Inside Linebacker Patrick Willis of the San Francisco 49ers led the NFL in tackles. He racked up 174 tackles in 2007.
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At the end of the 2009 season, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis lead the league with 152 tackles.
Tackles became an official NFL stat in 2001. When Jack Lambert played (1974-1984), tackles were unofficial and inconsistently recorded.
When the defense tackles the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage for a loss.
Jake Plummer, QB for the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos between 1997 and 2006, holds the record for most career tackles by a QB with 20. Statistics are available starting in 1994.
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1,479 tackles