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Football defensive stats leaders for 2023 season

11/30/2023, 9:00am CST

By Travis Wilson

Bangor's Chase Horstman was second in the state in tackles this season

Below are football stats leaders for the entire 2023 season, playoffs included. Players are listed by the order 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.

2023 SEASON TACKLE LEADERS

Rank	NAME	TEAM	G	TACKLES	SOLO	ASSIST	TFL	SACKS	FUM RECVR	FF	INT
1	Easton Stone	Rice Lake	14	174	62	112	7	2	1	0	2
2	Chase Horstman	Bangor	13	168	26	142	19	6	0	0	1
3	Isaiah Groom	Potosi/Cassville	11	162	40	122	7	2	2	0	0
4	Kade Frisby	Wilmot	9	159	99	60	7	1	0	2	1
5	John Schultz	Saint Mary Catholic	9	157	90	67	4	3	0	0	1
6	Madox Stewart	Pepin/Alma	11	151	54	97	8	2	0	1	2
7	Max Matthias	Two Rivers	12	150	78	72	36	5	1	0	0
8	Drew Braam	Oak Creek	11	146	86	60	20	3	3	0	2
9(tie)	Boone Schaier	Wittenberg-Birnamwood	12	144	84	60	25	8	0	1	0
9(tie)	Drew Holzhueter	Cambridge	10	144	63	81	11	1	1	2	0
9(tie)	Griffin Marko	Saint Croix Falls	13	144	50	94	7	0	0	1	0
12	Tony Miller	Aquinas	14	139	62	77	5	0	1	0	5
13(tie)	Sam Hogland	Waunakee	11	138	137	1	28	4	2	3	1
13(tie)	Brady Lehnerr	Aquinas	14	138	61	77	6	1	2	4	2
13(tie)	Cooper Catalano	Germantown	10	138	55	83	18	3.5	2	2	2
16	Derrick Bunkelman	De Pere	11	137	60	77	1	1	0	0	2
17	Camden McTaggart	Sparta	11	135	60	75	14	0	1	0	1
18	Michael King Jr.	Racine Case	11	134	81	53	14	2	1	4	0
19	Chase Sturm	Stanley-Boyd	11	133	54	79	20	11	0	1	0
20	William Jandrin	Southern Door	11	132	96	36	3	0	0	1	0
21	Caymen Gebheim	Somerset	12	131	94	37	14	2	1	1	0
22	LaDainian Mielke	Sussex Hamilton	13	128	54	74	4	5	3	1	0
23(tie)	Keegan Skrzypchak	Janesville Parker	10	125	35	90	15	1	0	2	1
23(tie)	Jackson Hughes	Onalaska	12	125	40	85	2	0.5	0	0	0
25	Ethan Richardson	Marshfield	10	124	60	64	2	1	1	0	0
26(tie)	Ean Ackley	Sun Prairie West	10	123	55	68	20	3.5	3	3	1
26(tie)	Joe Wahlin	Stoughton	13	123	38	85	7	5	1	0	1
26(tie)	Damien Bell	Cameron	12	123	87	36	2	1	2	1	1
26(tie)	Caleb Birkrem	Ithaca	10	123	47	76	9	3	1	0	0
30(tie)	Brendan Gaertig	Saint Mary’s Springs	12	122	48	74	19	1	3	0	1
30(tie)	Cooper Cornish	McFarland	10	122	41	81	8	2	2	2	0

