Two players with over 200 tackles last season are back for more in 2016.
Video: Roger Adame III's highlights
See the star junior in action last season.Teams around Texas kicked off their season this past weekend. Below is the top returning Texas football stat leaders on defense, not factoring in games that occurred this season.
Top Texas football returning defensive stat leaders
TacklesStefon Sandoval, Sr., Mineral Wells 216
Anthony Hines III, Sr., Plano East (Plano) 205
Holton Hufstedler, Sr., Canadian 196
Trey Sterling, Sr., Sunnyvale 192
Eddie Luna, Sr., Cameron Yoe (Cameron) 181
Kyle Scheffe, Jr., Windthorst 176
Mason J. Montoya, Sr., Coronado (Lubbock) 172
Dustin Lundy, Sr., Tolar 166
Dj Williams, Sr., Elkhart 165
Tanner Young, Jr., Leonard 164
Cooper Haigood, Sr., Lorena 164
Aidan Estrada, Sr., Lake Travis (Austin) 162
Dylan Brunson, Sr., Cisco 161
Michael Pruitt, Jr., Bremond 161
SacksRoger Adame iii, Jr., Mercedes 27
Jesse Sites, Sr., Hawley 15.5
Tyler Mitchell, Sr., Fossil Ridge (Keller) 14
Tyriq Burnett, Sr., Wills Point 13
Dylan Riley, Sr., Trinity Christian (Cedar Hills) 12.5
Grayson Diepenbrock, Sr., Plano East (Plano) 12
Weston Bauer, Sr., Brady 12
Mike Munoz, Sr., Americas (El Paso) 12
Alfred Bryant, Sr., Manvel 12
Edward Mcdonald, Sr., Pflugerville Connally (Austin) 11
Jack Hays, Sr., Graham 11
Robert Belk, Sr., Cisco 11
Jonathon Sylvester, Sr., A&M Consolidated (College Station) 11
Bryson Jackson, Sr., Lake Ridge (Mansfield) 11
Interceptions
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, Sr., Gilmer 11
Keyondrick Rollison, Sr., Grandview 10
Kevin Jones, Sr., West Rusk (New London) 10
Dallas Anderson, Sr., Meridian 8
Diante Wilson, Sr., La Pryor 8
Kamron English, Jr., Grandview 8
Brandon Knight, Sr., Atascocita (Humble) 7
Michael Green, Sr., Sweetwater 7
Christian Hodshire, Jr., Rio Vista 7
Antwain Bates jr, Sr., Alvarado 7
Taydren Esprit, Sr., Legacy Christian Academy (Beaumont) 7
Timarcus Davis, Sr., College Station 7
Dyllon Joiner, Sr., Liberty Hill 7
Austin Hiller, Sr., Lake Travis (Austin) 7
