Sacks Leaders: College Football Defense, 2026

Tobi Osunsanmi (Indiana) leads FBS defenders in sacks with 8.0, ahead of Princewill Umanmielen (LSU, 8.0) and Colin Simmons (Texas, 8.0).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 915 defenders rank; the top 150 are below.

Defense by sacks

Rank	Player	Team	Sacks
1	Tobi Osunsanmi	Indiana	8.0
2	Princewill Umanmielen	LSU	8.0
3	Colin Simmons	Texas	8.0
4	Will Heldt	Clemson	6.0
5	Rylan Kennedy	Florida State	6.0
6	Alonzo Jackson Jr.	Louisiana Tech	6.0
7	Xavier Lewis	North Carolina	6.0
8	Lamont Lester Jr.	Colorado	5.0
9	Xavier Esquillen	Georgia State	5.0
10	Stephen Daley	Indiana	5.0
11	Elijah Kinsler	Memphis	5.0
12	Darren Agu	New Mexico	5.0
13	Takari Hickle	Oregon State	5.0
14	Jayland McGlothen	San José State	5.0
15	C.J. Hicks	South Florida	5.0
16	Mariyon Dye	Tennessee	5.0
17	Tyree Weathersby	Tennessee	5.0
18	Anthony Holmes Jr.	Texas Tech	5.0
19	Cortez Harris	Virginia Tech	5.0
20	Chase Kennedy	Arizona	4.0
21	Elijah Melendez	Auburn	4.0
22	E'Lla Boykin	Boston College	4.0
23	Bradley Gompers	Duke	4.0
24	Kenton Simmons	Florida International	4.0
25	Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson	Georgia State	4.0
26	Jayden Bryant	Kansas State	4.0
27	Jordan Ross	LSU	4.0
28	Marquise Lightfoot	Miami	4.0
29	T.J. Bush	Minnesota	4.0
30	MarcAnthony Parker	Navy	4.0
31	Dylan Labarbera	Nevada	4.0
32	Gabe Peterson	New Mexico State	4.0
33	Kelton McCaslin	North Dakota State	4.0
34	Braydon Brus	Northwestern	4.0
35	Matayo Uiagalelei	Oregon	4.0
36	Teitum Tuioti	Oregon	4.0
37	Tony Rojas	Penn State	4.0
38	Marques White	SMU	4.0
39	Djibril Abdou Rahman	San Diego State	4.0
40	Dylan Lee	San José State	4.0
41	Ansel Din-Mbuh	TCU	4.0
42	Koron Hayward	TCU	4.0
43	Xavier Gilliam	Tennessee	4.0
44	Kyran Duhon	Tulsa	4.0
45	Marlin Dean	UAB	4.0
46	Samuel Omosigho	UCLA	4.0
47	Owen Pewee	UTSA	4.0
48	Matthew Fobbs-White	Virginia	4.0
49	Aycen Stevens	Virginia Tech	4.0
50	Daniel Cobbs	Baylor	3.5
51	Max Mustell	Air Force	3.0
52	Fatutoa Henry	Alabama	3.0
53	Yhonzae Pierre	Alabama	3.0
54	Caleb Sandstrom	App State	3.0
55	Dash Fifita	Arizona	3.0
56	Jalen Thompson	Arizona State	3.0
57	Victor Afolabi	Army	3.0
58	Xavier Atkins	Auburn	3.0
59	Tausili Akana	BYU	3.0
60	Garrick Ponder	Baylor	3.0
61	Demetrius Ballard	Boston College	3.0
62	Cashmire Lewis	Bowling Green	3.0
63	Eriq George	Bowling Green	3.0
64	Myles Bradley	Bowling Green	3.0
65	AJ Tuitele	California	3.0
66	JD McKinley	California	3.0
67	Patrick Bauer	Cincinnati	3.0
68	Ibrahim Diawara	Coastal Carolina	3.0
69	Gideon Lampron	Colorado	3.0
70	Kevin O'Connor	Duke	3.0
