2021 National Leaders Tackles For Loss - Games vs. FBS Teams With Winning Record Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | TFL | TFL Yards | TFL/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Chenal | Wisconsin | JR | ILB | 7 | 14.0 | 74 | 2.00 |
| 1 | Jermaine Johnson II | FSU | SR | DE | 5 | 10.0 | 52 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Will Anderson Jr. | Alabama | SO | LB | 9 | 17.0 | 88 | 1.89 |
| 4 | Nick Heninger | Utah State | SR | DE | 7 | 13.0 | 87 | 1.86 |
| 5 | Arnold Ebiketie | Penn State | SR | DE | 6 | 11.0 | 52 | 1.83 |
| 6 | Joe Ozougwu | Ark St | SR | DE | 5 | 9.0 | 40 | 1.80 |
| 7 | Troy Hairston II | CMU | SR | DL | 6 | 10.5 | 49 | 1.75 |
| 8 | Nik Bonitto | Oklahoma | JR | OLB | 5 | 8.0 | 34 | 1.60 |
| 9 | Vince Sanford | Air Force | JR | OLB | 6 | 9.5 | 71 | 1.58 |
| 9 | Kayvon Thibodeaux | Oregon | SO | DE | 6 | 9.5 | 58 | 1.58 |
| 9 | Byron Young | Tennessee | JR | DL | 6 | 9.5 | 54 | 1.58 |
| 12 | Joey Noble | New Mexico | SR | DE | 8 | 12.5 | 49 | 1.56 |
| 13 | Andre Carter II | Army | JR | OLB | 7 | 10.5 | 53 | 1.50 |
| 13 | Jordan Ferguson | MTSU | JR | DE | 5 | 7.5 | 34 | 1.50 |
| 13 | Owen Porter | Marshall | SO | DL | 5 | 7.5 | 32 | 1.50 |
| 13 | Mikel Jones | Syracuse | SO | LB | 5 | 7.5 | 29 | 1.50 |
| 13 | Shaka Heyward | Duke | JR | LB | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 1.50 |
| 18 | Damone Clark | LSU | SR | LB | 8 | 11.5 | 52 | 1.44 |
| 18 | Darius Hodges | Tulane | FR | JOK | 8 | 11.5 | 35 | 1.44 |
| 20 | Ali Fayad | W Mich | SR | DL | 7 | 10.0 | 55 | 1.43 |
| 20 | Sam Williams | Miss | SR | DL | 7 | 10.0 | 42 | 1.43 |
| 22 | Brenton Cox Jr. | Florida | JR | OLB | 6 | 8.5 | 22 | 1.42 |
| 23 | Chauncey Manac | La-Lafytte | SR | LB | 5 | 7.0 | 52 | 1.40 |
| 23 | Keir Thomas | FSU | SR | DE | 5 | 7.0 | 25 | 1.40 |
| 25 | Aidan Hutchinson | Michigan | SR | DE | 9 | 12.5 | 60 | 1.39 |
| 26 | Blaze Alldredge | Missouri | SR | LB | 8 | 11.0 | 45 | 1.38 |
| 26 | Big Kat Bryant | UCF | SR | DL | 4 | 5.5 | 20 | 1.38 |
| 28 | Grayson Murphy | N Texas | FR | DE | 7 | 9.5 | 45 | 1.36 |
| 29 | Micah McFadden | Indiana | SR | LB | 10 | 13.5 | 90 | 1.35 |
| 30 | Devin Lloyd | Utah | JR | LB | 9 | 12.0 | 53 | 1.33 |
| 30 | Chris Ojoh | NMSU | JR | LB | 6 | 8.0 | 44 | 1.33 |
| 30 | Habakkuk Baldonado | Pittsburgh | JR | DL | 6 | 8.0 | 36 | 1.33 |
| 33 | Dante Stills | WVU | SR | DL | 8 | 10.5 | 56 | 1.31 |
| 33 | Nick Hampton | App St | JR | OLB | 8 | 10.5 | 41 | 1.31 |
| 35 | Will McDonald IV | Iowa State | JR | DE | 7 | 9.0 | 54 | 1.29 |
| 35 | Ralph Holley | W Mich | SR | DL | 7 | 9.0 | 39 | 1.29 |
| 35 | Arron Mosby | Fresno St | SR | DE | 7 | 9.0 | 28 | 1.29 |
| 38 | Isaiah McGuire | Missouri | JR | DL | 8 | 10.0 | 38 | 1.25 |
| 38 | Viliami Fehoko | SJSU | SO | DL | 6 | 7.5 | 29 | 1.25 |
| 38 | Anfernee Orji | Vanderbilt | JR | LB | 6 | 7.5 | 25 | 1.25 |
| 38 | Abraham Beauplan | Marshall | JR | LB | 6 | 7.5 | 19 | 1.25 |
| 38 | James Patterson | Buffalo | SR | LB | 4 | 5.0 | 13 | 1.25 |
| 43 | Collin Oliver | Okla St | FR | DE | 9 | 11.0 | 60 | 1.22 |
| 44 | Jonah Tavai | SDSU | SR | DL | 7 | 8.5 | 44 | 1.21 |
| 44 | Terrel Bernard | Baylor | SR | LB | 7 | 8.5 | 42 | 1.21 |
| 44 | Mohamed Kamara | CSU | JR | LB | 7 | 8.5 | 38 | 1.21 |
| 44 | Cameron Thomas | SDSU | JR | DL | 7 | 8.5 | 38 | 1.21 |
| 44 | Isaiah Gay | Illinois | SR | OLB | 7 | 8.5 | 32 | 1.21 |
| 44 | Scott Patchan | CSU | SR | DL | 7 | 8.5 | 29 | 1.21 |
| 50 | Isaiah Thomas | Oklahoma | SR | DL | 5 | 6.0 | 34 | 1.20 |
| 50 | Kivon Bennett | Ark St | JR | DL | 5 | 6.0 | 19 | 1.20 |
| 50 | JD Bertrand | Notre Dame | SO | LB | 5 | 6.0 | 17 | 1.20 |
