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 | Keegan Wetzel | Navy | SR | LB | 4 | 7.0 | 24 | 1.75 |
| 2 | Kyle Van Noy | BYU | JR | LB | 5 | 8.5 | 38 | 1.70 |
| 3 | Ezekiel Ansah | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 1.00 |
| 4 | Prince Shembo | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 11 | 10.5 | 63 | 0.96 |
| 5 | Spencer Hadley | BYU | JR | LB | 5 | 4.5 | 16 | 0.90 |
| 6 | Nate Combs | Army | SR | LB | 4 | 3.0 | 18 | 0.75 |
| 6 | Robert Kough | Army | JR | DL | 4 | 3.0 | 17 | 0.75 |
| 8 | Brandon Ogletree | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.70 |
| 9 | Stephon Tuitt | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 11 | 7.0 | 51 | 0.64 |
| 9 | Kapron Lewis-Moore | Notre Dame | SR | DL | 11 | 7.0 | 36 | 0.64 |
| 11 | Manti Te'o | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 5.0 | 19 | 0.46 |
| 11 | Louis Nix III | Notre Dame | JR | DL | 11 | 5.0 | 15 | 0.46 |
| 13 | Uona Kaveinga | BYU | SR | LB | 5 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.40 |
| 14 | Colin Linkul | Army | SO | DL | 4 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.38 |
| 14 | Jordan Drake | Navy | SO | LB | 4 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.38 |
| 16 | Romney Fuga | BYU | SR | DL | 5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.30 |
| 17 | Sheldon Day | Notre Dame | FR | DL | 11 | 3.0 | 20 | 0.27 |
| 17 | Carlo Calabrese | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.27 |
| 19 | Julian Crockett | Army | JR | RB | 4 | 1.0 | 20 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Bronson Kaufusi | BYU | FR | DL | 4 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Cody Peterson | Navy | JR | LB | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Geoffery Bacon | Army | SO | LB | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 19 | Tra'ves Bush | Navy | SR | DB | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 24 | Ishaq Williams | Notre Dame | SO | LB | 11 | 2.5 | 12 | 0.23 |
| 25 | Preston Hadley | BYU | SR | DB | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.20 |
| 25 | Joe Sampson | BYU | SR | DB | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.20 |
| 27 | Matthias Farley | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 11 | 2.0 | 9 | 0.18 |
| 28 | Holt Zalneraitis | Army | JR | DL | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.17 |
| 28 | Joe Drummond | Army | SO | DL | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 28 | Zach Watts | Army | SR | DL | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.17 |
| 31 | Tony Springmann | Notre Dame | SO | DL | 10 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.15 |
| 32 | Bennett Jackson | Notre Dame | JR | DB | 11 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.14 |
| 32 | Romeo Okwara | Notre Dame | FR | LB | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 34 | James Kelly | Army | SO | DL | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.13 |
| 34 | Matt Warrick | Navy | SR | LB | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 34 | Danny Ring | Navy | SO | DL | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 34 | Paul Quessenberry | Navy | SO | LB | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.13 |
| 38 | Russell Tialavea | BYU | SR | DL | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 38 | Jordan Johnson | BYU | SO | DB | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.10 |
| 38 | Uani Unga | BYU | JR | LB | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.10 |
| 41 | KeiVarae Russell | Notre Dame | FR | DB | 11 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.09 |
| 41 | Dan Fox | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 11 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.09 |
| 41 | TJ Jones | Notre Dame | JR | WR | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.09 |
| 41 | Zeke Motta | Notre Dame | SR | DB | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.09 |
| 45 | Kona Schwenke | Notre Dame | JR | DL | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.06 |
| 46 | Danny Spond | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 10 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.05 |
| 47 | Josh Atkinson | Notre Dame | SO | DB | 11 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.05 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.