High school football: Great Lakes region leading tacklers

Current high school football leading tacklers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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Sep 16, 2026, 8:15am

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High School Football: Great Lakes Region Leading Tacklers

Illinois Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Cooper Beaty - Jr Plano (IL)	62
2	Lars Bergren - Sr Monmouth-Roseville (Monmouth, IL)	62
3	Napoleon Williams - Jr Rich Township (Olympia Fields, IL)	58
4	Mason Bucon - Sr Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	53
5	Trevor Tucker - Sr Jersey (Jerseyville, IL)	53
6	Easton Ripke - Sr Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	52
7	Tanner Cox - So St. Teresa (Decatur, IL)	51
8	Brandon Parker - So Rockford Auburn (Rockford, IL)	51
9	Noah Wilson - Sr Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton (Christopher, IL)	50
10	CJ Ely - Sr Southwestern (Piasa, IL)	50
11	Wyatt Cornell - Sr Grant Community (Fox Lake, IL)	48
12	Noah Swaw - Sr Tinley Park (IL)	46
13	Caleb Brown - Sr East St. Louis (IL)	46
14	Morgan Foglesong - So Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL)	46
15	Jax Czaikowski - Jr Pana (IL)	45
16	Chris Mulamba - Jr Jacksonville (IL)	43
17	Conner Stinson - Sr New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL)	43
18	Donnie Pratt - Sr Warrensburg-Latham (Warrensburg, IL)	43
19	Caden Benson - Sr Kankakee (IL)	42
20	Tripp Fletcher - Sr Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton (Christopher, IL)	42
21	Aidan McFadden - Sr Waterloo (IL)	42
22	Omari Hogan - Jr East St. Louis (IL)	41
23	Dylan Souder - So Mater Dei (Breese, IL)	41
24	Jeremiah Jackson - Jr Jacksonville (IL)	41
25	Zimbalist Griffin - Jr Dyett (Chicago, IL)	41

Indiana Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Anthony Whitfield - Sr Lawrence North (Indianapolis, IN)	74
2	Parker Welker - Sr Greencastle (IN)	72
3	Ka'vion Campbell-walker - Sr Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN)	66
4	Eli Schwab - Sr DeKalb (Waterloo, IN)	66
5	Christopher Rice - Jr Beech Grove (IN)	63
6	Caden Nelson - Sr Cathedral (Indianapolis, IN)	61
7	David Lepper - Sr Beech Grove (IN)	61
8	Kojo Steffey - Sr West Lafayette (IN)	60
9	Drake Hall - Sr DeKalb (Waterloo, IN)	57
10	Sawyer Carl - Jr Huntington North (Huntington, IN)	57
11	Brayden Keller - Sr Connersville (IN)	57
12	Wes Summersett - Sr South Adams (Berne, IN)	57
13	Gavin Platt - Sr Northeastern (Fountain City, IN)	55
14	Lane Peachee - Jr Washington (IN)	55
15	Colt Granberg - Sr Northridge (Middlebury, IN)	55
16	Landon Dunwoody - So McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN)	53
17	Karsen Jackson - So Logansport (IN)	53
18	Gus Heavin - Sr Angola (IN)	53
19	Kooper Charles - Jr Southmont (Crawfordsville, IN)	52
20	Rowan Heitink - Jr Edgewood (Ellettsville, IN)	52
21	Evin Gonzalez - Jr North White (Monon, IN)	51
22	AJ Asbury - Sr Covington (IN)	51
23	Noah Hutsell - Sr Delphi Community (Delphi, IN)	51
24	Andrew Harmon - Sr Franklin Central (Indianapolis, IN)	51
25	Jamarion Phillips - So Lafayette Jefferson (Lafayette, IN)	50

Michigan Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Christopher Szczechowski - Sr Trenton (MI)	47
2	Dylan King - Sr Perry (MI)	41
3	Carter Casey - Jr Trenton (MI)	39
4	Robert Giles - Sr Grand Blanc (MI)	38
5	Lucas Reygaert - Jr Dakota (Macomb, MI)	37
6	Benjamin Newell - Sr Paw Paw (MI)	35
7	Kaelin Tate - Sr Paw Paw (MI)	33
8	Broghan Bupp - Sr Ithaca (MI)	33
9	Nick Alfano - Jr Okemos (MI)	32
10	Collin Abram - Sr West Catholic (Grand Rapids, MI)	32
11	Maverick Cass - So Evart (MI)	32
12	Alex Abler - Sr Novi (MI)	31
13	Jj Wright - So Quincy (MI)	31
14	Kamal McGowan - Fr Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills, MI)	31
15	Ashton Simmons - Jr Swan Valley (Saginaw, MI)	31
16	Jayden Manuel - Sr Belleville (MI)	30
17	Sawyer Kirschner - Jr Traverse City West (Traverse City, MI)	30
18	Jozef Jason - Sr Lincoln (Ypsilanti, MI)	30
19	Isayah Clark - Sr Armada (MI)	30
20	Trenton Foley - Sr Belleville (MI)	30
21	James Lewis - Jr Traverse City West (Traverse City, MI)	30
22	Ashton Firek - Jr Shrine Catholic (Royal Oak, MI)	29
23	Johnny McConnell - Jr Perry (MI)	29
24	Jacob Bielski - So Manistee (MI)	28
25	Gary Dekalita - Sr Vassar (MI)	28

