2016 Conference USA Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games in August/September Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Iyiegbuniwe | Western Ky | SO | LB | 4 | 7.0 | 33 | 1.75 |
| 2 | Xavier Thigpen | USM | JR | DL | 4 | 6.5 | 34 | 1.63 |
| 3 | Dylan Bradley | USM | SR | DL | 4 | 6.0 | 24 | 1.50 |
| 3 | Anthony Wilson | ODU | SR | LB | 4 | 6.0 | 11 | 1.50 |
| 3 | Chris Johnson | Western Ky | JR | DL | 4 | 6.0 | 10 | 1.50 |
| 3 | Tabari McGaskey | Rice | SR | LB | 3 | 4.5 | 13 | 1.50 |
| 7 | Omarius Bryant | Western Ky | SR | DL | 4 | 5.5 | 27 | 1.38 |
| 8 | Shaquille Huff | MTSU | SR | DT | 4 | 5.0 | 13 | 1.25 |
| 9 | Ty Tyler | Marshall | FR | DL | 3 | 3.5 | 15 | 1.17 |
| 10 | Keith Brown | Western Ky | SR | LB | 4 | 4.5 | 22 | 1.13 |
| 10 | Secdrick Cooper | La Tech | JR | S | 4 | 4.5 | 20 | 1.13 |
| 12 | Josiah Tauaefa | UTSA | FR | LB | 4 | 4.0 | 19 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Treyvon Williams | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 4.0 | 16 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Shalom Ogbonda | FAU | SR | DT | 4 | 3.5 | 16 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Daniel Appouh | ODU | SO | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 15 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Graysen Schantz | Rice | JR | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 14 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Azeez Al-Shaair | FAU | SO | LB | 4 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Emmanuel Ellerbee | Rice | JR | LB | 4 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Trey Hendrickson | FAU | SR | DE | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | 0.88 |
| 14 | Sherrod Ruff | USM | JR | LB | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | 0.88 |
| 14 | La'Kel Bass | UTSA | JR | LB | 4 | 3.5 | 9 | 0.88 |
| 22 | Gary Thompson | Marshall | SR | DL | 3 | 2.5 | 9 | 0.83 |
| 23 | Ja'Boree Poole | USM | SR | DL | 4 | 3.0 | 31 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Bunmi Rotimi | ODU | JR | DE | 4 | 3.0 | 15 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Jaylon Ferguson | La Tech | SO | DE | 4 | 3.0 | 13 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Cortney Finney | N Texas | SR | LB | 4 | 3.0 | 10 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Darian Yancey | USM | SO | LB | 4 | 3.0 | 10 | 0.75 |
| 23 | Rashaad Coward | ODU | SR | DT | 4 | 3.0 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 29 | Chase Hancock | Marshall | SO | LB | 3 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Preston Gordon | Rice | SO | DT | 3 | 2.0 | 11 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Ryan Bee | Marshall | SO | DL | 3 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Jermaine Sheriff | FIU | SO | DL | 3 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Jimal McBride | MTSU | SR | DT | 3 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Gene Hopkins | UTEP | FR | DL | 3 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.67 |
| 29 | Sage Lewis | FIU | FR | LB | 3 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.67 |
| 36 | Tim Ward | ODU | SO | DE | 4 | 2.5 | 22 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Nick Usher | UTEP | SR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 17 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Jareid Combs | N Texas | SR | DE | 4 | 2.5 | 11 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Vontarius West | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Anthony Wint | FIU | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Russell Farris | La Tech | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Blain Padgett | Rice | SO | DE | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 0.63 |
| 36 | Dante Lovilette | UTEP | JR | LB | 4 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.63 |
| 44 | Joshua Wheeler | N Texas | JR | LB | 4 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Elijah Parker | USM | SR | LB | 4 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Fermin Silva | FIU | SO | DL | 4 | 2.0 | 11 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Deldrick Canty | La Tech | JR | DE | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Oshane Ximines | ODU | SO | DE | 4 | 2.0 | 10 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Ashton Preston | N Texas | SO | DB | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.50 |
| 44 | Haiden Nagel | FAU | JR | DL | 4 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.50 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.