| 50 | Josh Carr, Jr. | USM | JR | DL | 5 | 6.0 | 16 | 1.20 |
| 54 | Brock Martin | Okla St | SR | DE | 8 | 9.5 | 44 | 1.19 |
| 54 | Jalen Pitre | Baylor | SR | S | 8 | 9.5 | 40 | 1.19 |
| 56 | Nick Herbig | Wisconsin | SO | OLB | 9 | 10.5 | 56 | 1.17 |
| 56 | Storey Jackson | Liberty | SR | LB | 6 | 7.0 | 39 | 1.17 |
| 56 | Desjuan Johnson | Toledo | JR | DE | 6 | 7.0 | 28 | 1.17 |
| 56 | Ricky Barber | UCF | SO | DL | 3 | 3.5 | 10 | 1.17 |
| 60 | David Perales | Fresno St | SR | DE | 7 | 8.0 | 49 | 1.14 |
| 60 | Jeremy Banks | Tennessee | JR | LB | 7 | 8.0 | 37 | 1.14 |
| 60 | Justin Rice | Utah State | SR | ILB | 7 | 8.0 | 27 | 1.14 |
| 60 | DeAngelo Malone | Western Ky | SR | DE | 7 | 8.0 | 22 | 1.14 |
| 64 | Zach VanValkenburg | Iowa | SR | DL | 8 | 9.0 | 46 | 1.13 |
| 64 | Taijh Alston | WVU | JR | DL | 8 | 9.0 | 33 | 1.13 |
| 64 | D'Marco Jackson | App St | SR | ILB | 8 | 9.0 | 31 | 1.13 |
| 64 | Micah Baskerville | LSU | SR | LB | 8 | 9.0 | 26 | 1.13 |
| 64 | Elijah Chatman | SMU | JR | DE | 4 | 4.5 | 22 | 1.13 |
| 64 | DQ Thomas | MTSU | SR | LB | 4 | 4.5 | 15 | 1.13 |
| 70 | Nakobe Dean | Georgia | JR | ILB | 9 | 10.0 | 59 | 1.11 |
| 70 | Jack Sanborn | Wisconsin | SR | ILB | 9 | 10.0 | 43 | 1.11 |
| 70 | Malcolm Rodriguez | Okla St | SR | LB | 9 | 10.0 | 31 | 1.11 |
| 73 | Jalen Redmond | Oklahoma | SO | DL | 5 | 5.5 | 21 | 1.10 |
| 73 | D'Anthony Jones | Houston | JR | DL | 5 | 5.5 | 20 | 1.10 |
| 73 | Mike Brown | Miami (Oh) | SR | DB | 5 | 5.5 | 13 | 1.10 |
| 73 | Antonio Johnson | Texas A&M | SO | DB | 5 | 5.5 | 11 | 1.10 |
| 77 | Clarence Hicks | UTSA | SR | OLB | 6 | 6.5 | 35 | 1.08 |
| 77 | Daniel Green | Kansas St | JR | LB | 6 | 6.5 | 32 | 1.08 |
| 77 | Donavan King | NMSU | JR | DL | 6 | 6.5 | 17 | 1.08 |
| 80 | Tyree Wilson | Texas Tech | JR | DL | 7 | 7.5 | 57 | 1.07 |
| 80 | Tomon Fox | N Carolina | SR | LB | 7 | 7.5 | 44 | 1.07 |
| 80 | Jose Ramirez | EMU | SO | DL | 7 | 7.5 | 26 | 1.07 |
| 83 | BJ Ojulari | LSU | SO | DE | 8 | 8.5 | 43 | 1.06 |
| 83 | Jacoby Windmon | UNLV | JR | ILB | 8 | 8.5 | 42 | 1.06 |
| 85 | Bryce Cosby | Ball State | SR | S | 10 | 10.5 | 46 | 1.05 |
| 86 | Diego Fagot | Navy | SR | LB | 10 | 10.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Christian Harris | Alabama | JR | LB | 9 | 9.0 | 54 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Neil Farrell Jr. | LSU | SR | DT | 8 | 8.0 | 34 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Antonio Grier | S Florida | SR | LB | 8 | 8.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Gabe Reid | Stanford | SR | OLB | 8 | 8.0 | 16 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Gabriel Murphy | N Texas | FR | DE | 7 | 7.0 | 40 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Dion Novil | N Texas | SR | DL | 7 | 7.0 | 34 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Yasir Abdullah | Louisville | JR | LB | 7 | 7.0 | 32 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Braden Fiske | W Mich | SO | DL | 7 | 7.0 | 32 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Keshawn Banks | SDSU | SR | DL | 7 | 7.0 | 28 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Matthew Butler | Tennessee | SR | DL | 7 | 7.0 | 27 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Mark Robinson | Miss | SR | LB | 7 | 7.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Jordan Jackson | Air Force | SR | DT | 6 | 6.0 | 44 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Dayon Hayes | Pittsburgh | SO | DL | 6 | 6.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| 86 | Devon Witherspoon | Illinois | SO | DB | 6 | 6.0 | 23 | 1.00 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.