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Football defensive stats leaders for 2022 season

11/30/2022, 8:00am CST
By Travis Wilson

Aquinas senior Damien Lee was among the state leaders in tackles and sacks

Below are football stats leaders for the entire 2022 season, playoffs included. Players are listed by total yards for each category. You can click on any of the stats headers to re-sort. 

You can see full season statistics by clicking here.

SEASON DEFENSIVE LEADERS

Tackles are right up there with basketball assists and baseball hit vs. error as the most subjective stats in sports, and each team records them slightly differently. Nonetheless, below are the football season leaders in tackles as well as sacks and interceptions. To be included on the lists coaches must have entered stats on WSN.

2022 SEASON TACKLE LEADERS

Rank NAME TEAM G TACKLES SOLO ASSIST TFL SACKS FUM RECVR FF INT
1 Marcus Getsinger Pittsville 10 168 57 111 13 2 3 6 0
2 Calvin Hargrove Aquinas 13 163 94 69 25 1.5 0 2 1
3 Nick Hampton Potosi/Cassville 11 159 51 108 16 2.5 1 1 1
4 Damien Lee Aquinas 14 156 65 91 21 12.5 3 2 0
5 Riley Fischer Mukwonago 14 155 79 76 3 2 1 2 0
6(tie) Mallani Aragon Columbus 14 151 76 75 7 3.5 0 1 0
6(tie) Taylor Schaefer Southern Door 12 151 83 68 44 12 2 4 0
8 Wyatt Hilby Ithaca 11 149 67 82 10 3.5 2 2 0
9 Cooper Catalano Germantown 10 147 56 91 19 2 1 3 1
10 Blake Fletcher Racine Horlick 10 146 92 54 22 2 0 6 2
11(tie) Brady Krueger Port Washington 12 144 46 98 5 1.5 2 1 0
11(tie) Levi Prusinski Grantsburg 12 144 64 80 8 1 0 2 0
13 Madox Stewart Pepin/Alma 12 143 41 102 7 0.5 1 0 2
14 Chase Horstman Bangor 13 142 21 121 13 1 0 0 1
15 Brady Grisar Waukesha West 11 139 73 66 18 8 1 3 0
16(tie) Max Matthias Two Rivers 12 138 73 65 37 3 2 1 0
16(tie) Keaton Enright Westosha Central 11 138 35 103 13 2 1 1 0
18(tie) Ethan Doucette Kimberly 14 135 83 52 13 4.5 0 3 0
18(tie) Isaac Dow Burlington 12 135 37 98 0 0 1 1 0
18(tie) Anthony Corona Wilmot 8 135 68 67 3 1 0 4 2
21 Drew Braam Oak Creek 10 133 84 49 8 6 0 0 0
22 Isaiah Giron Menomonie 9 131 18 113 4 0 1 0 0
23 Caden Weber Regis 12 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Patrick Greening Madison Memorial 11 128 29 99 23 2 3 0 4
25 Mason Carpenter Lourdes Academy 10 127 86 41 13 2 2 1 1
26(tie) Gaige Taugher Mukwonago 14 126 64 62 13 6.5 1 1 0
26(tie) LaDainian Mielke Sussex Hamilton 13 126 69 57 9 3 1 2 0
26(tie) Ben Smith Hortonville 8 126 78 48 9 4.5 1 2 0
29(tie) Toren Vandenbush Random Lake 9 125 51 74 1 0 0 0 0
29(tie) Joseph Joiner West De Pere 14 125 35 90 9 3.5 0 0 0

