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 | Tre Neal | UCF | JR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 1 | Terrell Carter | Memphis | FR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 1 | Jonathan Cook | Memphis | SR | DB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 1 | Sean Chandler | Temple | SR | DB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Chequan Burkett | UCF | SR | ILB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 1 | D'Juan Hines | Houston | SR | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Jaymon Thomas | S Florida | JR | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Devin Abraham | S Florida | SR | S | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Shaun Bradley | Temple | SO | LB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Antwan Collier | UCF | FR | DB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 1 | Sean Williams | Navy | JR | S | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 |