2017 National Leaders Tackles - Games vs. Unranked Teams Only (AP Poll) through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Solo | Assisted | Total | Total/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Ginda | SJSU | JR | LB | 12 | 85 | 75 | 160 | 13.33 |
| 2 | Khalil Hodge | Buffalo | JR | LB | 12 | 66 | 88 | 154 | 12.83 |
| 3 | Leighton Vander Esch | Boise St | JR | WLB | 14 | 91 | 50 | 141 | 10.07 |
| 4 | Azeez Al-Shaair | FAU | JR | LB | 12 | 63 | 74 | 137 | 11.42 |
| 5 | Ulysees Gilbert III | Akron | JR | LB | 13 | 62 | 73 | 135 | 10.38 |
| 6 | Dalton Herrington | NMSU | SR | LB | 13 | 62 | 71 | 133 | 10.23 |
| 7 | Jahlani Tavai | Hawai'i | JR | LB | 12 | 66 | 58 | 124 | 10.33 |
| 8 | Tony Lashley | Idaho | JR | LB | 12 | 77 | 45 | 122 | 10.17 |
| 9 | Chase Hancock | Marshall | JR | LB | 12 | 35 | 83 | 118 | 9.83 |
| 10 | Joel Iyiegbuniwe | Western Ky | JR | LB | 13 | 54 | 63 | 117 | 9.00 |
| 11 | Logan Wilson | Wyoming | SO | LB | 12 | 75 | 38 | 113 | 9.42 |
| 12 | Joe Dineen Jr. | Kansas | JR | LB | 9 | 73 | 38 | 111 | 12.33 |
| 13 | Emmanuel Ellerbee | Rice | SR | LB | 11 | 64 | 46 | 110 | 10.00 |
| 13 | Terrill Hanks | NMSU | JR | LB | 13 | 49 | 61 | 110 | 8.46 |
| 15 | E.J. Ejiya | N Texas | JR | LB | 14 | 51 | 58 | 109 | 7.79 |
| 16 | Kekoa Nawahine | Boise St | SO | S | 14 | 65 | 43 | 108 | 7.71 |
| 16 | Micah Kiser | Virginia | SR | ILB | 10 | 39 | 69 | 108 | 10.80 |
| 18 | Bobby Jones IV | N Illinois | SR | LB | 13 | 59 | 48 | 107 | 8.23 |
| 18 | Quentin Poling | Ohio | SR | LB | 13 | 49 | 58 | 107 | 8.23 |
| 20 | Jeff Gemmell | Charlotte | SO | LB | 12 | 51 | 55 | 106 | 8.83 |
| 21 | Ron LaForce | NMSU | JR | DB | 13 | 55 | 49 | 104 | 8.00 |
| 21 | Jaylyin Minor | Cincinnati | SR | LB | 10 | 51 | 53 | 104 | 10.40 |
| 23 | Tevin Crews | UAB | SR | LB | 13 | 59 | 43 | 102 | 7.85 |
| 23 | Ben DeLuca | Charlotte | SO | DB | 11 | 57 | 45 | 102 | 9.27 |
| 23 | Quin Blanding | Virginia | SR | FS | 10 | 47 | 55 | 102 | 10.20 |
| 26 | Jovante Moffatt | MTSU | JR | S | 13 | 64 | 37 | 101 | 7.77 |
| 27 | Shane Johnson | Coast Car | SR | LB | 10 | 45 | 55 | 100 | 10.00 |
| 28 | Brad Koenig | Miami (Oh) | JR | LB | 11 | 63 | 36 | 99 | 9.00 |
| 28 | Andrew Wingard | Wyoming | JR | FS | 12 | 61 | 38 | 99 | 8.25 |
| 28 | Joe Giles-Harris | Duke | SO | LB | 10 | 43 | 56 | 99 | 9.90 |
| 31 | Jawuan Johnson | N Illinois | JR | LB | 13 | 59 | 39 | 98 | 7.54 |
| 31 | James Nachtigal | Army | JR | LB | 12 | 48 | 50 | 98 | 8.17 |
| 33 | Tracy Walker | La-Lafytte | SR | DB | 12 | 62 | 35 | 97 | 8.08 |
