MSU Athletics

Individual Records: Rushing | Passing | Receiving | Total Offense | All Purpose | Scoring | Kicking | Punting | Punt Return | Kick Return | Interceptions | Fumble Returns | Tackles
Milestones: 100-yard Rushing Games | 100-yard Receiving Games | 200-yard Passing Games
Yearly Leaders: Total Offense | Rushing | Passing | Receptions | Scoring | Punting | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Interceptions | Tackles
Season Records: Rushing | Passing | Total Yards | All Purpose | Scoring | Kicking | Punting | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Interceptions | Fumble Returns | Tackles
Team Records: Single Game | Postseason | Memorial Stadium

Updated through 2024 season.

Rank	Student-Athlete	Tackles	Years
1	Marqui Christian	295	2011-15
2	Ryan Craven	267	2007-10
3	Teddy Maryniuk	266	1988-91
4	Matt Garvin	261	1995-98
	Daniel Laudermilk	261	2012-15
6	Esrom Martinez	260	1999-02
7	Sir'Vell Ford	257	2015-18
8	Chris Cardinale	250	1989-91
9	Corby Walker	242	1992-95
	Michael Ortman	242	1995-98

Rank	Student-Athlete	Tackles	Year
1	Chris Cardinale (62-55)	117	1991
2	Corby Walker (49-67)	116	1995
3	Esrom Martinez (56-49)	105	2000
4	Kenneth Banks (53-49)	102	2000
5	Cornelius Cooper (44-56)	100	2004
6	Daniel Laudermilk (39-60)	99	2015
7	Chris Cardinale (63-35)	98	1990
	John Fritzsch (59-39)	98	1992
	John Fritzsch (53-45)	98	1993
10	Marqui Christian (45-50)	95	2013
	Marqui Christian (49-46)	95	2015

Tackles	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
24	Corby Walker	Southwestern (Kan.)	11/11/1995
20	Daniel Laudermilk	Eastern New Mexico	11/7/2015
20	Sir'Vell Ford	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	11/18/2017
19	John Fritzsch	McMurry	10/30/1993
19	Esrom Martinez	at Northeastern State	10/28/2000
18	Tim O'Brien	Tarleton State	10/1/1988
18	Chris Cardinale	Sul Ross State	10/13/1990
18	Marqui Christian	Eastern New Mexico	9/20/2014
18	Daniel Laudermilk	at Colorado Mesa	9/12/2015
17	Daniel Van Slyke	at Southwestern Okla.	11/10/2001
17	Josh Wydermyer	Tarleton State	10/27/2018

Rank	Student-Athlete	Tackles for Loss	Years
1	Melik Owens (31-23/207)	42.5	2018-22
2	Matt Garvin (37-0/127)	37.0	1995-98
3	Michael Ortman (31-0/105)	31.0	1995-98
4	Alec DiValerio (21-18/115)	30.0	2015-18
5	Esrom Martinez (29-1/96)	29.5	1999-02
6	Ethan Rose (28-0/107)	28.0	1999-00
	Matt Ellerbrock (16-24/114)	28.0	1999-00
8	Ed Asberry (25-5/108)	27.5	2001, 03
	Kevin Birdow (19-17/111)	27.5	2008-11
10	Columbus Wooley (26-1/70)	26.5	2000-01

Rank	Student-Athlete	Tackles for Loss	Year
1	Eric Costello (22-0/79)	22.0	1997
2	Daniel Reese (21-0/91)	21.0	1999
3	Matt Garvin (19-0/64)	19.0	1997
4	Michael Ortman (17-0/66)	17.0	1998
5	Ed Asberry (14-3/67)	15.5	2003
6	Columbus Wooley (15-0/39)	15.0	2000
	Esrom Martinez (15-0/56)	15.0	1999
	Ethan Rose (15-0/56)	15.0	2000
	Jaylon Abdul-Karim (11-8/44)	15.0	2021
10	Elton Pope (14-0/54)	14.0	2001
	Kevin Birdow (11-6/59)	14.0	2011
	Darian Childers (10-8/58)	14.0	2016