2022 SEASON Sack LEADERS

Rank NAME TEAM G SACKS TFL TACKLES SOLO ASSIST
1 Wade Bryan Waunakee 12 18 26 56 56 0
2 Damarcus Chappell Nicolet 10 13 12 70 50 20
3 Damien Lee Aquinas 14 12.5 21 156 65 91
4(tie) Taylor Schaefer Southern Door 12 12 44 151 83 68
4(tie) Isaac Dagit Marshfield 11 12 6 116 70 46
6 Casey Braun Reedsville 11 11.5 22 121 71 50
7 Peter Stapleton Kenosha St. Joseph 12 11 18 82 56 26
8 Caymen Gebheim Somerset 9 10.5 14 56 47 9
9(tie) Bryant Dortman Howards Grove 10 10 41 99 79 20
9(tie) Jamison Klein Oconomowoc 9 10 14 29 23 6
9(tie) Christian Pyles Two Rivers 12 10 18 53 27 26
9(tie) Tez Jones Milwaukee Academy of Science 9 10 21 86 53 33
9(tie) Carson Clausen Freedom 11 10 14 51 23 28
14(tie) Drake Badger Verona 10 9.5 10 60 48 12
14(tie) Sam Coufal Kettle Moraine 14 9.5 41 108 37 71
14(tie) Paul Morris McFarland 10 9.5 18 102 79 23
17(tie) Jacob Woida Arrowhead 9 9 14 64 41 23
17(tie) Bo Vollrath Fall Creek 9 9 9 32 29 3
17(tie) Drew Love Marathon 9 9 12 42 28 14
17(tie) Henry Witte Lake Country Lutheran 10 9 17 66 29 37
21(tie) Xander Wuetrich Milton 9 8.5 12 50 29 21
21(tie) Ryan Taddy Reedsville 11 8.5 11 63 34 29
21(tie) Aiden Tepper-Engh Hudson 9 8.5 3 42 19 23
24(tie) Cael Mayer Fox Valley Lutheran 10 8 15 62 43 19
24(tie) Carter Appl Xavier 10 8 15 41 29 12
24(tie) Will McDonald Hudson 9 8 3 61 29 32
24(tie) Brady Grisar Waukesha West 11 8 18 139 73 66
24(tie) Elijah Mott Two Rivers 13 8 12 64 38 26
24(tie) Josiah Azure Bay Port 10 8 24 106 66 40
24(tie) David Zuehlke Sturgeon Bay 10 8 19 105 72 33
24(tie) Joey Kendall Luther 11 8 7 18 9 9
24(tie) Noah Moris Union Grove 9 8 17 91 69 22
24(tie) Austin Glynn Waterford 9 8 9 41 20 21

2022 SEASON Interception LEADERS

Rank NAME TEAM G INT INT TD PDEF Tackles Solo Assist
1(tie) Orian Gauger Two Rivers 12 9 0 3 39 24 15
1(tie) Boston Brindley La Crosse Central 10 9 0 4 40 25 15
3(tie) Carter Morrison DeForest 8 8 3 12 21 21 0
3(tie) Tyler Brightman Xavier 10 8 0 0 14 13 1
3(tie) Derek May Kewaskum 9 8 0 10 21 10 11
3(tie) Gavin Greiner Freedom 10 8 1 0 21 16 5
3(tie) Christian Counard Southern Door 11 8 1 0 23 17 6
3(tie) Kaden Desmet Belleville 11 8 0 9 24 9 15
9(tie) Jackson Gugel Chippewa Falls 9 7 0 2 64 20 44
9(tie) Ben Healy Hudson 9 7 0 0 35 19 16
9(tie) Drew Effertz New Richmond 10 7 0 0 48 14 34
9(tie) Matt Esselmann Port Washington 12 7 0 16 42 28 14
9(tie) Zander Popp Two Rivers 12 7 0 1 51 26 25
9(tie) Colin O'Neil Cashton 13 7 2 0 41 29 12
15(tie) Ethan Tranel Mount Horeb/Barneveld 10 6 0 4 18 13 5
15(tie) Zach Orr Rice Lake 12 6 0 0 45 22 23
15(tie) JP Rguig Lake Mills 9 6 1 1 47 31 16
15(tie) Carter Combs Waukesha West 11 6 1 12 25 19 6
15(tie) Isaiah Krueger Berlin 10 6 0 0 12 12 0
15(tie) Thomas Mudd West De Pere 14 6 1 4 84 31 53
15(tie) Maddox Xiong Sheboygan South 7 6 0 0 15 15 0
15(tie) Trayton Weber Auburndale 10 6 1 1 29 16 13
15(tie) Eric Kenesie Kenosha St. Joseph 12 6 2 5 28 21 7
15(tie) Brennan Kennedy West Salem 13 6 1 6 28 25 3
15(tie) Dylan O'Brien New Lisbon 8 6 1 0 29 26 3
15(tie) Brock Massey Mauston 10 6 1 1 23 18 5
15(tie) Alex Sippy Westosha Central 11 6 1 8 55 21 34
15(tie) Tanner Herman Johnson Creek 11 6 0 9 23 21 2

About the Author

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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