| 33 | Rashad Smith | FAU | SO | LB | 13 | 47 | 50 | 97 | 7.46 |
| 33 | Alvin Jones | UTEP | SR | LB | 11 | 45 | 52 | 97 | 8.82 |
| 36 | Kishawn McClain | N Texas | SR | S | 14 | 67 | 29 | 96 | 6.86 |
| 36 | Jeremy Reaves | USA | SR | S | 11 | 66 | 30 | 96 | 8.73 |
| 36 | Eric Boggs | App St | SR | ILB | 12 | 48 | 48 | 96 | 8.00 |
| 36 | Bryton Barr | U Mass | SR | LB | 11 | 46 | 50 | 96 | 8.73 |
| 40 | Broderick Thomas | UAB | JR | CB | 13 | 66 | 29 | 95 | 7.31 |
| 41 | Khairi Muhammad | N Texas | SO | S | 14 | 55 | 39 | 94 | 6.71 |
| 41 | Jim Jones | Kent State | JR | LB | 11 | 50 | 44 | 94 | 8.55 |
| 41 | Devon Key | Western Ky | FR | DB | 12 | 49 | 45 | 94 | 7.83 |
| 41 | Suli Tamaivena | Utah State | JR | LB | 11 | 38 | 56 | 94 | 8.55 |
| 41 | Jordan Mack | Virginia | SO | ILB | 10 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 9.40 |
| 46 | Jeffrey Allison | Fresno St | SO | LB | 10 | 60 | 33 | 93 | 9.30 |
| 46 | Tony Fields II | Arizona | FR | LB | 12 | 59 | 34 | 93 | 7.75 |
| 46 | Kyle Wilson | Ark St | SR | LB | 12 | 46 | 47 | 93 | 7.75 |
| 46 | Austin Paulhus | Nevada | SR | LB | 10 | 42 | 51 | 93 | 9.30 |
| 50 | Dalton Baker | UNLV | JR | DB | 11 | 64 | 28 | 92 | 8.36 |
| 50 | Devin White | LSU | SO | LB | 9 | 22 | 70 | 92 | 10.22 |
| 52 | Christian Sam | Ariz St | JR | LB | 9 | 65 | 26 | 91 | 10.11 |
| 52 | Cale Garrett | Missouri | SO | LB | 11 | 60 | 31 | 91 | 8.27 |
| 52 | Josh Watson | CSU | JR | LB | 11 | 56 | 35 | 91 | 8.27 |
| 52 | Bryan London II | Texas St | SO | ILB | 12 | 48 | 43 | 91 | 7.58 |
| 56 | Perry Young | Cincinnati | SO | LB | 10 | 49 | 41 | 90 | 9.00 |
| 57 | Malik Fountain | CMU | JR | LB | 13 | 55 | 34 | 89 | 6.85 |
| 57 | Troy Dye | Oregon | SO | ILB | 10 | 54 | 35 | 89 | 8.90 |
| 59 | Fred Garth | BGSU | JR | DB | 10 | 52 | 36 | 88 | 8.80 |
| 59 | D.J. Sanders | MTSU | SR | LB | 13 | 48 | 40 | 88 | 6.77 |
| 59 | McKinley Whitfield | Tulsa | JR | S | 9 | 46 | 42 | 88 | 9.78 |
| 59 | Joel Lanning | Iowa State | SR | LB | 9 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 9.78 |
| 59 | D'Juan Hines | Houston | SR | LB | 10 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 8.80 |
| 59 | Grant Ross | Air Force | SR | LB | 11 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 8.00 |
| 65 | Anthony Wint | FIU | SR | LB | 11 | 63 | 24 | 87 | 7.91 |
| 65 | Tarvarius Moore | USM | SR | DB | 13 | 59 | 28 | 87 | 6.69 |
| 65 | Josh Cox | CMU | SR | DB | 13 | 55 | 32 | 87 | 6.69 |
| 65 | Jack Flor | Air Force | SR | LB | 11 | 47 | 40 | 87 | 7.91 |
