2016 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. Conference Teams Only through 01/09/2017
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ja'Von Rolland-Jones | Ark St | JR | DE | 8 | 17.5 | 80 | 2.19 |
| 1 | Marquel Lee | Wk Forest | SR | LB | 8 | 17.5 | 65 | 2.19 |
| 3 | Fred Warner | BYU | JR | LB | 1 | 2.0 | 11 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Greer Martini | Notre Dame | JR | LB | 1 | 2.0 | 7 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Derek Barnett | Tennessee | JR | DE | 8 | 15.0 | 92 | 1.88 |
| 5 | Tau Lotulelei | UNLV | SR | LB | 8 | 15.0 | 33 | 1.88 |
| 7 | Haason Reddick | Temple | SR | DL | 9 | 16.5 | 71 | 1.83 |
| 8 | Chris Odom | Ark St | SR | DE | 8 | 14.5 | 94 | 1.81 |
| 9 | Hunter Dimick | Utah | SR | DE | 9 | 16.0 | 70 | 1.78 |
| 9 | Dorance Armstrong Jr. | Kansas | SO | DE | 9 | 16.0 | 62 | 1.78 |
| 9 | Takkarist McKinley | UCLA | SR | DL | 9 | 16.0 | 61 | 1.78 |
| 9 | Tegray Scales | Indiana | JR | LB | 9 | 16.0 | 46 | 1.78 |
| 13 | Randy Allen | USA | SR | DE | 8 | 14.0 | 75 | 1.75 |
| 13 | Bradley Chubb | NC State | JR | DE | 8 | 14.0 | 56 | 1.75 |
| 15 | Shaquem Griffin | UCF | JR | LB | 8 | 13.5 | 65 | 1.69 |
| 16 | Woody Baron | Va Tech | SR | DT | 9 | 15.0 | 56 | 1.67 |
| 17 | Marcus Oliver | Indiana | JR | LB | 9 | 14.5 | 70 | 1.61 |
| 18 | Tanzel Smart | Tulane | SR | DT | 8 | 12.5 | 52 | 1.56 |
| 19 | Tim Williams | Alabama | SR | LB | 9 | 14.0 | 104 | 1.56 |
| 20 | Ryan Anderson | Alabama | SR | LB | 9 | 13.5 | 68 | 1.50 |
| 20 | Harold Landry | BC | JR | DE | 8 | 12.0 | 76 | 1.50 |
| 20 | Jahlani Tavai | Hawai'i | SO | LB | 8 | 12.0 | 38 | 1.50 |
| 20 | Zach Cunningham | Vanderbilt | JR | ILB | 8 | 12.0 | 25 | 1.50 |
| 20 | James Onwualu | Notre Dame | SR | LB | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 20 | Trajan Pili | BYU | FR | DL | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 26 | Jordan Willis | Kansas St | SR | DE | 9 | 13.0 | 80 | 1.44 |
| 26 | Tremaine Edmunds | Va Tech | SO | LB | 9 | 13.0 | 50 | 1.44 |
| 26 | Dawuane Smoot | Illinois | SR | DL | 9 | 13.0 | 47 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Trey Hendrickson | FAU | SR | DE | 8 | 11.5 | 64 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Brandon Crawford | Buffalo | SR | DL | 8 | 11.5 | 56 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Ejuan Price | Pittsburgh | SR | DL | 8 | 11.5 | 45 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Ed Oliver | Houston | FR | DT | 8 | 11.5 | 29 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Larry Ogunjobi | Charlotte | SR | DL | 8 | 11.5 | 27 | 1.44 |
| 34 | Jaylon Ferguson | La Tech | SO | DE | 9 | 12.5 | 81 | 1.39 |
| 35 | Duke Ejiofor | Wk Forest | JR | DL | 8 | 11.0 | 79 | 1.38 |
| 35 | Charles Harris | Missouri | JR | DL | 8 | 11.0 | 61 | 1.38 |
| 35 | Kyle Wilson | Ark St | JR | LB | 8 | 11.0 | 24 | 1.38 |
| 38 | Arden Key | LSU | SO | DE | 7 | 9.5 | 67 | 1.36 |
| 39 | Rashad Dillard | Troy | SR | DE | 8 | 10.5 | 56 | 1.31 |
| 39 | Dylan Bradley | USM | SR | DL | 8 | 10.5 | 54 | 1.31 |
| 41 | Myles Garrett | Texas A&M | JR | DL | 7 | 9.0 | 39 | 1.29 |
| 42 | Taco Charlton | Michigan | SR | DE | 9 | 11.5 | 51 | 1.28 |
| 43 | T.J. Watt | Wisconsin | JR | OLB | 10 | 12.5 | 57 | 1.25 |
| 43 | Isaiah Irving | SJSU | SR | DE | 8 | 10.0 | 61 | 1.25 |
| 43 | Nico Marley | Tulane | SR | LB | 8 | 10.0 | 39 | 1.25 |
| 43 | Luke Carrezola | UConn | JR | LB | 8 | 10.0 | 27 | 1.25 |
| 43 | DeAngelo Brown | Louisville | SR | DT | 8 | 10.0 | 26 | 1.25 |
| 48 | Ifeadi Odenigbo | N'western | SR | DL | 9 | 11.0 | 65 | 1.22 |
| 48 | Carroll Phillips | Illinois | SR | DL | 9 | 11.0 | 51 | 1.22 |
| 48 | Blair Brown | Ohio | SR | LB | 9 | 11.0 | 51 | 1.22 |
| 48 | Tarell Basham | Ohio | SR | DL | 9 | 11.0 | 51 | 1.22 |
| 48 | Breckyn Hager | Texas | SO | DE | 9 | 11.0 | 47 | 1.22 |
| 48 | Ben Gedeon | Michigan | SR | LB | 9 | 11.0 | 46 | 1.22 |