Tackles for Loss	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
6.0	Russ Grissom	Tarleton State	11/2/1991
4.5	Melik Owens	at UT Permian Basin	3/27/2021
4.0	Elton Pope	Eastern New Mexico	9/15/2001
4.0	Ethan Rose	at Texas State	8/31/2000
4.0	Ryan Tones	Angelo State	9/25/2004
4.0	Kellen Belcher	Texas A&M-Kingsville	10/20/2007
4.0	Elijah Winston	Incarnate Word	9/22/2012
3.5	Justin Foyt	at East Central	9/22/2007
3.5	Kevin Birdow	Tarleton State	10/8/2011
3.5	Kaleb Manning	Mississippi College	9/9/2023

Rank	Student-Athlete	Yards	Years
1	Melik Owens (31-23/207)	207	2018-22
2	Matt Garvin (37-0/127)	127	1995-98
3	Russ Grissom (32-0/118)	118	1989-91
4	Alec DiValerio (21-18/115)	115	2015-18
5	Matt Ellerbrock (16-24/114)	114	2009-12
6	Kevin Birdow (19-17/111)	111	2008-11
7	Ed Asberry (27-3/110)	110	2001, 03
8	Ethan Rose (28-0/107)	107	1999-00
9	Michael Ortman (31-0/105)	105	1995-98
10	Blake Morrison (15-9/103)	103	2001-04
	Harold Wills (19-9/103)	103	2012-16

Rank	Student-Athlete	Yards	Year
1	Daniel Reese (21-0/91)	91	1999
2	Melik Owens (13-1/89)	89	2019
3	Eric Costello (22-0/79)	79	1997
4	J.D. Corcoran (12-0/69)	69	2010
5	Ed Asberry (14-3/67)	67	2003
6	Michael Ortman (17-0/66)	66	1998
	Ryan Tones (9-5/66)	66	2004
8	Donial Arps (8-7/65)	65	2006
	Matt Ellerbrock (6-9/65)	65	2009
10	Matt Garvin (19-0/64)	64	1997
	Tim Meyer (13-0/64)	64	1999

Rank	Student-Athlete	Sacks	Years
1	Russ Grissom (32-0/118)	32.0	1989-91
2	Melik Owens (15-8/136)	19.0	2018-22
3	Stephen Turner (12-6/84)	15.0	2006-09
4	Alec DiValerio (10-7/67)	13.5	2015-18
5	Ethan Rose (12-1/69)	12.5	1999-00
6	Ryan Tones (12-0/71)	12.0	2001-04
	Esrom Martinez (9-6/84)	12.0	1999-02
8	Kevin Birdow (9-4/54)	11.0	2008-11
9	Darian Childers (9-3/69)	10.5	2015-16
10	Daniel Reese (9-1/64)	9.5	1996-97, 99

Rank	Student-Athlete	Sacks	Year
1	Russ Grissom (16-0/0)	16.0	1990
	Russ Grissom (16-0/118)	16.0	1991
3	Daniel Reese (9-1/64)	9.5	1999
4	Eric Costello (8-1/56)	8.5	1997
5	Ryan Tones (8-0/56)	8.0	2004
6	Darian Childers (6-4/46)	7.5	2016
7	Ed Asberry (7-0/44)	7.0	2003
	Melik Owens (7-0/73)	7.0	2019
9	Ethan Rose (6-1/36)	6.5	1999
	Scott Szymanski (6-1/48)	6.5	1992
	Jarrell Warren (6-1/54)	6.5	2008
	J.D. Corcoran (5-3/37)	6.5	2010

Sacks	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
4.0	Russ Grissom	Tarleton State	11/2/1991
4.0	Ryan Tones	Angelo State	9/25/2004
3.5	Melik Owens	at UT Permian Basin	3/27/2021
3.0	Esrom Martinez	at Eastern New Mexico	9/16/2000
3.0	Ethan Rose	at Texas State	8/31/2000
3.0	Frank Brown	at East Central	9/22/2007
3.0	Elijah Winston	Incarnate Word	9/29/2012

