Michigan Linebackers

Michigan FB Player	Tackles	Years
Simpkins, Ron	516	1976-79
Irons, Jarrett	440	1993-96
Anderson, Erick	428	1988-91
Girgash, Paul	414	1979-82
Mallory, Mike	396	1982-85
Cannavino, Andy	385	1977-80
O'Neal, Calvin	378	1974-76
Sword, Sam	377	1995-98
Boren, Mike	369	1980-83
Morrison, Steve	360	1990-94
Morton, Greg "Mo"	336	1974-76
Kovacs, Jordan	334	2009-12
Moeller, Andy	326	1983-86
Taylor, Mike	316	1969-71
Greer, Curtis	313	1976-79

Horace Prettyman: He won 8 varsity letters at the University of Michigan, 1882-1890, and was voted Captain for three seasons, 1884-1886, after graduating from Ann Arbor High School in 1882. During his three seasons as Captain, the Wolverines were undefeated; they outscored their opponents, 192-10. Prettyman also competed in boxing, wrestling and hammer throw as a Wolverine; he later helped coach the Wolverines as an Assistant. He married Jennie McNames in 1887, and opened the Prettyman Boarding House at 602 Lawrence Street; it was known as the Campus Club. Prettyman was voted into service with the Ann Arbor City Council, 1891-1895, President of the Ann Arbor Municpal League, 1892-1894, and Washtenaw County Supervisor in 1901. He later served as Ann Arbor Postmaster in 1906, and was a business and civic leader in the area with owning White Swan Laundry, Ann Arbor Press, etc.

Germany Schulz: Schulz is credited with being the Wolverine's first actual "linebacker." He played, 1904-1908, and was selected as the Greatest Center in the history of College Football in 1951. He later coached as Yost's Assistant, 1913-1915; he also was an Assistant at Wisconsin, Kansas State, and Tulane plus Head Coach at Detroit. He was also Athletic Director at Tulane. He also played professionally, 1909-1910.

Maynard Morrison:

Dan Dworsky

Tony Momsen

Roger Zatkoff: He went to Hamtramck High School, and played at Michigan, 1950-1952; he later played for the Green Bay Packers, 1953-1956, and the Detroit Lions, 1957-1958, when they last won the NFL Championship. He was selected First Team All-Big Ten Conference twice, and All-Pro three times, but not as an All-American. The Wolverines attribute their top linebacker award in his honor yearly since 1991.

Tom Kee

Ron Simpkins: Ron had an incredible 25 games with double-digit tackles with 34 starts; he set Wolverine records in total tackles with 516, and a season record with 174 tackles in 1977. He also set a Michigan record with 5 fumble recoveries in 1977.

Dave Devich

J.J. Grant

Michigan Linebacker	Tackles	Years	Position
Simpkins, Ron	516	1976-79	LB
Irons, Jarrett	440	1993-96	LB
Anderson, Erick	428	1988-91	LB
Girgash, Paul	419	1979-82	LB
Mallory, Mike	391	1982-85	LB
Cannavino, Andy	385	1977-80	LB
O'Neal, Calvin	378	1974-76	LB
Sword, Sam	377	1995-98	LB
Boren, Mike	369	1980-83	LB
Morrison, Steve	360	1990-94	LB
Moeller, Andy	326	1983-86	LB
Taylor, Mike	316	1969-71	LB
Morgan, Desmond	300	2011-15	LB
Strinko, Steve	297	1971-74	LB
Ezeh, Obi	293	2007-10	LB
Hobson, Victor	277	1999-03	LB
Meter, Jerry	273	1976-78	LB
Bolden, Joe	270	2012-15	LB
Ryan, Jake	267	2011-14	LB
Demens, Kenny	266	2008-12	LB
Kee, Tom	262	1970-73	LB
Huff, Marty	250	1968-70	LB
Keller, Mike	247	1969-72	LB
Jones, Dhani	243	1995-98	LB
Hudson, Khaleke	225	2016-19	LB
Owens, Mel	219	1976-80	LB
Grant, J.J.	215	1986-89	LB
Jilek, Dan	213	1972-75	LB
Foote, Larry	212	1998-01	LB
Brown, Stevie	186	2006-09	LB

