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2023 Gametime Recruiting & Consulting Southern Arizona defensive stats leaders

Tanque Verde senior linebacker Gavin Gilbert leads 2A-6A schools in tackles and has also rushed for the third-most yards (1,262) among 2A-6A Southern Arizona schools (Tanque Verde photo)

2023 Southern Arizona Tackling Leaders

The 2023 top tacklers in Southern Arizona. Stats compiled from MaxPreps provided by coaches and schools. *Denotes Class 1A (8-man football) player.
Player School Pos Yr Tkl TFL Sks GP
Gavin Gilbert
Tanque Verde LB Sr 137 28.0 2.0 12
Spencer Anthony
Bisbee LB Jr 128 4.0 0.0 10
Carlos Montoya Jr.
Walden Grove LB Sr 125 26.5 4.5 11
Chase Pacheco*
St. David LB So 122 20.0 2.0 11
Victor Gonzalez
Sunnyside LB Sr 119 5.0 4.0 10
Jacob Weichelt
Tombstone DT Sr 118 19.0 11.5 10
Gannon Carrafa*
St. David DB Jr 114 1.0 1.0 11
Fabian Hernandez
Bisbee DE So 112 19.0 9.0 10
Andrew Griesemer
Tombstone LB Jr 106 4.0 2.0 11
Sebastian Lopez
Bisbee CB Jr 105 5.0 0.0 10
Broden Schmidt
Mica Mountain LB So 104 5.5 0.0 13
Luke Lambert
Empire LB Sr 102 9.0 4.0 10

2023 Southern Arizona Sack Leaders

The 2023 sack leaders in Southern Arizona. Stats compiled from MaxPreps provided by coaches and schools. *Denotes Class 1A (8-man football) player.
Player School Pos Yr Sks GP
Jimmy Leon
Mica Mountain DE Jr 15.0 9
Jacob Weichelt
Tombstone DE Sr 11.5 9
Tristen Sanchez
Morenci DE Sr 11.0 10
Elijah Rushing
Salpointe DE Sr 10.0 9
Ngonkra Fuangunyi
Empire DE Jr 9.5 7
Sean Brown
Catalina Foothills DE Jr 9.0 8
Eli Clausen
Tanque Verde DE Sr 9.0 10
Xavier Owens
Safford DE Jr 8.0 9
O. Femi-Adeyele
Ironwood Ridge DE Sr 7.0 8
Kingston Grigsby
Sahuaro DE Sr 7.0 7
Evan Greer
CDO DE Jr 7.0 9
Quinton Williams*
St. David DE Sr 7.0 7
Xavier Mease*
Baboquivari S Sr 7.0 8

2023 Southern Arizona Interception Leaders

The 2023 interception leaders in Southern Arizona. Stats compiled from MaxPreps provided by coaches and schools. * - Denotes Class 1A (8-man football) player.
Player School Pos Yr Int GP
Chase Laux
CDO FS Sr 6 9
Nathan Spivey
Salpointe LB Jr 6 9
Derrick Scott
Casa Grande CB Sr 6 9
Tahj Mease*
Baboquivari DB Sr 6 8
Rudy Rios
Amphi SS Sr 6 10
Grant Dooling
Ironwood Ridge CB Jr 5 9
Aliaz Dyson
Buena CB Jr 5 9
Ben Mazzei
Empire FS Sr 5 9
Brax Cluff
Benson FS So 5 10
Izaiah Alvarado
Safford CB Sr 5 10

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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living” , which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.

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