Air Force	1
48	Andrew Tillett	Air Force	1
49	Kurtis Waye	Akron	1
50	Mehki Flowers	Akron	1
51	Rodrick Hunter	Akron	1
52	Isaiah Faga	Alabama	1
53	Ivan Taylor	Alabama	1
54	London Simmons	Alabama	1
55	QB Reese	Alabama	1
56	Zabien Brown	Alabama	1
57	Lee Molette III	Arizona	1
58	Taye Brown	Arizona	1
59	Tre Smith	Arizona	1
60	Tyrese Boss	Arizona	1
61	Hyrum Vaeono	Arizona State	1
62	Owen Long	Arizona State	1
63	Rodney Bimage Jr.	Arizona State	1
64	Ben Bogle	Arkansas	1
65	David Oke	Arkansas	1
66	Quincy Rhodes Jr.	Arkansas	1
67	Shelton Lewis	Arkansas	1
68	Brandon Greil	Arkansas State	1
69	Makai Shahid	Arkansas State	1
70	Noah Flores	Arkansas State	1
71	TJ Grant	Arkansas State	1
72	Nick Buchys	Army	1
73	Rob Houston	Army	1
74	Jared Smith	Auburn	1
75	Kaleb Harris	Auburn	1
76	Sylvester Smith	Auburn	1
77	Jayven Williams	BYU	1
78	Tausili Akana	BYU	1
79	Ameir Glenn	Ball State	1
80	Ben Marsh	Ball State	1
81	Bo Onu	Baylor	1
82	Garrick Ponder	Baylor	1
83	Kedrick Walker	Baylor	1
84	Kyland Reed	Baylor	1
85	Stilton McKelvey	Baylor	1
86	Arthur De Boachie	Boise State	1
87	Juan Zubal	Boston College	1
88	Kemori Dixon	Boston College	1
89	Marcelous Townsend	Boston College	1
90	JoJo Johnson	Bowling Green	1
91	Myles Bradley	Bowling Green	1
92	Jordan Owens	Buffalo	1
93	Logan Goodwin	Buffalo	1
94	Saveon Brown	Buffalo	1
95	Zach Bergmann	Buffalo	1
96	Kamar Mothudi	California	1
97	Hunter Zirkle	Central Michigan	1
98	JJ Douglas	Central Michigan	1
99	Korver Demma	Central Michigan	1
100	Mayson Hitchens	Central Michigan	1
101	Jaylon Johnson	Charlotte	1
102	Antwan Peek Jr.	Cincinnati	1
103	Brian Simms III	Cincinnati	1
104	Drew Logan	Cincinnati	1
105	Jacob Finley	Cincinnati	1
106	Mark Cannon Jr.	Cincinnati	1
107	Fletcher Cothran	Clemson	1
108	Kylon Griffin	Clemson	1
109	Azarel Juste	Coastal Carolina	1
110	Ibrahim Diawara	Coastal Carolina	1
111	Jalen B. Lee	Coastal Carolina	1
112	Reggie Jean	Coastal Carolina	1
113	Xzavier Booker	Coastal Carolina	1
114	Boo Carter	Colorado	1
115	Carson Crawford	Colorado	1
116	Naeten Mitchell	Colorado	1
117	Kenyon Agurs	Colorado State	1
118	AJ Graham	Delaware	1
119	Blake Matthews	Delaware	1
120	Brandon Gorham	Delaware	1
121	Colin Gallagher	Delaware	1
122	Gavin Moul	Delaware	1
123	James Steel	Delaware	1
124	Andrew Pellicciotta	Duke	1
125	Kendall Johnson	Duke	1
126	Nick Morris Jr.	Duke	1
127	Tyshon Reed	Duke	1
128	Josh Benton	East Carolina	1
129	Kieran Davis	East Carolina	1
130	Miles Parker	East Carolina	1
131	Aaron Kearse	Eastern Michigan	1
132	Bryce Llewellyn	Eastern Michigan	1
133	Davion Williams	Eastern Michigan	1
134	Hector Gonzalez	Eastern Michigan	1
135	Jason Marshall	Eastern Michigan	1
136	Marvell Eggleston	Eastern Michigan	1
137	Quincy Byas	Eastern Michigan	1
138	Aaron Chiles	Florida	1
139	Kanye Clark	Florida	1
140	Myles Graham	Florida	1
141	Ahlston Ware	Florida Atlantic	1
142	Jay Crable	Florida Atlantic	1
143	Leon Hart Jr.	Florida Atlantic	1
144	Tycoolhill Luman	Florida Atlantic	1
145	Wilky Denaud	Florida Atlantic	1
146	Anthony Cunningham Jr.	Florida International	1
147	DeeJay Holmes Jr.	Florida International	1
148	Germaine Carter	Florida International	1
149	Deijon Laffitte	Fresno State	1
150	RJ Regan	Fresno State	1

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