MFB Player	Starts	Position	Award	AA	Captain	MVP	Other
Irons, Jarrett	47	LB	Zatkoffx2	Yes	Yes	No
Demens, Kenny	46	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Morgan, Desmond	44	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No
Anderson, Erick	42	LB	Zatkoff	Yes	Yes	No	Butkus Award/NFL 4 seasons
Ryan, Jake	41	LB	Zatkoffx3	No	Yes	Yes	NFL 6 seasons
Gordon, Cam	38	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL 2 seasons
Ezeh, Obi	37	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No
Hudson, Khaleke	37	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Girgash, Paul	36	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Morrison, Steve	35	LB	Zatkoffx2	No	Yes	No	Assistant Coach/NFL 3 seasons
Jilek, Dan	34	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Mallory, Mike	34	LB	n/a	No	Yes	Yes	NCAA/NFL Assistant Coach, 1986-2020
Simpkins, Ron	34	LB	n/a	Yes	Yes	Yes	NFL 7 seasons
Abrams, Bobby	33	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 7 seasons
Beyer, Brennan	33	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Jones, Dhani	31	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 11 seasons-632 tackles
Cannavino, Andy	29	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Bolden, Joe	28	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Boren, Mike	28	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Foote, Larry	28	LB	Zatkoff	Yes	No	No	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year/NFL 13 Seasons-502 tackles/NFL Coach
Hobson, Victor	28	LB	Zatkoffx2	No	Yes	No	NFL 6 seasons
Meter, Jerry	28	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	Assistant Coach
Sword, Sam	28	LB	Zatkoffx2	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Diggs, Carl	27	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Dyson, Matt	27	LB	n/a	No	No	No	DL
O'Neal, Calvin	27	LB	n/a	Yes	Yes	No	NFL 1 season
Zatkoff, Roger	27	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Pro Bowl 1954-56
Owens, Mel	26	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 9 seasons
Stincic, Tom	26	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Brown, Stevie	25	LB	Zatkoff	No	Yes	No	NFL 7 seasons
Bush, Devin	25	LB	Zatkoffx2	Yes	Yes	No	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year; Pittsburgh Steelers
Grant, J.J.	25	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Keller, Mike	25	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
McCray, Mike	25	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	Defensive Analyst
Moeller, Andy	25	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	Assistant Coach
Reid, Lawrence	25	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No
Needham, Ben	24	LB	n/a	No	No	No	USFL 3 seasons
Scarcelli, Jim	24	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Anderson, John	23	LB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 12 Seasons
Kee, Tom	23	LB	n/a	No	No	No	DL
Lyles, Rodney	23	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Mouton, Jonas	23	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Tedesco, Dominic	23	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Westfall, Bob	23	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Moore, Ed	22	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Copenhaver, Clint	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Gold, Ian	21	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No	Pro Bowl 2001/NFL 8 Seasons
Huff, Marty	21	LB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL/CFL 4 seasons
Kodros, Archie	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Assistant Coach
Milligan, John	21	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Morrison, Maynard "Doc"	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Harry Kipke called Morrison one of the best linebackers he ever saw
Nunley, Frank	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 10 seasons
Pryor, Cecil	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No	CFL 3 seasons
Rose, Carlton	21	LB	n/a	No	No	No	CFL/USFL/NFL 3 seasons
Strinko, Steve	21	LB	n/a	No	No	Yes
Thompson, Robert	21	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL 3 seasons
Coleman, Don	20	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Crable, Shawn	20	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Marshall, Alex	20	LB	n/a	No	No	No	DL
Russ, Carl	20	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Anderson, Tim	18	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Brackins, Eric	18	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Ross, James	18	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Defensive Analyst
Ingalls, Bob	17	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season/NCAA Coach 12 seasons
Knutson, Gene	17	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Seymour, Phil	17	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Willingham, John	17	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Woods, Pierre	17	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 5 seasons
Simpson, Neil	16	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Bowens, David	15	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Transfer to Western Illinois/NFL 12 seasons
Glasgow, Jordan	15	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No
Momsen, Tony	15	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL/CFL 3 seasons
Pregulman, Merv	15	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Rosema, Rocky	15	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Taylor, Mike	15	LB	n/a	Yes	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Carpenter, Al	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Conley, Jim	14	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Dworsky, Dan	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Gedeon, Ben	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Gil, Devin	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Harris, David	14	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	Yes	NFL 11 seasons
