What does DT mean in football?
DT is a defensive tackle in football. The interior lineman, who takes on blocks in the middle to close the running lanes and push the pocket.
What a defensive tackle looks like
234 defensive tackles are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 3" and 307 lb.
- On rosters
- 234
- Median height
- 6' 3"
- Median weight
- 307 lb
- Median age
- 26
His numbers understate him by design: a tackle who occupies two blockers makes the tackle for the linebacker behind him, and only the linebacker’s name goes in the book.
Tackles at the position, 2026
The median defensive tackle with a figure at all posted 13 tackles. These five led the position.
- 1Jeffery Simmons44
- 2Tommy TogiaiHOU36
- 3DeForest BucknerIND31
- 4Jowon BriggsNYJ29
- 4Quinnen WilliamsDAL29