2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers Tackles through 01/09/2017
| Name | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damarius Travis | SR | DB | 13 | 56 | 27 | 83 | 6.38 |
| 2 | Jonathan Celestin | JR | LB | 13 | 53 | 27 | 80 | 6.15 |
| 3 | Jack Lynn | SR | LB | 13 | 43 | 34 | 77 | 5.92 |
| 4 | Duke McGhee | JR | DB | 12 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 4.50 |
| 5 | Antoine Winfield Jr. | FR | DB | 12 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 4.33 |
| 6 | Blake Cashman | SO | LB | 13 | 31 | 14 | 45 | 3.46 |
| 7 | Jalen Myrick | SR | DB | 13 | 29 | 12 | 41 | 3.15 |
| 8 | KiAnte Hardin | SO | DB | 8 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 4.88 |
| 9 | Nick Rallis | SR | LB | 11 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 3.36 |
| 10 | Antonio Shenault | SO | DB | 11 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 2.91 |
| 11 | Steven Richardson | JR | DL | 13 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 2.38 |
| 12 | Julian Huff | SO | LB | 13 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 2.31 |
| 13 | Hendrick Ekpe | SR | DL | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 2.15 |
| 14 | Carter Coughlin | FR | LB | 11 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 2.27 |
| 15 | Cody Poock | JR | LB | 7 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 3.43 |
| 16 | Adekunle Ayinde | JR | DB | 10 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 2.30 |
| 17 | Andrew Stelter | JR | DL | 13 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1.38 |
| 18 | Scott Ekpe | SR | DL | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1.31 |
| 19 | Ray Buford | FR | DB | 7 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2.29 |
| 20 | Gaelin Elmore | JR | DL | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1.23 |
| 21 | Winston DeLattiboudere | FR | DL | 13 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1.15 |
| 22 | Thomas Barber | FR | LB | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1.09 |
| 23 | Kamal Martin | FR | LB | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.77 |
| 24 | Merrick Jackson | JR | DL | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 25 | Jaylen Waters | FR | LB | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 26 | Yoshoub Timms | SR | DL | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 27 | Coney Durr | FR | CB | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.86 |
| 28 | Jacob Huff | SO | DB | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 29 | Tai'yon Devers | FR | DL | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 30 | Zo Craighton | FR | DB | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.50 |
| 31 | Payton Jordahl | SO | LS | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 |
| 32 | Jerry Gibson | SO | DL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 33 | Gary Moore | SO | DL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 34 | Mitch Leidner | SR | QB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 35 | Eric Amoako | SR | DB | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 |
| 36 | Rodney Smith | SO | RB | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 |
| 37 | Emmit Carpenter | SO | K | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 38 | Nate Wozniak | JR | TE | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 39 | Drew Wolitarsky | SR | WR | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Total | 13 | 552 | 312 | 864 | 66.46 | |||
| Opponents | 13 | 497 | 428 | 925 | 71.15 |