2025 D.C. Defenders Statistics

United Football League (UFL)
Team Record: 6-4
in the UFL's XFL Conference
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

2025 D.C. Defenders Roster
2025 D.C. Defenders Results

The D.C. Defenders of the United Football League ended the 2025 season with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses, in the UFL's XFL Conference.

D.C. chalked up 225 points, while the defensive unit surrendered 224. Jordan Ta'amu passed for 2,155 yards. Chris Rowland hauled in 42 passes for 522 yards. Cornell Powell was targeted regularly also.

Deon Jackson ran for a team-best 417 yards for the Defenders.

Deandre Baker intercepted 2 opponent throws. Andre Mintze and Derick Roberson each topped pass rushers with 5.5 sacks.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jordan Ta'amu	285	155	54.4	2155	7.6	17	6.0	4	1.4	76t	7	46	92.9
Mike DiLiello	56	36	64.3	359	6.4	2	3.6	0	0.0	53	3	12	94.3
Chris Rowland	1	1	100.0	9	9.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	9t	0	0	143.8
Totals	342	192	56.1	2523	7.4	20	5.8	4	1.2	76	10	58

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Deon Jackson	83	417	5.0	57t	4
Abram Smith	101	285	2.8	16	1
Jordan Ta'amu	41	178	4.3	12	2
Mike DiLiello	16	70	4.4	18	0
Chris Rowland	5	40	8.0	18	0
Darius Hagans	3	2	0.7	2	0
Jaydon Mickens	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	250	990	4.0	57	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chris Rowland	42	522	12.4	65t	3
Cornell Powell	29	418	14.4	44t	7
Jaydon Mickens	21	222	10.6	35	0
Javon Antonio	18	214	11.9	25	0
Briley Moore-McKinney	15	205	13.7	39t	2
Braylon Sanders	13	332	25.5	76t	3
Tyrone Scott	13	205	15.8	62t	1
Ben Bresnahan	10	163	16.3	53	1
Abram Smith	8	82	10.2	15	0
Seth Williams	8	63	7.9	17	1
Deon Jackson	7	39	5.6	27	0
Mason Fairchild	4	26	6.5	14	0
Spencer Sanders	1	14	14.0	14	0
Jordan Ta'amu	1	9	9.0	9t	1
Darius Hagans	1	5	5.0	5	0
Gunner Britton	1	4	4.0	4t	1
Totals	192	2523	13.1	76	20

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Matthew McCrane				20	14	70.0	42
Totals	0	0		20	14	70.0	42

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Paxton Brooks	39	1656	42.5	56
Totals	39	1656	42.5	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Jaydon Mickens	14	163	11.6
Chris Rowland	11	114	10.4
Seth Williams	1	10	10.0
Totals	26	287	11.0

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Abram Smith	3	60	20.0	22
Deon Jackson	3	43	14.3	20
Totals	6	103	17.2	22

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deandre Baker	2	28	14.0	28
Kiondre Thomas	1	20	20.0	20
Michael Ojemudia	1	6	6.0	6
Sam Kidd	1	3	3.0	3
Josh Proctor	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	7	74	10.6	28

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
Andre Mintze	5.5	39.5	7.2
Derick Roberson	5.5	29.0	5.3
Joseph Wallace	4.5	28.5	6.3
Anthony Hines	3.0	23.0	7.7
Kyle Phillips	1.0	18.0	18.0
Malik Fisher	1.0	7.0	7.0
Bryce Thompson	1.0	6.0	6.0
Niles Scott	0.5	4.0	8.0
Totals	22.0	155	7.0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Anthony Hines	44.5	36	17
Kelvin Joseph	34.5	31	7
Deontay Anderson	33	26	14
Bryce Thompson	28.5	23	11
Michael Ojemudia	25.5	21	9
Joseph Wallace	28	19	18
Kiondre Thomas	23	19	8
Deandre Baker	20.5	19	3
Isaiah Johnson	21.5	18	7
Mohamed Sanogo	31	17	28
Derick Roberson	23	17	12
Josh Proctor	15	14	2
Tayler Hawkins	16.5	13	7
Andre Mintze	13	11	4
Shayne Simon	15	10	10
Malik Fisher	14	10	8
Kyle Phillips	14	9	10
Devonnsha Maxwell	13.5	8	11
Sam Kidd	11.5	8	7
Brian Abraham	9.5	7	5
Ferrod Gardner	8.5	7	3
Niles Scott	12	6	12
Trey Dean	6	5	2
Trae Barry	5.5	5	1
Micah Baskerville	6	4	4
Ben Bresnahan	5	4	2
Dennis Johnson	5	3	4
Javon Antonio	3.5	3	1
Cornell Powell	3.5	3	1
Abram Smith	3	3	0
Mason Fairchild	3	2	2
Montae Nicholson	2	2	0
Matthew McCrane	2	2	0
Briley Moore-McKinney	1	1	0
Michael Maietti	1	1	0
Gunner Britton	1	1	0
Mike DiLiello	1	1	0
Davin Bellamy	1	1	0
Liam Fornadel	1	1	0
Jaydon Mickens	0.5	0	1
Deon Jackson	0.5	0	1
Totals	518	401	234	0	0	0	0	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Matthew McCrane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0			42
Cornell Powell	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Deon Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Chris Rowland	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Braylon Sanders	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Jordan Ta'amu	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Briley Moore-McKinney	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Seth Williams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tyrone Scott	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gunner Britton	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Abram Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ben Bresnahan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	7	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	204