71	Tyshon Reed	Duke	3.0
72	Emmanuel Oybadejo	Florida	3.0
73	Chris Cole	Georgia	3.0
74	Quintavius Johnson	Georgia	3.0
75	Ashton Porter	Houston	3.0
76	Cam Buffington	Iowa	3.0
77	Joseph Anderson	Iowa	3.0
78	Wendell Gregory	Kansas State	3.0
79	Ugonna Nwoha	Kennesaw State	3.0
80	Hayden Dawahare	Kent State	3.0
81	Jaihien Roy	Kent State	3.0
82	Rocco Nicholl	Kent State	3.0
83	Deuce Geralds	LSU	3.0
84	Markus Clark	Liberty	3.0
85	Jadon Mayfield	Louisiana Tech	3.0
86	Clev Lubin	Louisville	3.0
87	Tyler Thompson	Louisville	3.0
88	Damon Wilson Jr.	Miami	3.0
89	Grant Lyons	Miami (OH)	3.0
90	John Henry Daley	Michigan	3.0
91	Karter Menz	Minnesota	3.0
92	Daeden Hopkins	Missouri	3.0
93	Elijah Satchell	NC State	3.0
94	Aiden Lyczek	Navy	3.0
95	Jeremy Naborne	Nevada	3.0
96	Bradley Vislisel	New Mexico State	3.0
97	Donovan Woolen	North Dakota State	3.0
98	Ike Ackerman	Ohio	3.0
99	Michael Molnar	Ohio	3.0
100	Adepoju Adebawore	Oklahoma	3.0
101	Owen Heinecke	Oklahoma	3.0
102	Malik Charles	Oklahoma State	3.0
103	Jackson Forrest	Old Dominion	3.0
104	Javen Gibson	Old Dominion	3.0
105	Suntarine Perkins	Ole Miss	3.0
106	Josh Alexander-Felton	Sam Houston	3.0
107	Kai Wallin	San Diego State	3.0
108	Aizik Mahuka	San José State	3.0
109	Justin Stearns	San José State	3.0
110	Xavious Anderson Jr.	South Alabama	3.0
111	Anthony Addison	South Carolina	3.0
112	Tomiwa Durojaiye	South Carolina	3.0
113	Michael Williams II	South Florida	3.0
114	Ramon Pernas	Southern Miss	3.0
115	Chris D'Appolonia	Syracuse	3.0
116	Keyshawn Johnson	Syracuse	3.0
117	Tunmise Adeleye	Syracuse	3.0
118	Amare Campbell	Tennessee	3.0
119	Trey White	Texas Tech	3.0
120	Andrew Zock	Toledo	3.0
121	Ezra Odinjor	Toledo	3.0
122	Donnie Smith	Troy	3.0
123	Makai Williams	Tulane	3.0
124	Tylin Jackson	UAB	3.0
125	Jalen Woods	UCLA	3.0
126	K'Von Sherman	UConn	3.0
127	Tre Fulton	UNLV	3.0
128	Luke Wafle	USC	3.0
129	Sterling Miles	UTEP	3.0
130	Mylachi Williams	Virginia Tech	3.0
131	Gabe Kirschke	Wake Forest	3.0
132	Langston Hardy	Wake Forest	3.0
133	Austin Alexander	Western Michigan	3.0
134	Esaia Bogar	Wyoming	3.0
135	Bo Onu	Baylor	2.5
136	Jordan Mack	Baylor	2.5
137	Kaleb Burns	Baylor	2.5
138	Ryan Davis	Baylor	2.5
139	Blake Fletcher	Air Force	2.0
140	Caleb Woodson	Alabama	2.0
141	Devan Thompkins	Alabama	2.0
142	Terrance Green	Alabama	2.0
143	C.J. Fite	Arizona State	2.0
144	Quincy Rhodes Jr.	Arkansas	2.0
145	Robert Stevens	Arkansas State	2.0
146	Dillon Stowers	Army	2.0
147	Da'Shawn Womack	Auburn	2.0
148	Devonte Tezino	Baylor	2.0
149	Kyland Reed	Baylor	2.0
150	Bol Bol	Boise State	2.0

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