2012 Illinois Fighting Illini Tackles through 01/07/2013
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason Monheim | FR | LB | 12 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 7.17 |
| 2 | Ashante Williams | SR | LB | 12 | 45 | 33 | 78 | 6.50 |
| 3 | Akeem Spence | JR | DL | 12 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Earnest Thomas | SO | DB | 12 | 47 | 22 | 69 | 5.75 |
| 5 | Jonathan Brown | JR | LB | 9 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 6.56 |
| 6 | Michael Buchanan | SR | DL | 12 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 4.75 |
| 7 | Terry Hawthorne | SR | DB | 11 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 4.00 |
| 8 | Mike Svetina | FR | LB | 12 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 9 | Patrick Nixon-Youman | SR | DB | 11 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 3.27 |
| 10 | Justin Green | SR | DB | 12 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 3.00 |
| 11 | Glenn Foster | SR | DL | 12 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 2.58 |
| 12 | Supo Sanni | SR | DB | 7 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 4.29 |
| 13 | Tommy Davis | SR | DB | 12 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.75 |
| 14 | Justin Staples | SR | DL | 11 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.82 |
| 15 | Ralph Cooper | SO | LB | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.50 |
| 16 | Houston Bates | SO | LB | 10 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.80 |
| 17 | Tim Kynard | JR | DL | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 |
| 18 | Steve Hull | JR | DB | 5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3.40 |
| 19 | Darrius Caldwell | FR | DL | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1.55 |
| 20 | Eaton Spence | FR | DB | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1.33 |
| 21 | Jack Ramsey | SR | DB | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1.67 |
| 22 | Austin Teitsma | SO | DL | 12 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1.25 |
| 23 | V'Angelo Bentley | FR | DB | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1.00 |
| 24 | Justin Hardee | FR | WR | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 25 | Zepheniah Grimes | FR | LB | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.63 |
| 26 | Zak Pedersen | SR | OL | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 27 | Jon Davis | SO | TE | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 28 | Teko Powell | FR | DL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Matt LaCosse | SO | TE | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 30 | Ryan Lankford | JR | WR | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 |
| 31 | John Valentine | FR | DL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 32 | Kenny Nelson | FR | DL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 33 | Zach Becker | SR | RB | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 34 | Darius Millines | JR | WR | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 35 | Justin DuVernois | SO | P | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 36 | Miles Osei | JR | QB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 37 | Hugh Thornton | SR | OL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.18 |
| 38 | Josh Ferguson | FR | RB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 39 | Nathan Scheelhaase | JR | QB | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 40 | Taylor Zalewski | FR | K | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 41 | Michael Heitz | SO | OL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 42 | Ted Karras | FR | OL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 43 | Ben Mathis | JR | DB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 44 | Spencer Harris | JR | WR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 12 | 446 | 433 | 879 | 73.25 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 480 | 382 | 862 | 71.83 |