2017 American Athletic Conference Leaders Passes Defended - Games in December/January Only through 01/08/2018
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tito Windham | Memphis | JR | DB | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Sean Chandler | Temple | SR | DB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Ronnie Hoggins | S Florida | JR | CB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Linwood Crump | Temple | SO | DB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Tre Neal | UCF | JR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Terrell Carter | Memphis | FR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Jonathan Cook | Memphis | SR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 8 | Chequan Burkett | UCF | SR | ILB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Justin Norton | Navy | SR | OLB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 8 | D'Juan Hines | Houston | SR | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Jaymon Thomas | S Florida | JR | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Devin Abraham | S Florida | SR | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Shaun Bradley | Temple | SO | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Garrett Davis | Houston | JR | S | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Matthew Adams | Houston | SR | LB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Terrell Williams | Houston | SR | S | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Jeremy Winchester | Houston | JR | CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Payton Turner | Houston | FR | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Deatrick Nichols | S Florida | SR | CB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Cedric Lancaster | SMU | SR | DB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Mikial Onu | SMU | SO | S | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Mike Jones | Temple | SR | DB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Sam Franklin | Temple | SO | LB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Karamo Dioubate | Temple | SO | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Dan Archibong | Temple | FR | DL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 26 | Antwan Collier | UCF | FR | DB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Sean Williams | Navy | JR | S | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Nevelle Clarke | UCF | SO | DB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Shaquem Griffin | UCF | SR | LB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Seyvon Lowry | UCF | SR | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Shareef White | Memphis | SR | LB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Tim Hart | Memphis | FR | LB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Tyris Wooten | Navy | SR | CB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 26 | Jackson Pittman | Navy | SO | NG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.