Parker Miller has joined Peyton Day among the top 30 all-time defensemen in Tonkawa history.
To make the list, one has to make at least 100 tackles in a single season.
Miller made 103 and is ranked number 29 all-time. Day made the list a year ago with 135 tackles and is ranked number four all-time.
Miller and Day are seniors on the 2019 team and were on the 2018 Class A state championship ballclub.
Simeon Shepherd remains number one at 176 tackles. Others on that team making the list include Dallin Hacker with 133 tackles at sixth and Bray-don Hampton at 18th with 118 tackles. Those three are playing for Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers.
Top Buc tacklers over the years...
Tonkawa Buc footballers have always prided themselves in their defenses.
Following is a list of the leading tacklers (must have made at least 100 for a season):
1. 2018, Simeon Shepherd, 176
2. 2003, Stony Fath 156
3. 2009, Kramer Simpson 150
4. 2018, Peyton Day, 135
5. 1995, J.J. Burris, 134
6. 2018, Dallin Hacker, 133
6. 2004, Stony Fath 133
7. 2002, Taylor Evans 131
8. 2005, Zach Kirby, 130
9. 2000, John Robison 127
10. 1995, J.J. Burris 126
11. 1994, Sam Dodson 125
12. 2009, Jake Love, 123
13. 2007, Jake Love 122
14. 2000, Kolby Simpson
121
15. 2001, John Robison 121
16. 1993, Sam Dodson, 120
17. 1999, Jack Burris 119
18. 2018, Braydon Hampton,
118
18. 2006, Jason Alexander
118
19. 2015, Chase Pfluger 117
20. 2004, Keith Trujillo 117
21. 2006, Zach Kirby 111
22. 1997, Jeremy Bristow
109
23. 1996, Jack Burris 109
24. 2000, B.W. Marlin 108
25. 2007, Dalton Johns, 107
26. 2009, Tyler Langston,
106
27. 1996, Zac Swords 104
28. 2005, Rusty Levings 104
29. 2019, Parker Miller 103
29. 2006, Matt Serviss 103
30. 2006, Sean Klufa 100
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