| 65 | Marvin Branch Jr. | ODU | JR | LB | 11 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 7.91 |
| 70 | Colin Schooler | Arizona | FR | LB | 12 | 61 | 24 | 85 | 7.08 |
| 70 | Javon Hagan | Ohio | SO | S | 13 | 45 | 40 | 85 | 6.54 |
| 70 | David Reese | Florida | SO | LB | 9 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 9.44 |
| 70 | Trevor Morris | Rutgers | JR | LB | 8 | 26 | 59 | 85 | 10.63 |
| 74 | Matthew Adams | Houston | SR | LB | 10 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 8.40 |
| 74 | Solomon Matautia | Hawai'i | SO | LB | 12 | 49 | 35 | 84 | 7.00 |
| 74 | Tremaine Edmunds | Va Tech | JR | LB | 10 | 45 | 39 | 84 | 8.40 |
| 74 | Tyson Maeva | Boise St | SO | MLB | 14 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 6.00 |
| 78 | Alex Briones | CMU | JR | LB | 13 | 55 | 28 | 83 | 6.38 |
| 78 | DeAndre Pierce | Boise St | SO | CB | 14 | 52 | 31 | 83 | 5.93 |
| 78 | Gabe Loyd | Texas St | SR | ILB | 12 | 49 | 34 | 83 | 6.92 |
| 78 | Cooper Edmiston | Tulsa | SO | LB | 9 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 9.22 |
| 78 | Malik Gant | Marshall | SO | S | 11 | 38 | 45 | 83 | 7.55 |
| 83 | Mikial Onu | SMU | SO | S | 10 | 67 | 15 | 82 | 8.20 |
| 83 | Maurice McKnight | SJSU | SR | S | 12 | 56 | 26 | 82 | 6.83 |
| 83 | Auggie Sanchez | S Florida | SR | LB | 11 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 7.45 |
| 83 | Fitz Wattley | Coast Car | JR | S | 12 | 44 | 38 | 82 | 6.83 |
| 87 | Kenny Young | UCLA | SR | LB | 9 | 60 | 21 | 81 | 9.00 |
| 87 | Anthony Flory | App St | JR | ILB | 12 | 53 | 28 | 81 | 6.75 |
| 87 | Darwyn Kelly | CMU | SR | DB | 13 | 49 | 32 | 81 | 6.23 |
| 87 | Asantay Brown | W Mich | SR | LB | 10 | 45 | 36 | 81 | 8.10 |
| 87 | Josey Jewell | Iowa | SR | MLB | 8 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 10.13 |
| 87 | Jerod Fernandez | NC State | SR | LB | 11 | 35 | 46 | 81 | 7.36 |
| 93 | Kaden Elliss | Idaho | JR | LB | 12 | 58 | 22 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 93 | Rae Juan Marbley | Tulane | SR | LB | 9 | 48 | 32 | 80 | 8.89 |
| 93 | Paddy Fisher | N'western | FR | LB | 10 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 8.00 |
| 93 | B.J. Edmonds | Ark St | SO | DB | 12 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 93 | Jason Beck | EMU | SR | LB | 12 | 40 | 40 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 98 | DeMarquis Gates | Miss | SR | LB | 8 | 51 | 28 | 79 | 9.88 |
| 98 | Nigel Lawrence | USA | JR | S | 11 | 43 | 36 | 79 | 7.18 |
| 98 | Racheem Boothe | USM | FR | LB | 13 | 28 | 51 | 79 | 6.08 |