2012 North Carolina Tar Heels Tackles through 01/07/2013
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tre Boston | JR | DB | 12 | 49 | 37 | 86 | 7.17 |
| 2 | Kevin Reddick | SR | LB | 12 | 49 | 36 | 85 | 7.08 |
| 3 | Jabari Price | JR | DB | 11 | 50 | 26 | 76 | 6.91 |
| 4 | Tommy Heffernan | SO | LB | 11 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 6.64 |
| 5 | Dion Guy | SR | LB | 12 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 4.42 |
| 6 | Tim Scott | SO | DB | 12 | 36 | 12 | 48 | 4.00 |
| 7 | Darien Rankin | FR | DB | 11 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 4.36 |
| 8 | Gene Robinson | SR | DB | 11 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 3.91 |
| 9 | Sylvester Williams | SR | DL | 12 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 3.50 |
| 10 | Kareem Martin | JR | DL | 12 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 3.33 |
| 11 | Travis Hughes | SO | LB | 12 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 3.17 |
| 12 | Pete Mangum | SR | DB | 12 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 2.50 |
| 13 | Sam Smiley | FR | DB | 8 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 3.25 |
| 14 | Terry Shankle | JR | DB | 9 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 2.67 |
| 15 | Jeff Schoettmer | FR | DB | 12 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 1.92 |
| 16 | Shawn Underwood | SO | DL | 11 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1.73 |
| 17 | Shakeel Rashad | FR | LB | 11 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1.64 |
| 18 | Tim Jackson | JR | DL | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.80 |
| 19 | Devonte Brown | SO | DL | 10 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1.60 |
| 20 | Alex Dixon | FR | DB | 12 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1.17 |
| 21 | Kameron Jackson | FR | DB | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1.86 |
| 22 | Kendrick Singleton | FR | WR | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| 23 | Ethan Farmer | SO | DL | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 24 | Jessie Rogers | FR | DL | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 25 | Justin Thomason | FR | DL | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 |
| 26 | Malik Simmons | FR | DB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 27 | T.J. Jiles | FR | DB | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 28 | Curtis Campbell | JR | LB | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.33 |
| 29 | Eric Ebron | SO | TE | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 |
| 30 | Damien Washington | FR | WR | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.44 |
| 31 | Nic Platt | SO | WR | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 32 | Casey Barth | SR | K | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 33 | Norkeithus Otis | SO | LB | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 34 | P.J. Clyburn | SO | LB | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 35 | Tim Furr | JR | DB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 36 | Ryan Mangum | FR | DB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 |
| 37 | Romar Morris | FR | RB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 38 | Jheranie Boyd | SR | WR | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 39 | Quinshad Davis | FR | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 40 | Bryn Renner | JR | QB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 41 | Erik Highsmith | SR | WR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 42 | Parker Thomas | JR | TE | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 43 | Giovani Bernard | SO | RB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 44 | Russell Bodine | SO | OL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 12 | 534 | 384 | 918 | 76.50 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 546 | 375 | 921 | 76.75 |