Player
Jack Campbell
LB · Lions
Jack Campbell: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Tackle volume doubled every season — from rookie special-teamer to NFL leaderboard regular.
TrendCampbell regular-season tackle totals
| Year | Tackles | TFLs | Sacks | PDs | FFs | FRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 121 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 174 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Total tackles by season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| 86 | 86 |
| 121 | 121 |
| 174 | 174 |
86 → 121 → 174 tackles in his first three years. The 2025 number is one of the highest totals by any LB in the league, and the splash plays scaled with it — TFLs nearly doubled (5 → 9), sacks went from 1.5 to 5, and he forced 3 fumbles (vs 1 in his first two years combined).
2nd in the NFL in tackles over 2024-2025 — only Jordyn Brooks ahead.
ComparisonMost LB tackles, 2024-2025 combined (reg season)
| Rank | Player | Tackles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordyn Brooks | 311 |
| 2 | Jack Campbell | 295 |
| 3 | Jamien Sherwood | 294 |
| 4 | Bobby Wagner | 281 |
| 5 | Zaire Franklin | 278 |
| 6 | Roquan Smith | 273 |
| 6 | Demario Davis | 273 |
| 8 | Zack Baun | 261 |
295 combined tackles over 2024-2025 — 2nd among all LBs in the NFL, 16 behind Brooks and ahead of names like Roquan Smith, Bobby Wagner, and Foye Oluokun. The wild part: Brooks is in year 6, Wagner is in year 14. Campbell did it in years 2 and 3.
Best player in his own 2023 LB draft class — by a wide margin in 2025.
Rare2023 LB draft class — 2025 tackle totals
| Rank | Player | 2025 Tackles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Campbell | 174 |
| 2 | Daiyan Henley | 101 |
| 3 | Dee Winters | 98 |
| 4 | SirVocea Dennis | 96 |
| 5 | Henry To'oTo'o | 95 |
| 6 | Drake Thomas | 94 |
Among all LBs drafted in 2023, Campbell's 174 tackles in 2025 are 73 ahead of the next-best (Henley, 101) — a 72% gap. In 2024 he was tied with Henley near the top of the class (121 to 135); a year later it's not even close. He's the clear LB1 of a class that included Drew Sanders, Trenton Simpson, Ivan Pace, and Dorian Williams.
He IS the Lions defense — 79 more tackles than the next Lions LB in 2025.
SplitDetroit LB room, 2025 tackles
| Player | Pos | Tackles |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Campbell | LB | 174 |
| Alex Anzalone | LB | 95 |
| Derrick Barnes | LB | 78 |
| Trevor Nowaske | LB | 22 |
| Grant Stuard | LB | 18 |
| Malcolm Rodriguez | LB | 12 |
He had MORE tackles than Anzalone and Barnes combined (174 vs 173) — the rest of the LB room. The Lions hit on the Campbell pick in a way that already justifies the 18th overall selection: he's an every-snap, every-play, every-package linebacker on a top-5 defense.
He went from 'thumper-only' to dual-threat: 5 sacks in 2025 after 3.5 in his first two years combined.
MilestoneSplash plays by season
| Year | Sacks | QB Hits | TFLs | PDs | FFs | FRs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
The book on him in college (Iowa, Butkus winner) was dependable but limited as a rusher. In 2025 he had 5 sacks, 9 TFLs, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries — a true three-down linebacker line. The forced fumbles are the most telling: he had 1 across his first two seasons; in 2025 he tripled that in 17 games.
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