Minnesota Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Channing Wade - Jr International Falls (MN)	30
2	Benton Blanchard - Sr Rockford (MN)	28
3	Max Ladman - Sr Rockford (MN)	26
4	Gavin Mortenson - Sr Lac qui Parle Valley (Madison, MN)	22
5	Brooks Deziel - Fr International Falls (MN)	22
6	Julian Class - Jr Barnum (MN)	22
7	Cooper Jennie - Sr Rockford (MN)	22
8	Jack Friske - Sr Mayer Lutheran (Mayer, MN)	21
9	Carson Crandall - Sr International Falls (MN)	21
10	Payten Remer - Sr Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sauk Rapids, MN)	21
11	Abbott Callahan - Sr Rockford (MN)	20
12	Kingston Jean - Jr International Falls (MN)	19
13	Ezekiel Homere - Sr International Falls (MN)	19
14	Ian Faber - Sr Rockford (MN)	19
15	Anthony Seubert - Sr Elk River (MN)	19
16	Parker Fulton - Sr Aitkin (MN)	18
17	Nolan Michaelson - So Park Rapids (MN)	17
18	Foster Johnson - Sr Blaine (MN)	17
19	Isaac Jones - Jr Lake Park-Audubon (Lake Park, MN)	17
20	Daymian Beckstrand - Jr Barnum (MN)	16
21	Nick Schultz - Sr International Falls (MN)	16
22	Carsyn Kleffman - Sr Elk River (MN)	15
23	Austin Francis - Jr Lake Park-Audubon (Lake Park, MN)	15
24	Cooper Rock - Jr Barnum (MN)	14
25	Grady North - Jr Lake Park-Audubon (Lake Park, MN)	14

New York Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Henry Sweet - Jr Fonda-Fultonville (Fonda, NY)	30
2	Mike Keen - Sr Eden/North Collins (Eden, NY)	28
3	Danny Bliss - So Cazenovia (NY)	27
4	Angel Colon - Sr Geneva (NY)	26
5	Lance Franklin - Sr Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton (Mayville, NY)	25
6	Luke Fleischman - Sr St. Francis (Hamburg, NY)	24
7	Sam Huckans - Jr Fonda-Fultonville (Fonda, NY)	23
8	Ashtyn Korona - Sr Fonda-Fultonville (Fonda, NY)	22
9	Aayden Frasier - So Green Tech (Albany, NY)	22
10	Quin Dapolito - Sr Clyde-Savannah (Clyde, NY)	22
11	Myles Kedley - So Irondequoit (Rochester, NY)	22
12	Max Ciavarri - Sr Pittsford (NY)	22
13	Deryk Hilton - Sr Green Tech (Albany, NY)	21
14	Monty Quintana - Jr John Jay (Hopewell Junction, NY)	21
15	Mason McCullough - So Irondequoit (Rochester, NY)	20
16	Jonah Sturtevant - Jr Adirondack (Boonville, NY)	20
17	Frankie Griswold - Sr Greece Arcadia (Rochester, NY)	20
18	Shane Allums - Sr Washingtonville (NY)	20
19	Logan Tomlinson - Sr Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake (Burnt Hills, NY)	20
20	Elijah Woodrow - Sr Shenendehowa (Clifton Park, NY)	19
21	Tristen Gibbs - Jr Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton (Mayville, NY)	19
22	Timmy Donnelly - Sr Columbia (East Greenbush, NY)	19
23	Ames Jannetta - Sr O'Neill (Highland Falls, NY)	19
24	Chris Allen - Sr Potsdam (NY)	19
25	Aiden Weakfall - Sr Potsdam (NY)	19

