2016 Illinois Fighting Illini Tackles For Loss through 01/09/2017
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carroll Phillips | SR | DL | 12 | 20.0 | 89 | 1.67 |
| 2 | Dawuane Smoot | SR | DL | 12 | 15.0 | 52 | 1.25 |
| 3 | Gimel President | SR | DL | 12 | 12.5 | 46 | 1.04 |
| 4 | Chunky Clements | SR | DL | 12 | 7.0 | 28 | 0.58 |
| 5 | Hardy Nickerson | SR | LB | 12 | 5.5 | 17 | 0.46 |
| 6 | Tré Watson | SO | LB | 12 | 4.5 | 12 | 0.38 |
| 7 | Jaylen Dunlap | JR | DB | 12 | 4.5 | 10 | 0.38 |
| 8 | Rob Bain | SR | DL | 11 | 3.5 | 7 | 0.32 |
| 9 | Jamal Milan | FR | DL | 10 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.35 |
| 10 | Taylor Barton | SR | DB | 10 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.30 |
| 11 | Tito Odenigbo | SO | DL | 11 | 2.5 | 7 | 0.23 |
| 12 | Patrick Nelson | FR | DB | 12 | 2.5 | 7 | 0.21 |
| 13 | Julian Jones | SO | LB | 11 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.18 |
| 14 | Chris James | SO | DB | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.13 |
| 15 | Dele Harding | FR | LB | 9 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 16 | Julian Hylton | SO | DB | 12 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.08 |
| 17 | James Crawford | JR | LB | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.13 |
| 18 | Darius Mosely | SR | DB | 12 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 19 | Justice Williams | FR | LB | 11 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.09 |
| 20 | Cameron Watkins | FR | DB | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.11 |
| 21 | Mike Svetina | SR | LB | 12 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 12 | 95.0 | 320 | 7.92 | |||
| Opponents | 12 | 61.0 | 227 | 5.08 |