Kramer, Jon	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Laskey, Bill	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Pro Bowl 1965/NFL 10 Seasons
Stevens, Larry	14	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Graham, Chris	13	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No
Heren, Dieter	13	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Morgan, Dennis	13	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Walker, Marcus	13	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Williamson, Walt	13	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Cecchini, Tom	12	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No	NFL Assistant Coach
Devich, Dave	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No
McIntyre, Andree	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Seabron, Tom	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Swett, Rob	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Thompson, John	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Townsend, Brian	12	LB	n/a	No	No	No	DL
Akers, Jeff	11	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Holmes, Mike	11	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Elston, Mike	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NCAA Assistant FB Coach
Fortune, Bill	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons
Kaufman, Zach	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Manning, Roy	10	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons/NCAA Assistant FB Coach
McGrone, Cam	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Mutch, Craig	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Spearman, Clint	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Uche, Josh	10	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Banks, Larry	9	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Burgess, Prescott	9	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 5 seasons
Dudlar, Gannon	9	LB	Zatkoff	No	No	No	DL
Topor, Ted	9	LB	n/a	No	No	Yes	NFL 1 season
Lazetich, Milan "Sheriff"	8	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 6 seasons/All NFL-2 seasons
Mitchell, Anthony	8	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Negus, Fred	8	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 4 seasons
Vogele, Jerry	8	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Cooper, Keith	7	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Hassel, Tom	7	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Hoyne, Jeff	7	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Monthei, Dennis	6	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Powers, Bobby	6	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Pullen, Tom	6	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Schulte, Todd	6	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Brooks, Grady	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Daley, Bill	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Hawthorne, Brandin	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Jordan, Anthony	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Leach, Kevin	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Waldroup, Kerwin	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Wilhite, Clayton	5	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Dehlin, Barry	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
DeSantis, Mark	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Dobreff, Dave	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
McClintock, Scott	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Ross, Josh	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Simpson, Cornelius	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Thibert, Steve	4	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Collins, Shawn	3	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Harris, Chris	3	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Johnson, Larry	3	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Mayes, Eric	3	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Spencer, Mark	3	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Williams, Tim	3	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Bohn, Chris	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Coin, Dana	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Fitzgerald, J.B.	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Killian, Tim	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Lemirande, Mike	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Oldham, Mike	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Reinhold, Mike	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Schulte, Tim	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Stewart, Charles	2	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Blackwell, Brent	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Eaton, Don	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Evans, Marell	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Herrmann, Jim	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No	Assistant Coach
Herron, Brandon	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Logan, Brandon	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Mackall, Rex	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Maloney, Mike	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
McThomas, Greg	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Moundros, Mark	1	LB	n/a	No	Yes	No
Panter, Austin	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Rosel, Eric	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Vanderbeek, Mike	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Wilhite, Jim	1	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Bernard, Chuck	0	LB	n/a	No	No	No
Callahan, Bob	0	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 1 season
Dawley, Fred	0	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 2 seasons
Kreinheder, Walt	0	LB	n/a	No	No	No	NFL 3 seasons/All NFL-1 season

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