Catholic League Defensive & Special Team Leaders thru November 15th, 2020

Written by: Ed "Huck" Palmer on Thursday, November 19th, 2020. Follow Ed "Huck" Palmer on Twitter.

*Philadelphia Catholic League Defensive & Special Team Leaders:*
*West Catholic & Father Judge opted out.*					*Two Games Minimum
	*As of 11/18/2020*

	Total Tackles				Solo Tackles				Total TFLs
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Christopher Thompson	LS	50	1	Christopher Thompson	LS	29	1	Darryl Simpson	AC	17
2	James Kunek	BM	40	2	James Kunek	RC	25	2	Johnny Pergine	BM	11
3	Luke Shrager	LC	35	3	Arturo Brunelli	AR	24	3	Jeremiah Trotter	SJP	9
TIE	Darryl Simpson	AC	35	TIE	Luke Shrager	LC	24	TIE	Robert Jackson	AW	9
TIE	Luke Trunell	CE	35	5	Johnny Pergine	BM	23	5	Paul Jennings	LS	8
6	Johnny Pergine	BM	34	TIE	Emmanuel Nukah	CE	23	6	Semaj Bridgeman	BM	7
TIE	Shermar Ellis	RC	34	TIE	Darryl Simpson	AC	23	TIE	Shane Collier	AW	7
TIE	Kareem Lewis	RC	34	TIE	Luke Trunell	CE	23	TIE	Emmanuel Nukah	CE	7
TIE	Shermar Ellis	RC	34	9	Nick Lamey	AC	22	TIE	Eric Gardner	BM	7
TIE	Abdul Carter	LS	34	TIE	Abdul Carter	LS	22	10	James Kunek	RC	6
11	Arturo Brunellis	AR	33	11	Brennan Miller	LS	21	TIE	Josiah Trotter	SJP	6
TIE	Emmanuel Nukah	CE	33	TIE	Andrew McHugh	AW	21	TIE	Semaj Moore	CE	6
TIE	Brennan Miller	LS	33	13	Colin Majors	CE	19	13	7 tied with	X	5
14	Anthony Spurio	AC	31	14	3 tied with	X	18
15	Tyreese Walker	AC	30


	Sacks				Spec. Team TAC.				Avg Tackles Per GM
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Darryl Simpson	AC	6.0	1	Jalen Hanton	LS	6	1	Luke Shrager	LC	8.8
2	Johnny Pergine	BM	4.5	2	Jaleel Davis-Shabazz	BM	5	2	Christopher Thompson	LS	8.3
3	Paul Jennings	LS	4.0	TIE	Tyreese Walker	AC	5	TIE	Arturo Brunelli	AR	8.3
4	Josiah Trotter	SJP	3.5	TIE	Mehki Smallwood	RC	5	4	James Kunek	RC	8.0
TIE	Semaj Moore	CE	3.5	5	Shawn Anderson	LS	4	5	Jeremiah Trotter	SJP	7.3
6	Keenan Fortenberry	AC	3.0	TIE	Brennan Miller	LS	4	6	Luke Trunell	CE	7.0
7	Eric Gardner	BM	2.5	TIE	Sean Walker	SJP	4	TIE	Darryl Simpson	AC	7.0
TIE	Robert Jackson	AW	2.5	TIE	Dominic Martin	LS	4	8	Shermar Ellis	RC	6.8
9	14 tied with	X	2.0	TIE	Armon Mapp	BP	4	TIE	Kareem Lewis	RC	6.8
				10	11 tied with	X	3	TIE	Johnny Pergine	BM	6.8
								11	Emmanuel Nukah	CE	6.6
								12	Anthony Spurio	AC	6.2
								13	Tyreese Walker	AC	6.0
								14	Josh Brown	LC	5.7
								TIE	Abdul Carter	LS	5.7

	Interceptions				Pass Defends				Fumble Recoveries
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Nick Lamey	AC	4	1	Mehki Smallwood	RC	8	1	Eric Gardner	BM	2
2	Kelvin Zoomie	BM	3	TIE	Ty Tindal	BM	8	TIE	Semaj Bridgeman	BM	2
3	Ryan Moore	LS	2	3	Keenan Nelson	SJP	7	TIE	Joe Mastrangelo	AR	2
TIE	Johnny Pergine	BM	2	TIE	Brennan Robinson	AC	7	TIE	Dave Ferrell	AR	2
TIE	Julian Talley	SJP	2	TIE	Ryan Woertz	AW	7	TIE	Johnny Pergine	BM	2
TIE	Andrew McHugh	AW	2	6	Zavier Atkins	SJP	6	TIE	Johnny Coonahan	BM	2
7	25 tied with	X	1	TIE	Kelvin Zoomie	BM	6	TIE	Nathan Taylor	AW	2
				TIE	Andrew McHugh	AW	6	TIE	Darryl Simpson	AC	2
				9	Jalen Hanton	LS	5	9	28 tied with	X	1
				TIE	Brennan Robinson	AC	5
				TIE	Kaelin Costello	AW	5
				TIE	Amir Anderson	LS	5
				TIE	Ibrahima Diallo	BP	5
				TIE	Ryan Moore	LS	5
				TIE	David Watson	SJP	5
				TIE	Khian’Dre Harris	CE	5

