It’s not typically a good sign when a defensive back leads your team in tackles for a game. And it’s decidedly brow-raising when a DB leads a squad in tackles across an entire season. So. what does it say when your top two tacklers are both safeties— for both a game and the season?
Because that was the case for Florida State both on Saturday in a 47-28 loss to North Carolina State, and across the entirety of the 2018 season that is now nine games old. Hamsah Nasirildeen led the Seminoles in tackles with 15 against the Wolfpack, and has a team-high 72 this year.