| 54 | Frankie Hernandez | Marshall | SO | LB | 7 | 8.5 | 37 | 1.21 |
| 55 | Carl Lawson | Auburn | JR | DL | 8 | 9.5 | 59 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Joe Ostman | CMU | JR | DL | 8 | 9.5 | 54 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Justin Lawler | SMU | JR | DE | 8 | 9.5 | 50 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Mark Rucker | UCF | SR | LB | 8 | 9.5 | 41 | 1.19 |
| 55 | JT Jones | Miami (Oh) | SR | DL | 8 | 9.5 | 34 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Tabari McGaskey | Rice | SR | LB | 8 | 9.5 | 32 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Denzel Johnson | TCU | SR | S | 8 | 9.5 | 30 | 1.19 |
| 55 | Aaron Taylor | Ball State | SR | LB | 8 | 9.5 | 21 | 1.19 |
| 63 | Darius English | S Carolina | SR | DL | 8 | 9.0 | 63 | 1.13 |
| 63 | DeMarcus Walker | FSU | SR | DE | 8 | 9.0 | 49 | 1.13 |
| 63 | Aikeem Coleman | Idaho | JR | DE | 8 | 9.0 | 43 | 1.13 |
| 63 | Oshane Ximines | ODU | SO | DE | 8 | 9.0 | 41 | 1.13 |
| 63 | David Griffith | La-Monroe | SO | LB | 8 | 9.0 | 38 | 1.13 |
| 63 | Ade Aruna | Tulane | JR | DE | 8 | 9.0 | 34 | 1.13 |
| 63 | John Stepec | Toledo | SR | DE | 8 | 9.0 | 30 | 1.13 |
| 70 | Vincent Taylor | Okla St | JR | DT | 9 | 10.0 | 56 | 1.11 |
| 70 | Keion Adams | W Mich | SR | DE | 9 | 10.0 | 54 | 1.11 |
| 70 | Solomon Thomas | Stanford | JR | DE | 9 | 10.0 | 41 | 1.11 |
| 73 | Ryan Watson | Air Force | SR | LB | 6 | 6.5 | 31 | 1.08 |
| 74 | Denzil Ware | Kentucky | SO | DE | 8 | 8.5 | 59 | 1.06 |
| 74 | D.J. Palmore | Navy | JR | OLB | 8 | 8.5 | 51 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Trenton Greene | BGSU | SR | LB | 8 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Troy Dye | Oregon | FR | LB | 8 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Claude George | Texas A&M | SR | LB | 8 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Michael Shaw | Georgia St | SO | LB | 8 | 8.5 | 39 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Kennan Gilchrist | App St | SR | OLB | 8 | 8.5 | 33 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Andrew Brown | Virginia | JR | DE | 8 | 8.5 | 32 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Trent Harris | Miami (Fl) | JR | DL | 8 | 8.5 | 31 | 1.06 |
| 74 | Trayvon Henderson | Hawai'i | JR | DB | 8 | 8.5 | 30 | 1.06 |
| 84 | Garrett Sickels | Penn State | JR | DE | 10 | 10.5 | 43 | 1.05 |
| 85 | Jimmie Gilbert | Colorado | SR | OLB | 10 | 10.0 | 88 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Josh Carraway | TCU | SR | DE | 9 | 9.0 | 55 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Praise Martin-Oguike | Temple | SR | DL | 9 | 9.0 | 52 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Reggie Walker | Kansas St | FR | DE | 9 | 9.0 | 48 | 1.00 |
| 85 | JoJo Wicker | Ariz St | SO | DL | 9 | 9.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Hercules Mata'afa | Wash St | SO | DL | 9 | 9.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Kingsley Opara | Maryland | JR | DL | 9 | 9.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 85 | James Hearns | Louisville | JR | LB | 8 | 8.0 | 55 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Matt Linscott | Tulsa | SR | LB | 8 | 8.0 | 47 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Marquis Haynes | Miss | JR | DE | 8 | 8.0 | 46 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Joe Dillon | La-Lafytte | FR | DL | 8 | 8.0 | 42 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Jesse Brubaker | Tulsa | JR | DT | 8 | 8.0 | 41 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Corbin McCarthy | Duke | SR | S | 8 | 8.0 | 38 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Jordan Jones | Kentucky | SO | LB | 8 | 8.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Gus Schwieterman | BGSU | JR | DL | 8 | 8.0 | 22 | 1.00 |
| 85 | Sherrod Ruff | USM | JR | LB | 7 | 7.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.