2012 Independent Leaders Tackles - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoffery Bacon | Army | SO | LB | 12 | 65 | 71 | 136 | 11.33 |
| 2 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 13 | 55 | 58 | 113 | 8.69 |
| 3 | Brandon Ogletree | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 49 | 52 | 101 | 7.77 |
| 4 | Matt Warrick | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 46 | 47 | 93 | 7.15 |
| 5 | Tra'ves Bush | Navy | SR | DB | 13 | 49 | 39 | 88 | 6.77 |
| 5 | Brandon Fusilier-Jeffires | Army | FR | LB | 11 | 45 | 43 | 88 | 8.00 |
| 7 | Keegan Wetzel | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 46 | 34 | 80 | 6.15 |
| 8 | Brye French | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 6.08 |
| 9 | Zeke Motta | Notre Dame | SR | DB | 13 | 39 | 38 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 10 | Alex Meier | Army | FR | DB | 12 | 45 | 26 | 71 | 5.92 |
| 11 | Parrish Gaines | Navy | SO | DB | 13 | 42 | 27 | 69 | 5.31 |
| 12 | Daniel Sorensen | BYU | JR | DB | 13 | 41 | 26 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 12 | Cody Peterson | Navy | JR | LB | 13 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 5.15 |
| 14 | Preston Hadley | BYU | SR | DB | 13 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 5.08 |
| 15 | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame | JR | DB | 13 | 45 | 20 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Nate Combs | Army | SR | LB | 10 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 6.30 |
| 16 | Dan Fox | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 13 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 4.85 |
| 18 | Ezekiel Ansah | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 4.77 |
| 19 | KeiVarae Russell | Notre Dame | FR | DB | 13 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 20 | Spencer Hadley | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 21 | Wave Ryder | Navy | JR | DB | 13 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 4.08 |
| 22 | Kyle Van Noy | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 4.00 |
| 23 | Prince Shembo | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 13 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 24 | Louis Nix III | Notre Dame | JR | DL | 13 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 3.85 |
| 25 | Chris Carnegie | Army | FR | DB | 12 | 37 | 12 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 25 | Jordan Drake | Navy | SO | LB | 13 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 25 | Uona Kaveinga | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 25 | Matthias Farley | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 13 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 25 | Carlo Calabrese | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 12 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 30 | Jordan Johnson | BYU | SO | DB | 12 | 35 | 13 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 31 | Craig Bills | BYU | SO | DB | 12 | 31 | 16 | 47 | 3.92 |
| 32 | Stephon Tuitt | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 13 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 3.46 |
| 32 | Zach Watts | Army | SR | DL | 11 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 4.09 |
| 34 | Robert Kough | Army | JR | DL | 12 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 34 | Wes Henderson | Navy | SR | DL | 13 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 3.23 |
| 34 | Romney Fuga | BYU | SR | DL | 13 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 3.23 |
| 37 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | Notre Dame | SR | DL | 13 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 3.08 |
| 38 | Kwazel Bertrand | Navy | FR | DB | 12 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 3.25 |
| 38 | Danny Spond | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 11 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 40 | Chris Ferguson | Navy | SO | DB | 9 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 4.11 |
| 41 | Joe Sampson | BYU | SR | DB | 9 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 42 | Evan Palelei | Navy | JR | DL | 13 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 2.23 |
| 43 | Quincy Adams | Navy | FR | DB | 10 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 2.80 |
| 43 | Uani Unga | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 2.15 |
| 45 | Richard Glover | Army | SO | DL | 10 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 2.70 |
| 46 | Justin Trimble | Army | JR | LB | 11 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 2.36 |
| 47 | Josh Jackson | Army | SR | DB | 9 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 47 | Russell Tialavea | BYU | SR | DL | 13 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 1.85 |
| 49 | Thomas Holloway | Army | JR | LB | 11 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 2.09 |
| 49 | Josh Tate | Navy | SO | LB | 13 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 1.77 |