2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Tackles through 01/07/2013
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manti Te'o | SR | LB | 13 | 55 | 58 | 113 | 8.69 |
| 2 | Zeke Motta | SR | DB | 13 | 39 | 38 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 3 | Bennett Jackson | JR | DB | 13 | 45 | 20 | 65 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Dan Fox | SR | LB | 13 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 4.85 |
| 5 | KeiVarae Russell | FR | DB | 13 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 4.46 |
| 6 | Prince Shembo | JR | LB | 13 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 3.92 |
| 7 | Louis Nix III | JR | DL | 13 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 3.85 |
| 8 | Matthias Farley | SO | DB | 13 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 3.77 |
| 9 | Carlo Calabrese | SR | LB | 12 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 4.08 |
| 10 | Stephon Tuitt | SO | DL | 13 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 3.46 |
| 11 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | SR | DL | 13 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 3.08 |
| 12 | Danny Spond | JR | LB | 11 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 3.55 |
| 13 | Sheldon Day | FR | DL | 13 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 1.77 |
| 14 | Ishaq Williams | SO | LB | 13 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 1.69 |
| 15 | Jarrett Grace | SO | LB | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.09 |
| 16 | Tony Springmann | SO | DL | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 17 | Ben Councell | SO | LB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.83 |
| 18 | Kendall Moore | JR | LB | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.83 |
| 19 | Elijah Shumate | FR | DB | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 20 | Nicky Baratti | FR | DB | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 21 | Dan McCarthy | SR | DB | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 22 | Jamoris Slaughter | SR | DB | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 23 | Romeo Okwara | FR | LB | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 24 | Josh Atkinson | SO | DB | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 25 | Chris Salvi | SR | DB | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Joe Schmidt | SO | LB | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 27 | Cam McDaniel | SO | RB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 28 | Connor Cavalaris | SO | DB | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.56 |
| 29 | Kona Schwenke | JR | DL | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 30 | Jalen Brown | SO | DB | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 |
| 31 | Kyle Brindza | SO | K | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 32 | Tyler Eifert | SR | TE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 33 | Daniel Smith | JR | WR | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 34 | TJ Jones | JR | WR | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 35 | Theo Riddick | SR | RB | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 36 | Anthony Rabasa | SO | LB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 37 | Jordan Cowart | SR | OL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 38 | Everett Golson | SO | QB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 39 | Chris Brown | FR | WR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 13 | 437 | 436 | 873 | 67.15 | |||
| Opponents | 13 | 499 | 370 | 869 | 66.85 |