2012 Independent Leaders Tackles For Loss - All Games through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Van Noy | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 22.0 | 120 | 1.69 |
| 2 | Keegan Wetzel | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 16.0 | 69 | 1.23 |
| 3 | Ezekiel Ansah | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 13.0 | 37 | 1.00 |
| 4 | Brandon Ogletree | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 12.5 | 24 | 0.96 |
| 5 | Nate Combs | Army | SR | LB | 10 | 12.0 | 55 | 1.20 |
| 6 | Stephon Tuitt | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 13 | 11.0 | 85 | 0.85 |
| 7 | Prince Shembo | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 13 | 10.5 | 63 | 0.81 |
| 8 | Robert Kough | Army | JR | DL | 12 | 9.5 | 33 | 0.79 |
| 9 | Spencer Hadley | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 9.0 | 33 | 0.69 |
| 10 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | Notre Dame | SR | DL | 13 | 8.5 | 49 | 0.65 |
| 11 | Richard Glover | Army | SO | DL | 10 | 7.5 | 20 | 0.75 |
| 11 | Louis Nix III | Notre Dame | JR | DL | 13 | 7.5 | 20 | 0.58 |
| 13 | Bronson Kaufusi | BYU | FR | DL | 12 | 5.5 | 35 | 0.46 |
| 13 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 13 | 5.5 | 19 | 0.42 |
| 15 | Wes Henderson | Navy | SR | DL | 13 | 5.0 | 14 | 0.39 |
| 16 | Jordan Drake | Navy | SO | LB | 13 | 4.5 | 28 | 0.35 |
| 16 | Uona Kaveinga | BYU | SR | LB | 13 | 4.5 | 17 | 0.35 |
| 16 | Geoffery Bacon | Army | SO | LB | 12 | 4.5 | 12 | 0.38 |
| 16 | Matt Warrick | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 4.5 | 11 | 0.35 |
| 20 | Eathyn Manumaleuna | BYU | SR | DL | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 1.00 |
| 21 | Sheldon Day | Notre Dame | FR | DL | 13 | 3.5 | 21 | 0.27 |
| 21 | Preston Hadley | BYU | SR | DB | 13 | 3.5 | 15 | 0.27 |
| 21 | Ishaq Williams | Notre Dame | SO | LB | 13 | 3.5 | 15 | 0.27 |
| 21 | Clayton Keller | Army | JR | DL | 5 | 3.5 | 13 | 0.70 |
| 25 | Uani Unga | BYU | JR | LB | 13 | 3.0 | 10 | 0.23 |
| 25 | Carlo Calabrese | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.25 |
| 27 | Josh Tate | Navy | SO | LB | 13 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.19 |
| 27 | Zach Watts | Army | SR | DL | 11 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.23 |
| 27 | Romney Fuga | BYU | SR | DL | 13 | 2.5 | 4 | 0.19 |
| 27 | Josh Dowling-Fitzpatrick | Navy | SR | DL | 10 | 2.5 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 31 | Collin Sturdivant | Navy | SR | DL | 6 | 2.0 | 19 | 0.33 |
| 31 | Kwazel Bertrand | Navy | FR | DB | 12 | 2.0 | 13 | 0.17 |
| 31 | Matthias Farley | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 13 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.15 |
| 31 | KeiVarae Russell | Notre Dame | FR | DB | 13 | 2.0 | 7 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Dan Fox | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 13 | 2.0 | 7 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Joe Drummond | Army | SO | DL | 10 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.20 |
| 31 | Danny Ring | Navy | SO | DL | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.17 |
| 31 | Alex Meier | Army | FR | DB | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.17 |
| 31 | Russell Tialavea | BYU | SR | DL | 13 | 2.0 | 6 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Parrish Gaines | Navy | SO | DB | 13 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Daniel Sorensen | BYU | JR | DB | 13 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Cody Peterson | Navy | JR | LB | 13 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Zeke Motta | Notre Dame | SR | DB | 13 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.15 |
| 31 | Brye French | Navy | SR | LB | 13 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.15 |
| 31 | T.J. Atimalala | Army | FR | DL | 9 | 2.0 | 2 | 0.22 |
| 46 | Manoa Pikula | BYU | FR | LB | 11 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.14 |
| 46 | Evan Palelei | Navy | JR | DL | 13 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.12 |
| 46 | Colin Linkul | Army | SO | DL | 11 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.14 |
| 46 | Holt Zalneraitis | Army | JR | DL | 7 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.21 |
| 46 | Jordan Johnson | BYU | SO | DB | 12 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.13 |