2016 Conference USA Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. Non-Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier Thigpen | USM | JR | DL | 5 | 8.0 | 42 | 1.60 |
| 1 | Anthony Wilson | ODU | SR | LB | 5 | 8.0 | 20 | 1.60 |
| 1 | Chris Johnson | Western Ky | JR | DL | 5 | 8.0 | 16 | 1.60 |
| 4 | Ja'Boree Poole | USM | SR | DL | 5 | 6.0 | 57 | 1.20 |
| 4 | Joel Iyiegbuniwe | Western Ky | SO | LB | 5 | 6.0 | 32 | 1.20 |
| 6 | Keith Brown | Western Ky | SR | LB | 5 | 5.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Dylan Bradley | USM | SR | DL | 5 | 5.0 | 18 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Treyvon Williams | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 4.0 | 16 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Nick Dawson-Brents | Western Ky | SR | DL | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Blain Padgett | Rice | SO | DE | 4 | 4.0 | 11 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Preston Gordon | Rice | SO | DT | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 1.00 |
| 6 | Alvin Jones | UTEP | JR | LB | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Josiah Tauaefa | UTSA | FR | LB | 5 | 4.5 | 28 | 0.90 |
| 13 | Derik Overstreet | Western Ky | JR | DL | 5 | 4.5 | 28 | 0.90 |
| 13 | Secdrick Cooper | La Tech | JR | S | 5 | 4.5 | 20 | 0.90 |
| 13 | Shaquille Huff | MTSU | SR | DT | 5 | 4.5 | 12 | 0.90 |
| 13 | Darius Harris | MTSU | SO | LB | 5 | 4.5 | 11 | 0.90 |
| 18 | Shalom Ogbonda | FAU | SR | DT | 4 | 3.5 | 16 | 0.88 |
| 18 | Ty Tyler | Marshall | FR | DL | 4 | 3.5 | 15 | 0.88 |
| 18 | Daniel Appouh | ODU | SO | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 15 | 0.88 |
| 18 | Azeez Al-Shaair | FAU | SO | LB | 4 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.88 |
| 18 | Brian Womac | Rice | JR | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.88 |
| 18 | Trey Hendrickson | FAU | SR | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | 0.88 |
| 24 | Elijah Parker | USM | SR | LB | 5 | 4.0 | 24 | 0.80 |
| 24 | Omarius Bryant | Western Ky | SR | DL | 5 | 4.0 | 21 | 0.80 |
| 24 | La'Kel Bass | UTSA | JR | LB | 5 | 4.0 | 11 | 0.80 |
| 24 | Sherrod Ruff | USM | JR | LB | 5 | 4.0 | 8 | 0.80 |
| 28 | Chase Hancock | Marshall | SO | LB | 4 | 3.0 | 13 | 0.75 |
| 29 | Jaylon Ferguson | La Tech | SO | DE | 5 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.70 |
| 29 | Bunmi Rotimi | ODU | JR | DE | 5 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.70 |
| 29 | Darian Yancey | USM | SO | LB | 5 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.70 |
| 29 | Marcus Davenport | UTSA | JR | DE | 5 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.70 |
| 33 | Jermaine Sheriff | FIU | SO | DL | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 33 | Sage Lewis | FIU | FR | LB | 3 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.67 |
| 35 | Nick Usher | UTEP | SR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 15 | 0.63 |
| 35 | Jordan Harris | La Tech | SR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 11 | 0.63 |
| 35 | Vontarius West | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.63 |
| 35 | Anthony Wint | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.63 |
| 35 | Gary Thompson | Marshall | SR | DL | 4 | 2.5 | 9 | 0.63 |
| 35 | Graysen Schantz | Rice | JR | DE | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 0.63 |
| 41 | Michael Egwuagu | UTSA | SR | S | 5 | 3.0 | 16 | 0.60 |
| 41 | Joshua Wheeler | N Texas | JR | LB | 5 | 3.0 | 14 | 0.60 |
| 41 | Cortney Finney | N Texas | SR | LB | 5 | 3.0 | 10 | 0.60 |
| 41 | Russell Farris | La Tech | JR | LB | 5 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.60 |
| 41 | Aaron Brown | La Tech | SR | DL | 5 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.60 |
| 46 | Jareid Combs | N Texas | SR | DE | 5 | 2.5 | 14 | 0.50 |
| 46 | Oshane Ximines | ODU | SO | DE | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 0.50 |
| 46 | Jordan Bradford | La Tech | SO | DT | 5 | 2.5 | 8 | 0.50 |
| 46 | Baylen Baker | UTSA | FR | DT | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0.50 |
| 46 | D.J. Sanders | MTSU | JR | LB | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.50 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.