It is now time to rank the top 15 defensive linemen within Central Texas. All of these athletes have displayed skill to get into the backfield, cause disruption or cause turnovers. Stats provided by MaxPreps.
1. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="129068" first="Ian" last="Box"] - Seguin High School (Seguin, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 59 total tackles, 45 solo tackles, 16 tackles for a loss, 9.5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">2. <strong>Tavien Brown - Round Rock High School (Round Rock, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 43 total tackles, 33 solo tackles, 5.5 tackles for a loss, 8.5 sacks, 4 hurries, 1 fumble recovery, 1 fumble forced fumble.
3. <strong>Ian Ferguson - Cedar Park High School (Cedar Park, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 34 total tackles, 29 solo tackles, 19 tackles for a loss, 9 sacks, 9 hurries, 1 forced fumble.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">4. <strong>Lloyd Johnson Jr. - Liberty Hill High School (Liberty Hill, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 60 total tackles, 30 solo tackles, 11 tackles for a loss, 6 sacks, 15 hurries, 1 fumble recovery.
5. <strong>Ayden Lane - Mart High School (Mart, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 97 total tackles, 29 solo tackles, 12 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks, 13 hurries, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">6. <strong>Tucker Harrison - Vandegrift High School (Austin, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 79 total tackles, 55 solo tackles, 14 tackles for a loss, 5 sacks, 12 hurries, 4 forced fumbles.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">7. <strong>Fernando Alfaro - Mart High School (Mart, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 30 total tackles, 9 solo tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, 5 sacks, 4 hurries, 1 fumble recovery, 4 forced fumbles.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">8. <strong>Isaac Urquidi - Round Rock High School (Round Rock, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 44 total tackles, 28 solo tackles, 9 tackles for a loss, 5 sacks, 13 hurries.
9. <strong>Ben Copeland - Brentwood Christian (Austin, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 49 total tackles, 17 solo tackles, 8 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">10. <strong>Trey Snowberger - Pflugerville High School (Pflugerville, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 59 total tackles, 41 solo tackles, 6 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">11. <strong>Grant Mowery - Geneva High School (Boerne, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 60 total tackles, 31 solo tackles, 8 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">12. <strong>Sosa Sokimi - Lampasas High School (Lampasas, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 45 total tackles, 34 solo tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks, 25 hurries, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble.
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">13. <strong>Connor Smith - Johnson City High School (Johnson City, TX)</strong></span>
2020-21 Season: 67 total tackles, 32 solo tackles, 7 tackles for a loss, 1 sack, 1 fumble recovery.
14. <strong>Braxton Hayes - Belton High School (Belton, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 25 total tackles, 13 solo tackles, 6 tackles for a loss, 4.5 sacks, 4 hurries, 1 fumble recovery.
15. <strong>Nicholas Luna - Lehman High School (Kyle, TX)</strong>
2020-21 Season: 22 total tackles, 4 solo tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks.
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