Rank	Student-Athlete	Yards	Years
1	Melik Owens (15-8/136)	136	2018-22
2	Russ Grissom (32-0/118)	118	1989-91
3	Esrom Martinez (9-6/84)	84	1999-02
	Stephen Turner (12-6/84)	84	2006-09
5	Ryan Tones (12-0/71)	71	2001-04
6	Matt Ellerbrock (5-4/70)	70	2009-12
7	Ethan Rose (12-1/69)	69	1999-00
	Darian Childers (9-3/69)	69	2015-16
9	Alec DiValerio (10-7/67)	67	2015-18
10	Daniel Reese (9-1/64)	64	1996-97, 99

Rank	Student-Athlete	Yards	Year
1	Russ Grissom (16-0/118)	118	1991
2	Melik Owens (7-0/73)	73	2019
3	Daniel Reese (9-1/64)	64	1999
4	Ryan Tones (8-0/56)	56	2004
	Eric Costello (8-1/56)	56	1997
6	Jarrell Warren (6-1/54)	54	2008
7	Scott Szymanski (6-1/48)	48	1992
8	Matt Ellerbrock (3-1/46)	46	2009
	Darian Childers (6-3/46)	46	2016
10	Ed Asberry (7-0/44)	44	2003
	Tim Meyer (4-1/44)	44	1999

Forced Fumbles	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
3	Al Sullivan	at Angelo State	11/2/2002
2	Al Sullivan	Texas A&M-Commerce	11/16/2002
2	Al Sullivan	at Eastern New Mexico	10/19/2002
2	Darron Harbert	West Texas A&M	10/1/2005
2	Esrom Martinez	at Eastern New Mexico	10/16/2000
2	Justin Thomas	Southwestern Okla.	11/11/2000
2	Justin Thomas	Northeastern State	10/27/2001
2	Donte' Wells	Southeastern Okla.	10/21/2000
2	Taiyon Jackson	Tarleton State	9/14/2013
2	Harold Wills	West Texas A&M	10/10/2015
2	Quailon Haynes	at Western New Mexico	10/1/2016

Recoveries	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
2	Columbus Wooley	Southeastern Okla.	10/21/2000
2	Darius Bortters	Texas A&M-Kingsville	10/20/2007
2	Neiko Conway	Texas A&M-Commerce	9/13/2012
2	Calvin Stewart	at Angelo State	10/3/2015
2	Darian Childers	at Texas A&M-Kingsville	9/17/2016
2	Ezra Davidson	Western New Mexico	10/28/2023

Pass Breakups	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
4	Chad Davis	at West TexaS A&M	10/2/2004
4	Will Pettis	West TexaS A&M	9/9/2000
4	Dominique Rouse	Eastern New Mexico	11/7/2015
4	DaMarcus Wilson	Tarleton State	11/4/2017
3	Devon Campbell	Tarleton State	10/14/2006
3	Jerome Jefferson	at Southeastern Okla.	9/18/2004
3	Will Pettis	at Eastern New Mexico	9/16/2000
3	Jacob Martin	Southwestern Okla.	9/8/2007
3	Micah Hill	Eastern New Mexico	11/1/2008
3	Romie Blaylock	West Texas A&M	11/5/2011
3	Romie Blaylock	Northwest Missouri State	11/26/2011
3	Matt Ellerbrock	at West Texas A&M	11/3/2012
3	Neiko Conway	West Texas A&M	11/16/2013
3	Jerrell Sykes	UT Permian Basin	10/29/2016
3	DaMarcus Wilson	Texas A&M-Kingsville	9/16/2017
3	Marcus Wilkerson	Texas A&M-Kingsville	10/19/2019

Blocked Kicks	Student-Athlete	Opponent	Date
2	Fred Moore	Eastern New Mexico	10/30/2004