2017 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games in August/September Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Forest | 5 | 50.0 | 171 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 5 | 45.0 | 146 | 9.00 |
| 3 | Penn State | 5 | 44.0 | 159 | 8.80 |
| 4 | Oregon | 5 | 43.0 | 174 | 8.60 |
| 5 | Duke | 5 | 42.0 | 191 | 8.40 |
| 5 | SMU | 5 | 42.0 | 160 | 8.40 |
| 7 | Nevada | 5 | 41.0 | 141 | 8.20 |
| 8 | Louisville | 5 | 40.0 | 162 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Clemson | 5 | 40.0 | 161 | 8.00 |
| 8 | USF | 5 | 40.0 | 158 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 5 | 40.0 | 138 | 8.00 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 5 | 39.0 | 187 | 7.80 |
| 12 | Temple | 5 | 39.0 | 160 | 7.80 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 6 | 39.0 | 137 | 6.50 |
| 15 | Ball State | 5 | 38.0 | 179 | 7.60 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | 5 | 38.0 | 177 | 7.60 |
| 15 | Auburn | 5 | 38.0 | 154 | 7.60 |
| 15 | Washington State | 5 | 38.0 | 139 | 7.60 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 37.0 | 174 | 7.40 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 37.0 | 138 | 7.40 |
| 19 | Baylor | 5 | 37.0 | 135 | 7.40 |
| 22 | Rice | 5 | 36.0 | 188 | 7.20 |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 35.0 | 144 | 7.00 |
| 23 | Hawaii | 5 | 35.0 | 133 | 7.00 |
| 25 | Michigan | 4 | 34.0 | 161 | 8.50 |
| 25 | UCLA | 5 | 34.0 | 124 | 6.80 |
| 25 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 34.0 | 121 | 8.50 |
| 25 | UAB | 4 | 34.0 | 109 | 8.50 |
| 25 | Troy | 5 | 34.0 | 103 | 6.80 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 4 | 33.0 | 158 | 8.25 |
| 30 | NC State | 5 | 33.0 | 139 | 6.60 |
| 30 | Old Dominion | 4 | 33.0 | 135 | 8.25 |
| 30 | Washington | 5 | 33.0 | 133 | 6.60 |
| 30 | Georgia | 5 | 33.0 | 119 | 6.60 |
| 30 | San Jose State | 6 | 33.0 | 114 | 5.50 |
| 36 | San Diego State | 5 | 32.0 | 184 | 6.40 |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State | 5 | 32.0 | 140 | 6.40 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 5 | 32.0 | 126 | 6.40 |
| 36 | Arizona State | 5 | 32.0 | 124 | 6.40 |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 5 | 32.0 | 110 | 6.40 |
| 36 | Iowa State | 4 | 32.0 | 104 | 8.00 |
| 42 | USC | 5 | 31.0 | 141 | 6.20 |
| 42 | New Mexico | 5 | 31.0 | 135 | 6.20 |
| 42 | Texas State | 5 | 31.0 | 132 | 6.20 |
| 42 | New Mexico State | 5 | 31.0 | 108 | 6.20 |
| 42 | Syracuse | 5 | 31.0 | 79 | 6.20 |
| 47 | TCU | 4 | 30.0 | 123 | 7.50 |
| 47 | Ohio | 5 | 30.0 | 120 | 6.00 |
| 47 | Mississippi State | 5 | 30.0 | 113 | 6.00 |
| 47 | Notre Dame | 5 | 30.0 | 102 | 6.00 |
| 47 | North Carolina | 5 | 30.0 | 101 | 6.00 |
| 47 | FIU | 4 | 30.0 | 100 | 7.50 |
| 47 | Iowa | 5 | 30.0 | 99 | 6.00 |
| 47 | Memphis | 4 | 30.0 | 89 | 7.50 |
| 55 | North Texas | 5 | 29.0 | 133 | 5.80 |
| 55 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 29.0 | 113 | 7.25 |
| 55 | Alabama | 5 | 29.0 | 104 | 5.80 |
| 55 | Southern Miss | 4 | 29.0 | 82 | 7.25 |
| 59 | Akron | 5 | 28.0 | 128 | 5.60 |
| 59 | Fresno State | 4 | 28.0 | 120 | 7.00 |
| 59 | South Carolina | 5 | 28.0 | 101 | 5.60 |
| 59 | Florida | 4 | 28.0 | 92 | 7.00 |
| 63 | Boise State | 4 | 27.0 | 130 | 6.75 |
