2017 Independent Leaders Tackles - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Monteiro | U Mass | SR | S | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Isaiah Rodgers | U Mass | SO | CB | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Sione Takitaki | BYU | JR | DL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Kesni Tausinga | BYU | SR | DL | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 |
| 5 | Zayne Anderson | BYU | JR | DB | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Steve Casali | U Mass | SR | LB | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Bryton Barr | U Mass | SR | LB | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Micah Hannemann | BYU | SR | DB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Corbin Kaufusi | BYU | JR | DL | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Fred Warner | BYU | SR | LB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Adam Pulsipher | BYU | JR | LB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 12 | Dayan Ghanwoloku | BYU | SO | DB | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Butch Pau'u | BYU | JR | LB | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Da'Sean Downey | U Mass | SR | DL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Jackson Porter | U Mass | SR | CB | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Ali Ali-Musa | U Mass | SR | DL | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 17 | Handsome Tanielu | BYU | SR | DL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 18 | Trevion Greene | BYU | SO | DB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Michael Shelton | BYU | JR | DB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Chris Wilcox | BYU | SO | DB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Trajan Pili | BYU | SO | DL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Nick Orekoya | U Mass | SO | RB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Joe Previte | U Mass | JR | DL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 18 | Jarell Addo | U Mass | JR | LB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 25 | Morgan Unga | BYU | JR | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Merrill Taliauli | BYU | JR | DL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Thomas Shoaf | BYU | SO | OL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Lee Moses | U Mass | JR | CB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Bakhari Goodson | U Mass | SO | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Chinedu Ogbonna | U Mass | FR | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Tyler Hayes | U Mass | JR | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Malik Lee | U Mass | SR | FB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Leon Flanagan, Jr. | U Mass | SO | DL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Kyle Horn | U Mass | SO | TE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Charly Timite | U Mass | FR | DL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 25 | Sha-Ki Holines | U Mass | SR | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.