2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Tackles through 01/07/2010
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle McCarthy | SR | DB | 12 | 66 | 35 | 101 | 8.42 |
| 2 | Brian Smith | JR | LB | 12 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 5.92 |
| 3 | Harrison Smith | JR | DB | 12 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 4 | Manti Te'o | FR | LB | 12 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 5.25 |
| 5 | Sergio Brown | SR | DB | 12 | 38 | 12 | 50 | 4.17 |
| 6 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | SO | DL | 12 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 3.83 |
| 7 | Ian Williams | JR | DL | 12 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 3.25 |
| 8 | Robert Blanton | SO | DB | 12 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 9 | Ethan Johnson | SO | DL | 12 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 2.58 |
| 10 | Darius Fleming | SO | LB | 11 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 2.64 |
| 11 | Gary Gray | JR | DB | 11 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 2.55 |
| 12 | Darrin Walls | SR | DB | 12 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 2.25 |
| 13 | Kerry Neal | JR | DL | 12 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 2.08 |
| 14 | Scott Smith | SR | LB | 12 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.75 |
| 15 | John Ryan | SR | DL | 10 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 2.00 |
| 16 | Steve Filer | SO | LB | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.50 |
| 17 | Toryan Smith | SR | LB | 11 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1.36 |
| 18 | Jamoris Slaughter | SO | DB | 12 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1.17 |
| 19 | Zeke Motta | FR | DB | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| 20 | Ray Herring | SR | DB | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.83 |
| 21 | Anthony McDonald | SO | LB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.83 |
| 22 | Raeshon McNeil | SR | DB | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Mike Anello | SR | DB | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 24 | Leonard Gordon | SR | DB | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 25 | David Posluszny | SO | LB | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 26 | Sean Cwynar | SO | DL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 27 | Paddy Mullen | SR | DL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 |
| 28 | Morrice Richardson | SR | DL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 29 | Dan McCarthy | SO | DB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 |
| 30 | David Ruffer | JR | K | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 31 | Eric Maust | SR | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 32 | Armando Allen Jr. | JR | RB | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 33 | Kyle Rudolph | SO | TE | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 34 | Bobby Burger | SR | RB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 35 | Braxston Cave | SO | OL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 12 | 449 | 328 | 777 | 64.75 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 443 | 456 | 899 | 74.92 |