UConn senior safety Obi Melifonwu needs three tackles to become the 27th Husky with 250 career tackles.

This will be the 38th career start for Melifonwu and he could finish in the top five at UConn for career starts during the FBS era. He won't approach Moe Petrus' program record 51 career starts or Lawrence Wilson's 50 starts but could finish with as many as 48 starts in his career which would be tied with Mike Hicks for third since 2002.

Player    Years       Tackles
John Dorsey              80-83 495 
Lawrence Wilson      07-10 449
Troy Ashley              86-89 428 
Maurice Lloyd          01-04 412
Mike Jansen              84-87 394 
Vernon Hargreaves  80-83 393
Alfred Fincher          01-04 357
Paul Duckworth        90-93 354
Dennis O'Connell      76-78 341
Yawin Smallwood     11-13 332
Jamal Lundy              99-00 323
Jim Reppi                  90-93 313
Paul Zenkert              91-94 312
Brad Keatley             94-97 311 
Uyi Osunde               99-03 292
Mark Michaels          82-85 290
Abbott Burrell          86-89 288
Terrance Smith         00-03 280
Sio Moore                 09-12 274
Rob Belucore            89-92 274
James Hargrave        02-05 271
Jamar Wilkins           97-00 270
Rich Fenton               73-75 266
Andrew Adams         12-15 263
Lou Donato               81-84 257
Donald Thompson     73-74 250