2021 National Leaders Passes Defended - Games in November Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 6.50 |
| 2 | Houston | 4 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7.00 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 4 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 8.50 |
| 4 | Ole Miss | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 6.50 |
| 4 | Clemson | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 6.25 |
| 4 | UCF | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee State | 4 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 4 | Auburn | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 4 | Georgia | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 4 | Toledo | 4 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 13 | Memphis | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 6.50 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 13 | UAB | 4 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 16 | Kent State | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 16 | Marshall | 4 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 16 | UTEP | 4 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 16 | Utah | 4 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 22 | NC State | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 22 | San Diego State | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5.75 |
| 22 | Arizona State | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 22 | Arkansas State | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 22 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 22 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 30 | Georgia State | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 5.50 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 30 | Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Temple | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 34 | Appalachian State | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 34 | Iowa | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 34 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 34 | Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 34 | Tulsa | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 34 | East Carolina | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 34 | Florida | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 34 | SMU | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 34 | Alabama | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 34 | Boston College | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 34 | North Texas | 4 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 34 | Michigan | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Florida State | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 46 | Rice | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 46 | UCLA | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6.00 |
| 46 | Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 46 | Oregon | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 46 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 46 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 46 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 46 | Maryland | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 46 | Texas State | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 46 | Texas | 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 58 | Southern Miss | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 5.00 |
| 58 | Nevada | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 58 | San Jose State | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 58 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Purdue | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 58 | Indiana | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 58 | Western Michigan | 4 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 66 | Army | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 66 | Colorado | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4.25 |
| 66 | Baylor | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 66 | Rutgers | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 66 | New Mexico State | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 66 | Ohio | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 66 | Duke | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 66 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 66 | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 75 | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 5.25 |
| 75 | California | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5.33 |
| 75 | Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Louisiana-Monroe | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 75 | Missouri | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 75 | Akron | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 75 | Colorado State | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 75 | LSU | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | Boise State | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 85 | BYU | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 85 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 85 | Tulane | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 85 | TCU | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 85 | Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 85 | New Mexico | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | Stanford | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | UTSA | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | Washington | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 85 | Louisville | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 85 | Arizona | 4 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 98 | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3.50 |
| 98 | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3.25 |
| 98 | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 98 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 98 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 98 | Air Force | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3.00 |
| 98 | FIU | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 98 | Utah State | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 98 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 98 | Massachusetts | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 98 | Northern Illinois | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 109 | Ball State | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3.75 |
| 109 | Oklahoma | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 109 | Illinois | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 109 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 113 | USC | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4.33 |
| 113 | Washington State | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 113 | Kansas | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 113 | Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2.75 |
| 113 | Oregon State | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 113 | Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 113 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3.00 |
| 113 | Miami (FL) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 113 | Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 113 | Mississippi State | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 123 | Bowling Green | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.33 |
| 123 | South Alabama | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2.50 |
| 125 | West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2.25 |
| 125 | Troy | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 125 | USF | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 125 | Liberty | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.67 |
| 129 | UNLV | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 129 | Navy | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.33 |