Top 25 Defensive Tackles Ranked: 2024 College Football News Preview

Great defensive tackles are worth their weight in gold.

Everyone has a quarterback now in a transfer portal era, and it's possible to find different players with different body types and skills to turn into pass rushers.

It's really, really hard to come up with massive players who can also get into the backfield, and it's even harder to come up with the HUGE guys who can hold up against two or three blockers and not be moved.

The transfer portal has played a key role in the development of the position - often times it takes a few years for a guy to bulk up and be ready for the gig - but more than ever, teams are going all out to get the players to build a D around.

Here are our 25 best defensive tackles going into the 2024 college football season.

2024 CFN Preseason All-Conference Teams
AAC | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | CUSA
IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
College Football Preview 2024: All 134 Teams

1 Mason Graham, Jr. Michigan

2 Deone Walker, Jr. Kentucky

3 Walter Nolen, Jr. Ole Miss

4 Dontay Corleone, Jr. Cincinnati

5 Kenneth Grant, Jr. Michigan

6 Howard Cross, Sr. Notre Dame

7 Tyleik Williams, Jr. Ohio State

8 Shermar Turner, Sr. Texas A&M

9 Nazir Stackhouse, Sr. Texas A&M

10 Tonka Hemingway, Sr. South Carolina

11 Bear Alexander, Jr. USC

12 Junior Tafuna, Sr. Utah

13 Patrick Jenkins, Sr. Tulane

14 Jamaree Caldwell, Sr. Oregon

15 TJ Sanders, Jr. South Carolina

16 Peyton Price, Sr. Eastern Michigan

17 Ty Hamilton, Sr. Ohio State

18 Cam Horsley, Sr. Boston College

19 Alfred Collins, Sr. Texas

20 Rylie Mills, Sr. Notre Dame

21 Desmond Tell, Sr. Louisville

22 Wy’Kevious Thomas, Sr. South Alabama

23 James Carpenter, Sr. Indiana

24 Zeek Biggers, Sr. Georgia Tech

25 Hosea Wheeler, Jr. WKU

2024 CFN Preseason All-Conference Teams
AAC | ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | CUSA
IND | MAC | MWest | SEC | Sun Belt
College Football Preview 2024: All 134 Teams