Ohio Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Miles Hamilton - Sr Hawken (Gates Mills, OH)	61
2	Brayden Goble - Jr Meigs (Pomeroy, OH)	58
3	Colton Hiestand - Jr Mississinawa Valley (Union City, OH)	53
4	Wesley Gibbs - Sr Washington (Washington Court House, OH)	52
5	Vinny Reyes - Jr Elyria Catholic (Elyria, OH)	52
6	Brendan Rhoads - Sr Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus, OH)	51
7	Ashton Smith - Sr Copley (OH)	51
8	Gerald Benci - Sr Streetsboro (OH)	51
9	Ben Uhlenhake - Sr Bishop Watterson (Columbus, OH)	51
10	Kaden Jones - Sr Bishop Watterson (Columbus, OH)	50
11	Landon Dorsey - Jr Copley (OH)	49
12	Andre Braxton - Sr Westerville South (Westerville, OH)	49
13	Easton Ballinger - So Edgewood (Trenton, OH)	48
14	Caleb Crowthers - Sr New Philadelphia (OH)	48
15	Keithen Flynn - Sr Brookfield (OH)	48
16	River Couch - Jr St. Paul (Norwalk, OH)	46
17	Emmitt Heldberg - Sr North Baltimore (OH)	46
18	Elijah Styer - Sr Worthington Christian (Worthington, OH)	46
19	Noah Arnold - Jr Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville, OH)	46
20	Dominick Jones - Sr Springfield (New Middletown, OH)	46
21	Andrew Beymer - Jr Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus, OH)	46
22	Aaron Workman - Sr Rock Hill (Ironton, OH)	46
23	Daniel Roy - Jr Vermilion (OH)	46
24	Christian Stevenson - Sr Clearview (Lorain, OH)	45
25	Jayden Maddox - Sr South (Columbus, OH)	44

Pennsylvania Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Dean Kosmalski - So Great Valley (Malvern, PA)	52
2	Kole Corman - Sr Central Mountain (Mill Hall, PA)	51
3	Beau Kosmalski - Jr Great Valley (Malvern, PA)	51
4	Maddox Hobbs - Jr Mount Union (PA)	47
5	Yousif Albazaz - Sr Great Valley (Malvern, PA)	45
6	Levi Hunsinger - Sr Mount Union (PA)	44
7	Brayden Shappell - So Schuylkill Haven (PA)	44
8	Lamech Albers - Sr Corry (PA)	43
9	Robert Schwartz - So Tri-Valley (Hegins, PA)	42
10	Gavin Lovell - Sr Moshannon Valley (Houtzdale, PA)	42
11	Jeffrey Wasilchak - Sr Valley View (Archbald, PA)	42
12	Tyler Stauffer - Sr Central Valley (Monaca, PA)	41
13	Keaton Rummel - Jr Halifax (PA)	41
14	Landon Horoschak - So Tri-Valley (Hegins, PA)	41
15	Christian Spencer - Jr Northern Lebanon (Fredericksburg, PA)	40
16	Jacob Cavanaugh - Jr Bentworth (Bentleyville, PA)	40
17	Preston Darr - Sr Kane (PA)	39
18	Dylan Bannon - Sr Delaware Valley (Milford, PA)	39
19	Thomas Costello - Sr Northern Cambria (PA)	39
20	Xavier Ryan - Jr Liberty (Bethlehem, PA)	39
21	Bryce Lewis - Sr Cambria Heights (Patton, PA)	38
22	Nick Vennare - Jr Mercyhurst Prep (Erie, PA)	38
23	Caden Carson - Fr Line Mountain (Herndon, PA)	38
24	Brayan Aurand - Jr Mifflin County (Lewistown, PA)	38
25	Sean Eisenhardt - Sr Great Valley (Malvern, PA)	38

Wisconsin Top 25 Tacklers

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Jacob Fornengo - Sr Webster (WI)	45
2	Ethan Duel - Sr Winneconne (WI)	44
3	Ammerman Otto - Jr Deerfield (WI)	43
4	Ronald Hatch - Sr Webster (WI)	42
5	Chase Miller - Sr Webster (WI)	35
6	Mitchell Dewitt - Sr Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI)	32
7	Anthony Aker - Sr Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI)	32
8	Karson White - Jr Winneconne (WI)	32
9	Jake Madsen - Sr Webster (WI)	32
10	Aiden Aeschlimann - Sr Mount Horeb/Barneveld (Mount Horeb, WI)	32
11	Kenny Schwendeman - Sr Webster (WI)	31
12	Brady Marks - Jr Winneconne (WI)	31
13	Ty Cook - Sr Webster (WI)	31
14	Devin Allison - Sr Omro (WI)	31
15	Braylon Stegall - Sr West De Pere (De Pere, WI)	30
16	Nolan Beadle - Sr Mount Horeb/Barneveld (Mount Horeb, WI)	29
17	Carter Preimesberger - Jr Mount Horeb/Barneveld (Mount Horeb, WI)	29
18	Dashawn Poulos - Sr Wausau West (Wausau, WI)	28
19	Cameron Tipple - So Wausau West (Wausau, WI)	28
20	Aiden Thao - Sr Wausau West (Wausau, WI)	28
21	Brady McGovern - Sr Indian Trail (Kenosha, WI)	27
22	Max Behnke - Sr Lourdes Academy (Oshkosh, WI)	27
23	Bryce Seefeldt - Sr Coleman (WI)	26
24	Chip Fox - Sr Living Word Lutheran (Jackson, WI)	25
25	Jackson Hetzer - Jr Wausau West (Wausau, WI)	25

High school football: Great Lakes region leading tacklers

Current high school football leading tacklers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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