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Saturday, November 2, 2002
Updated: February 8, 1:55 PM ET
Tom Lemming's top 25 defensive tackles

Editor's note: Tom Lemming's top 25 defensive tackles list was revised Jan. 11, 2003.

Player	Ht., Wt., 40-time	High school - City	College (Verbal)
1. Moe Dampeer	6-5, 275 4.78	MacArthur - Decatur, Ill.	Oklahoma
2. Xavier Lawson-Kennedy	6-3, 300 4.88	Duncanville - Duncanville, Texas	Oklahoma State
3. Trevor Laws	6-2, 280 4.8	Apple Valley - Apple Valley, Minn.	Notre Dame
4. Will Paul	6-4, 255 4.59	Parkway West - Ballwin, Mo.	Michigan
5. Kyle Caldwell	6-3, 265 4.6	Saguaro - Scottsdale, Ariz.	Arizona State
6. Sean Merrill	6-4, 275 4.79	D'Iberville - D'Iberville, Miss.	LSU
7. John Shaw	6-4, 275 4.8	Spring Grove - Spring Grove, Pa.	Penn State
8. Justin Ostrowski	6-5, 250 4.8	Portage - Portage, Wis.	Wisconsin
9. Carnell Stewart	6-6, 295 4.8	Curtis - River Ridge, La.	LSU
10. Steven Jones	6-7, 275 5.0	Brentwood - Brentwood, Tenn.	Tennessee
11. Richard Kittrell	6-5, 300 4.7	Hyde - Hamden, Conn.	Iowa
12. Richard Cook	6-4, 270 4.65	Wilkes, Washington, Ga.	Georgia
13. Dan Mazan	6-4, 295 4.9	Carteret - Carteret, N.J.	Penn State
14. Sian Cotton	6-4, 305 4.8	St. Vincent-Mary - Akron, Ohio	Ohio State
15. Nathaniel Robinson	6-5, 310 5.0	Irvington - Irvington, N.J.	Miami
16. Joe Bryant	6-5, 300 4.9	Jasper - Jasper, Texas	Texas A&M
17. Carl Pendleton	6-5, 260 4.99	Sapulpa - Sapulpa, Okla.	Oklahoma
18. Brandon Mebane	6-1, 255 4.75	Crenshaw - Los Angeles, Calif.	California
19. Ken Shackleford	6-5, 295 5.3	Villa Rica - Villa Rica, Ga.	Georgia
20. Matt Malele	6-2, 302 4.9	Carson - Carson, Calif.	California
21. David Patterson	6-3, 280 4.8	Warrensville Heights - Warrensville Heights, Ohio	Ohio State
22. Steven Coleman	6-5, 283 4.9	Skyline - Dallas, Texas	Oklahoma
23. Clifton Dickson	6-4, 275 4.8	Northwestern - Miami, Fla.	Florida State
24. Barry Booker	6-4, 260 4.8	Amherst Co. - Amherst, Va.	Virginia Tech
25. Fili Moala	6-4, 297 5.2	Western - Anaheim, Calif.	USC

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