2023 SEASON SACK LEADERS

Rank	NAME	TEAM	G	SACKS	TFL	TACKLES	SOLO	ASSIST
1	Ta'Shawn Carter	Milwaukee Washington	6	17	0	36	36	0
2	Jackson Foster	Cedar Grove-Belgium	11	16	30	96	65	31
3(tie)	Andrew Maas	Horicon/Hustisford	12	14	12	49	47	2
3(tie)	Collin Then	Lake Country Lutheran	12	14	24	65	34	31
3(tie)	Adam Anderson	Lake Country Lutheran	12	14	23	59	26	33
3(tie)	Carl Pevey	Catholic Memorial	12	14	35	117	65	52
7(tie)	Ben Harman	Stoughton	13	13	22	84	41	43
7(tie)	Nathaniel Bell	Milwaukee Academy of Science	7	13	24	62	35	27
9	Storm Tiry	Stanley-Boyd	11	12	26	82	29	53
10	Chase Sturm	Stanley-Boyd	11	11	20	133	54	79
11(tie)	Ross Liegel	Baraboo	9	10.5	7	74	43	31
11(tie)	Teige Perkins	Richland Center	9	10.5	5	68	34	34
13(tie)	Jace Stolte	Sun Prairie East	11	10	12	68	37	31
13(tie)	Wade Bryan	Waunakee	11	10	16	57	56	1
13(tie)	Beckett Spilde	Stoughton	13	10	25	86	38	48
13(tie)	Martez Jones	Milwaukee Academy of Science	7	10	22	75	44	31
13(tie)	Ezekiel Smith	Milwaukee Marshall	9	10	26	39	26	13
13(tie)	Christopher Pierce	Milwaukee Riverside	9	10	12	39	28	11
13(tie)	TJ Mueller	Crivitz	9	10	18	83	50	33
20(tie)	Liam Shaw	Muskego	11	9	13	52	34	18
20(tie)	Sam Dickman	Hudson	9	9	8	67	34	33
20(tie)	Jace Gilbert	Arrowhead	10	9	8	61	42	19
20(tie)	Jameson Riesgraf	Pepin/Alma	11	9	19	78	27	51
20(tie)	Zach Hellendrung	Boyceville	12	9	19	95	66	29
20(tie)	Diego Armendariz	Port Wasington	11	9	20	60	27	33
20(tie)	Carson Clark	Sussex Hamilton	13	9	7	60	26	34
20(tie)	Damarcus Chappell	Nicolet	9	9	19	74	46	28
20(tie)	Jack Wesolowski	New Berlin West	11	9	19	70	44	26
20(tie)	James Seagreaves	Monroe	10	9	13	30	11	19
30(tie)	Carter Appl	Xavier	11	8.5	16	68	34	34
30(tie)	Peter Wheeldon	Boyceville	12	8.5	13	76	43	33
30(tie)	Heath Rauch	Potosi/Cassville	11	8.5	15	74	27	47
30(tie)	Ethan Francois	Badger	10	8.5	17	57	17	40

2023 SEASON Interception LEADERS

Rank	NAME	TEAM	G	INT	INT TD	PDEF	Tackles	Solo	Assist
1	Keagen Jirschele	Mosinee	11	14	2	0	48	31	17
2	Andrew Figi	Black Hawk/Warren	14	12	1	2	76	33	43
3(tie)	Casey Quam	Stoughton	10	10	2	4	21	14	7
3(tie)	Ayden Sebo	Reedsville	11	10	0	0	55	32	23
5	Jackson Spees	Stevens Point	9	9	0	4	39	24	15
6	Connor Butzler	Cashton	9	8	1	0	11	10	1
7(tie)	Logan Maertz	Reedsville	11	7	0	0	52	30	22
7(tie)	Alex Anderson	Eleva-Strum	9	7	1	6	64	45	19
7(tie)	Peyton Strittmater	La Crosse Central	11	7	0	2	51	33	18
7(tie)	Jaxon Keepers	Crandon	8	7	0	0	46	41	5
7(tie)	Brayden Larson	Tomahawk	8	7	0	4	63	34	29
7(tie)	Ian Cole	Adams-Friendship	9	7	1	0	37	26	11
7(tie)	Tanner Herman	Johnson Creek	10	7	1	8	18	18	0
7(tie)	Mitchell Wing	Lourdes Academy	11	7	1	3	58	40	18
15(tie)	Brady Link	Columbus	11	6	0	1	45	29	16
15(tie)	Carson Hodowanic	Stanley-Boyd	9	6	1	8	30	8	22
15(tie)	Trey Bahr	Aquinas	13	6	1	11	105	62	43
15(tie)	Colton Struckman	Port Washington	11	6	0	12	64	27	37
15(tie)	Joseph Shimek	Brillion	9	6	0	10	24	12	12
15(tie)	John Neumann	Kaukauna	12	6	1	0	49	35	14
15(tie)	Ryan Wettstein	De Pere	6	6	1	1	17	10	7
15(tie)	Colton Hush	Baldwin-Woodville	12	6	0	9	81	46	35
15(tie)	Barrett Temmers	Prescott	9	6	0	0	74	40	34
15(tie)	Tyler Fischer	Little Chute	8	6	1	0	18	14	4
15(tie)	Mason Motquin	Southern Door	10	6	2	0	46	34	12
15(tie)	Dawson Davidson	Wauzeka/Seneca	10	6	0	0	23	8	15
15(tie)	Carter Copsey	River Ridge	11	6	0	0	24	14	10
15(tie)	Brock Lang	Southwestern	7	6	0	0	28	18	10
15(tie)	Carter Amerson	Wausau West	8	6	0	2	13	9	4

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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