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Tyree Weathersby Is Third in the SEC in Sacks, and Tennessee Has Three of the League’s Top 10

SEC sack leaders card: Colin Simmons of Texas leads with 10.5; Tennessee’s Tyree Weathersby is tied for third with 7 and Xavier Gilliam tied for fifth with 6

Tyree Weathersby has 7 sacks, tied for third in the SEC and tied for ninth in the country. And he isn’t doing it alone: Tennessee has three of the SEC’s top 10 sack men, with Xavier Gilliam (6.0) and Mariyon Dye (5.0) right behind him.

SEC sack leaders

  1. Colin Simmons, Texas: 10.5 (6 games)
  2. Princewill Umanmielen, LSU: 8.5 (8 games)
  3. T-3. Tyree Weathersby, Tennessee: 7.0 (8 games)
  4. T-3. Daeden Hopkins, Missouri: 7.0 (6 games)
  5. T-5. Xavier Gilliam, Tennessee: 6.0 (8 games); Donta Simpson, Missouri: 6.0 (7 games)
SEC sack leaders card: Colin Simmons of Texas leads with 10.5; Tennessee’s Tyree Weathersby is tied for third with 7 and Xavier Gilliam tied for fifth with 6

Our pick: Colin Simmons. He’s at 1.75 sacks a game, and Texas still gets Missouri, LSU, Arkansas and Texas A&M. Weathersby’s best shot at moving up comes Nov. 21 against LSU and Umanmielen, the SEC’s No. 2.

College football sack leaders

  1. Colin Simmons, Texas: 10.5 (6 games)
  2. Tobi Osunsanmi, Indiana: 10.0 (9 games)
  3. Myles Bradley, Bowling Green: 9.0 (8 games)
  4. Princewill Umanmielen, LSU: 8.5 (8 games)
  5. T-5. Aycen Stevens, Virginia Tech, and Andrew Zock, Toledo: 8.0 (8 games each)
College football sack leaders card: Colin Simmons of Texas leads with 10.5, Indiana’s Tobi Osunsanmi is second with 10

Our pick: Simmons again. Osunsanmi is only half a sack back, but he’s played three more games, and Indiana is off this week while Texas plays Missouri.

NFL sack leaders

  1. T-1. T.J. Watt, Steelers: 7.5 (8 games)
  2. T-1. Will Anderson Jr., Texans: 7.5 (7 games)
  3. T-3. Chase Young, Saints, and Greg Rousseau, Bills: 7.0 (7 games each)
  4. T-5. Andrew Van Ginkel, Vikings: 6.5 (7 games)
  5. T-5. Jacob Martin, Titans: 6.5 (8 games)
NFL sack leaders card: T.J. Watt and Will Anderson Jr. tied for the lead with 7.5

Our pick: Will Anderson Jr. Same sack total as Watt in one fewer game, and he leads the NFL with 12 tackles for loss. And a nod to the Titans’ Jacob Martin, tied for fifth with 6.5.

Stats: ESPN, through games of Nov. 1, 2026. Who finishes No. 1? Tell us on X @fiveandafade or Instagram.

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Jeremy Durham is a sports columnist for TriStar Daily and the founder of Five and a Fade.

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