| 63 | Indiana | 4 | 27.0 | 117 | 6.75 |
| 63 | LSU | 5 | 27.0 | 114 | 5.40 |
| 63 | Missouri | 4 | 27.0 | 111 | 6.75 |
| 63 | UTSA | 3 | 27.0 | 106 | 9.00 |
| 63 | Michigan State | 4 | 27.0 | 103 | 6.75 |
| 63 | BYU | 5 | 27.0 | 100 | 5.40 |
| 63 | Colorado | 5 | 27.0 | 95 | 5.40 |
| 63 | Appalachian State | 4 | 27.0 | 94 | 6.75 |
| 63 | Miami (FL) | 3 | 27.0 | 90 | 9.00 |
| 63 | Marshall | 4 | 27.0 | 86 | 6.75 |
| 63 | Bowling Green | 5 | 27.0 | 83 | 5.40 |
| 63 | Kansas | 4 | 27.0 | 64 | 6.75 |
| 76 | Virginia | 4 | 26.0 | 103 | 6.50 |
| 76 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 26.0 | 97 | 6.50 |
| 76 | Boston College | 5 | 26.0 | 88 | 5.20 |
| 76 | West Virginia | 4 | 26.0 | 87 | 6.50 |
| 76 | Northwestern | 4 | 26.0 | 75 | 6.50 |
| 81 | Stanford | 5 | 25.0 | 120 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Kentucky | 5 | 25.0 | 114 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Oklahoma | 4 | 25.0 | 101 | 6.25 |
| 81 | California | 5 | 25.0 | 100 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Houston | 4 | 25.0 | 98 | 6.25 |
| 81 | Utah State | 5 | 25.0 | 89 | 5.00 |
| 81 | Colorado State | 5 | 25.0 | 80 | 5.00 |
| 88 | Florida State | 3 | 24.0 | 102 | 8.00 |
| 88 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 24.0 | 102 | 4.80 |
| 88 | Idaho | 4 | 24.0 | 98 | 6.00 |
| 88 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 24.0 | 89 | 4.80 |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 24.0 | 84 | 4.80 |
| 88 | Maryland | 4 | 24.0 | 76 | 6.00 |
| 94 | Utah | 4 | 23.0 | 115 | 5.75 |
| 94 | Tulane | 4 | 23.0 | 92 | 5.75 |
| 94 | Oregon State | 5 | 23.0 | 85 | 4.60 |
| 94 | Ole Miss | 4 | 23.0 | 83 | 5.75 |
| 94 | Kansas State | 4 | 23.0 | 81 | 5.75 |
| 94 | Minnesota | 4 | 23.0 | 57 | 5.75 |
| 100 | Nebraska | 5 | 22.0 | 101 | 4.40 |
| 100 | South Alabama | 5 | 22.0 | 101 | 4.40 |
| 100 | Illinois | 4 | 22.0 | 87 | 5.50 |
| 100 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 22.0 | 74 | 4.40 |
| 104 | Army | 5 | 21.0 | 107 | 4.20 |
| 104 | Buffalo | 5 | 21.0 | 96 | 4.20 |
| 104 | Kent State | 5 | 21.0 | 74 | 4.20 |
| 104 | Tulsa | 5 | 21.0 | 68 | 4.20 |
| 104 | Toledo | 4 | 21.0 | 61 | 5.25 |
| 109 | UCF | 3 | 20.0 | 80 | 6.67 |
| 109 | Arkansas State | 3 | 20.0 | 77 | 6.67 |
| 109 | Air Force | 4 | 20.0 | 69 | 5.00 |
| 109 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 20.0 | 55 | 6.67 |
| 113 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 19.0 | 99 | 4.75 |
| 113 | Navy | 4 | 19.0 | 92 | 4.75 |
| 113 | Arizona | 4 | 19.0 | 83 | 4.75 |
| 113 | Texas Tech | 4 | 19.0 | 80 | 4.75 |
| 113 | Central Michigan | 5 | 19.0 | 76 | 3.80 |
| 113 | UNLV | 4 | 19.0 | 59 | 4.75 |
| 113 | Rutgers | 5 | 19.0 | 51 | 3.80 |
| 113 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 19.0 | 43 | 4.75 |
| 121 | Texas | 4 | 18.0 | 89 | 4.50 |
| 121 | Connecticut | 4 | 18.0 | 72 | 4.50 |
| 121 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 18.0 | 71 | 4.50 |
| 121 | Arkansas | 4 | 18.0 | 69 | 4.50 |
| 121 | Charlotte | 5 | 18.0 | 53 | 3.60 |
| 126 | East Carolina | 5 | 17.0 | 73 | 3.40 |
| 126 | UTEP | 5 | 17.0 | 57 | 3.40 |
| 128 | Purdue | 4 | 16.0 | 55 | 4.00 |
| 129 | Louisiana | 4 | 15.0 | 82 | 3.75 |
| 130 | Georgia State | 3 | 14.0 | 48 | 4.67 |