Top 25 Returning Tackles Leaders
Below are the returning Top 25 Tackles Leaders for the 93 football teams in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk counties based on stats from MaxPreps and PolkPreps. Additionally further below is the Returning Top 25 Tackles per Game Leaders (min 6 games).
Returning Top 25 Tackles Leaders
| Name | School | Class | Tot |
| Brendan Goettel | East Lake | 2014 | 171 |
| Tre Watson | Tampa Catholic | 2014 | 161 |
| Sammy Faucette | Canterbury | 2014 | 145 |
| Ethan Thompson | Clearwater Central Catholic | 2014 | 135 |
| Dominic Cuono | Carrollwood Day | 2014 | 129 |
| Kyle Brittain | Clearwater Central Catholic | 2014 | 128 |
| Andrew Beck | Plant | 2014 | 126 |
| Jordan Griffin | Armwood | 2015 | 120 |
| Lloyd Woods | Cambridge Christian | 2014 | 120 |
| Deondre Romeo | East Bay | 2014 | 119 |
| Matt Williams | Gaither | 2014 | 117 |
| Kyle Walker | Jefferson | 2014 | 114 |
| Trent Puleo | Cambridge Christian | 2016 | 109 |
| Henry Berry | Mulberry | 2014 | 108 |
| Nalu Fraticelli | Wesley Chapel | 2014 | 108 |
| TJ Harrell | Tampa Catholic | 2014 | 108 |
| Cody Endris | Tampa Catholic | 2015 | 106 |
| Darius Wells | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 105 |
| Chris Coston | Northeast | 2014 | 104 |
| Francisco Hernandez | Largo | 2014 | 99 |
| Jordan Guyton | Robinson | 2014 | 99 |
| Cecil Cherry | Frostproof | 2015 | 98 |
| Beau Beck | Mitchell | 2014 | 97 |
| Damarkus Jones | Tarpon Springs | 2014 | 97 |
| Colin Irwin | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 94 |
| Demetrius Brown | Lake Gibson | 2015 | 94 |
Tampa Bay has 4 out of Top 10 State Returning Tacklers: Brendan Goettel (#2), Tre Watson (#3), Sammy Faucette (#6), Ethan Thompson (#10).
Returning Top 25 Tackles per Game Leaders (Min 6 Games)
| Name | School | Class | Tck/G | GP | Tot |
| Sammy Faucette | Canterbury | 2014 | 14.5 | 10 | 145 |
| Brendan Goettel | East Lake | 2014 | 14.3 | 12 | 171 |
| Tre Watson | Tampa Catholic | 2014 | 13.4 | 12 | 161 |
| Damarkus Jones | Tarpon Springs | 2014 | 12.1 | 8 | 97 |
| Lloyd Woods | Cambridge Christian | 2014 | 12.0 | 10 | 120 |
| Deondre Romeo | East Bay | 2014 | 11.9 | 10 | 119 |
| Darius Wells | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 11.7 | 9 | 105 |
| Kyle Walker | Jefferson | 2014 | 11.4 | 10 | 114 |
| Cole Mueller | Winter Haven | 2014 | 11.3 | 6 | 68 |
| Jordan Griffin | Armwood | 2015 | 10.9 | 11 | 120 |
| Trent Puleo | Cambridge Christian | 2016 | 10.9 | 10 | 109 |
| Henry Berry | Mulberry | 2014 | 10.8 | 10 | 108 |
| Nalu Fraticelli | Wesley Chapel | 2014 | 10.8 | 10 | 108 |
| Dominic Cuono | Carrollwood Day | 2014 | 10.8 | 12 | 129 |
| Ben Wood | Sunlake | 2014 | 10.8 | 8 | 86 |
| Richard Glinton | Lennard | 2016 | 10.7 | 6 | 64 |
| Matthew Williams | Gaither | 2014 | 10.6 | 11 | 117 |
| Andrew Beck | Plant | 2014 | 10.5 | 12 | 126 |
| Chris Coston | Northeast | 2014 | 10.4 | 10 | 104 |
| Ethan Thompson | Clearwater Central Catholic | 2014 | 10.4 | 13 | 135 |
| Kyle Brittain | Clearwater Central Catholic | 2014 | 9.8 | 13 | 128 |
| Beau Beck | Mitchell | 2014 | 9.7 | 10 | 97 |
| Cody Endris | Tampa Catholic | 2015 | 9.6 | 11 | 106 |
| Kalle Wilwant | Carrollwood Day | 2015 | 9.6 | 8 | 77 |
| Colin Irwin | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 9.4 | 10 | 94 |
Article by Don Haggard