2012 Independent Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. BCS Automatic Qualifying Teams through 01/07/2013
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Shembo | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 11 | 10.5 | 63 | 0.96 |
| 2 | Kyle Van Noy | BYU | JR | LB | 5 | 8.5 | 38 | 1.70 |
| 3 | Stephon Tuitt | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 11 | 7.0 | 51 | 0.64 |
| 3 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | Notre Dame | SR | DL | 11 | 7.0 | 36 | 0.64 |
| 3 | Keegan Wetzel | Navy | SR | LB | 4 | 7.0 | 24 | 1.75 |
| 6 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 5.0 | 19 | 0.46 |
| 6 | Louis Nix III | Notre Dame | JR | DL | 11 | 5.0 | 15 | 0.46 |
| 6 | Ezekiel Ansah | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 1.00 |
| 9 | Spencer Hadley | BYU | JR | LB | 5 | 4.5 | 16 | 0.90 |
| 10 | Brandon Ogletree | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.70 |
| 11 | Sheldon Day | Notre Dame | FR | DL | 11 | 3.0 | 20 | 0.27 |
| 11 | Nate Combs | Army | SR | LB | 4 | 3.0 | 18 | 0.75 |
| 11 | Robert Kough | Army | JR | DL | 4 | 3.0 | 17 | 0.75 |
| 11 | Carlo Calabrese | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.27 |
| 15 | Ishaq Williams | Notre Dame | SO | LB | 11 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.23 |
| 16 | Matthias Farley | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 11 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.18 |
| 16 | Uona Kaveinga | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.40 |
| 18 | Richard Glover | Army | SO | DL | 2 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.75 |
| 18 | Colin Linkul | Army | SO | DL | 4 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.38 |
| 18 | Eathyn Manumaleuna | BYU | SR | DL | 2 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.75 |
| 18 | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame | JR | DB | 11 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.14 |
| 18 | Romney Fuga | BYU | SR | DL | 5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 18 | Tony Springmann | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 10 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.15 |
| 18 | Jordan Drake | Navy | SO | LB | 4 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.38 |
| 18 | Romeo Okwara | Notre Dame | FR | LB | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 26 | Julian Crockett | Army | JR | RB | 4 | 1.0 | 20 | 0.25 |
| 26 | Remington Peck | BYU | FR | DL | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Bronson Kaufusi | BYU | FR | DL | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.25 |
| 26 | KeiVarae Russell | Notre Dame | FR | DB | 11 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.09 |
| 26 | Dan Fox | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.09 |
| 26 | Preston Hadley | BYU | SR | DB | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.20 |
| 26 | TJ Jones | Notre Dame | JR | WR | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.09 |
| 26 | Austen Jorgensen | BYU | SR | LB | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Cody Peterson | Navy | JR | LB | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 26 | Hayden Pierce | Army | SO | DB | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Geoffery Bacon | Army | SO | LB | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 26 | Joe Sampson | BYU | SR | DB | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 26 | Tra'ves Bush | Navy | SR | DB | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 26 | Zeke Motta | Notre Dame | SR | DB | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 40 | Holt Zalneraitis | Army | JR | DL | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.17 |
| 40 | James Kelly | Army | SO | DL | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.13 |
| 40 | Joe Drummond | Army | SO | DL | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 40 | Matt Warrick | Navy | SR | LB | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 40 | Danny Ring | Navy | SO | DL | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 40 | Russell Tialavea | BYU | SR | DL | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 40 | Jordan Johnson | BYU | SO | DB | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 40 | Danny Spond | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 10 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.05 |
| 40 | Josh Atkinson | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 11 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.05 |
| 40 | Clayton Keller | Army | JR | DL | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 40 | Josh Jackson | Army | SR | DB | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.25 |