	Forced Fumbles				Defensive Touchdowns				Blocked kicks
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Johnny Pergine	BM	3	1	11 tied with	X	1	1	11 tied with	X	1
2	Brennan Robinson	AC	2
TIE	KJ Henderson	BM	2
4	18 tied with	X	1

	Total Returns				Kickoff Returns				Punt Returns
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Ryan Moore	LS	15	1	Joe Mastrangelo	AR	9	1	Sahmir Hagans	SJP	11
2	Sahmir Hagans	SJP	14	TIE	Mao Howell	RC	9	2	Ryan Moore	LS	8
3	Andrew McHugh	AW	12	TIE	Azaan Willis-Flowers	AC	9	3	Khian’Dre Harris	CE	4
4	Joe Mastrangelo	AR	10	4	Brennan Robinson	AC	8	TIE	Billy Coppock	AC	4
TIE	Mao Howell	RC	10	5	Andrew McHugh	AW	7	5	Ty Tindal	BM	3
6	Khian’Dre Harris	CE	9	6	Mehki Williams	RC	6	TIE	Ayden Garnes	BP	3
TIE	Joachim McElroy	BM	9					TIE	Andrew McHugh	AW	3
TIE	Azaan Willis-Flowers	AR	9
9	Brennan Robinson	AC	8
10	Mehki Williams	RC	7

	Total Return Yards				Kickoff Return Yards				Punt Return Yards
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Mao Howell	RC	257	1	Brennan Robinson	AC	256	1	Sahmir Hagans	SJP	82
2	Brennan Robinson	AC	256	2	Mao Howell	RC	249	2	Ryan Moore	LS	72
3	Ryan Moore	LS	184	3	Joe Mastrangelo	AR	155	3	Ayden Garnes	BP	62
4	Joachim McElroy	BM	175	4	Andrew McHugh	AW	137	4	Ty Tindal	BM	56
5	Andrew McHugh	AW	161	5	Joachim McElroy	BM	135	5	Billy Coppock	AC	39
6	Joe Mastrangelo	AR	157	6	Ryan Woertz	AW	125
7	Sahmir Hagans	SJP	151	7	Justin Machita	LS	93
8	Ryan Woertz	AW	128	8	Mehki Williams	RC	92
9	Cardel Pigford	AW	124	9	Malachi Hansen	AC	82
10	Justin Machita	LS	107	10	Ryan Moore	LS	75


	Kickoff Return Avg. (Min. 2)				Punt Return Avg. (Min. 2)				Fair Catches
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Cardel Pigford	AW	41.7	1	Ayden Garnes	BP	20.7	1	Ayden Garnes	BP	4
2	Brennan Robinson	AC	32.0	2	Ty Tindal	BM	18.7	2	Tyle Van Osten	LC	3
3	Mao Howell	RC	27.7	3	Billy Coppock	AC	9.8	3	Billy Coppock	AC	2
4	Ryan Woertz	AW	25.0	4	Ryan Woertz	LS	9.0	TIE	Ryan Moore	LS	2
5	Justin Machita	LS	23.3	5	Sahmir Hagans	SJP	7.5	TIE	Joachim McElroy	BM	2
6	Joachim McElroy	BM	22.5					TIE	Andrew McHugh	AW	2

	Total Return Touchdowns				Total Punts				Punt Average (Min. 4)
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Brennan Robinson	AC	2	1	Santi Sturla	LS	25	1	Santi Sturla	LS	35.3
TIE	14 tied with	X	1	2	Cole Meehan	LC	19	2	James Kunek	RC	32.8
				3	Nick Lamey	AC	16	3	Joachim McElroy	BM	32.4
				TIE	Pete Rola	AR	16	4	Ryan Woertz	AW	31.9
				5	James Kunek	RC	12	5	Nick Lamey	AC	31.6
				TIE	Ryan woertz	AW	12

	PATs Made				PAT Made % (6 Att. Min.)				FGs Made
Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#	Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Antonio Chadha	SJP	21	1	Justin Layton	AW	100.0	1	Antonio Chadha	SJP	2
2	Santi Sturla	SJP	19	2	Antonio Chadha	SJP	91.3	2	Santi Sturla	LS	1
3	Joachim McElroy	BM	17	3	Joachim McElroy	BM	89.5
4	Emmett McGill	AC	12	4	Santi Sturla	LS	82.6
5	Justin Layton	AW	11	5	Emmett McGill	AC	75.0


	Touchbacks
Rank	Player	Team	#
1	Antonio Chadha	SJP	14
2	Santi Sturla	LS	4
3	Joachim McElroy	BM	2
4	Kyle Lazer	BP	1