2016 Independent Leaders Sacks - Games vs. FBS Teams With Non-Winning Record Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Sacks | Sack Yards | Sacks/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Da'Sean Downey | U Mass | JR | OLB | 5 | 5.0 | 32 | 1.00 |
| 2 | Sae Tautu | BYU | SR | LB | 7 | 5.0 | 22 | 0.71 |
| 3 | Alex Aukerman | Army | JR | LB | 7 | 4.0 | 22 | 0.57 |
| 4 | Andrew King | Army | SR | LB | 7 | 3.0 | 28 | 0.43 |
| 4 | Logan Taele | BYU | SR | DL | 7 | 3.0 | 20 | 0.43 |
| 6 | Steve Casali | U Mass | JR | ILB | 5 | 2.0 | 21 | 0.40 |
| 6 | Peter Angeh | U Mass | SR | DL | 5 | 2.0 | 16 | 0.40 |
| 6 | Nyles Morgan | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 5 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.40 |
| 9 | Corbin Kaufusi | BYU | SO | DL | 7 | 2.0 | 13 | 0.29 |
| 9 | Kenneth Brinson | Army | SO | LB | 7 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.29 |
| 11 | Tedrick Lowery | U Mass | JR | S | 4 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.25 |
| 12 | Moses Kaumatule | BYU | SO | DL | 7 | 1.5 | 17 | 0.21 |
| 12 | James Nachtigal | Army | SO | LB | 7 | 1.5 | 13 | 0.21 |
| 14 | Ali Ali-Musa | U Mass | JR | DL | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.20 |
| 14 | James Onwualu | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.20 |
| 16 | Butch Pau'u | BYU | SO | LB | 6 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.17 |
| 17 | Francis Bernard | BYU | SO | LB | 7 | 1.0 | 16 | 0.14 |
| 17 | Fred Warner | BYU | JR | LB | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.14 |
| 17 | John Voit | Army | JR | DL | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.14 |
| 17 | Trajan Pili | BYU | FR | DL | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.14 |
| 21 | Austin Heder | BYU | SR | LB | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.08 |
| 22 | Jeremy Timpf | Army | SR | LB | 7 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.07 |
| 22 | Harvey Langi | BYU | SR | LB | 7 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.07 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.