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Since it's offseason and I'm bored.

Listing of NIU career tackle leaders through 2019 per Wikipedia. Why is it we don't have anyone on the list since Akil Grant? Do we substitute more? We're playing more games per year now - 12 vs. 11, plus bowl games/MACC games. Or is it a different style defense that leads to tackles more evenly spread out?

Rank/Player/Tackles/Years

1 Frank Lewandoski 616 1976 1977 1978 1979
2 Tim Griffin 471 1982 1983 1984 1985
3 Larry Clark 446 1970 1971 1972
4 Ron Delisi 437 1986 1987 1988 1989
5 Larry Williams 434 1999 2000 2001 2002
6 Gerald Nickelbrry 419 1991 1992 1993 1994
7 Steve Wild 411 1990 1991 1992 1993
8 Mike Terna 408 1977 1978 1979 1980
9 Mandel Hester 375 1993 1994 1995 1996
10 Akil Grant 361 2000 2001 2002 2003

NCAA standardized tackles in the early 2000s. Used to be coaches' counts were used that didn't come in until days after game and coaches gave out tackles like candy. Now, there are more strict NCAA (no more than 2 people can get a tackle on any given play, for example) that come straight off the box score from the official stat crew of that game, which are the home team. Minimal corrections are made. Drastically cut down on the number of tackles.

(01-16-2020 12:40 PM)Huskie Info Wrote: [ -> ]NCAA standardized tackles in the early 2000s. Used to be coaches' counts were used that didn't come in until days after game and coaches gave out tackles like candy. Now, there are more strict NCAA (no more than 2 people can get a tackle on any given play, for example) that come straight off the box score from the official stat crew of that game, which are the home team. Minimal corrections are made. Drastically cut down on the number of tackles.

Ah ok, thanks!

(01-16-2020 12:40 PM)Huskie Info Wrote: [ -> ]NCAA standardized tackles in the early 2000s. Used to be coaches' counts were used that didn't come in until days after game and coaches gave out tackles like candy. Now, there are more strict NCAA (no more than 2 people can get a tackle on any given play, for example) that come straight off the box score from the official stat crew of that game, which are the home team. Minimal corrections are made. Drastically cut down on the number of tackles.

That is very interesting. I could see the coaches piling on the stats to make their players look better.