CFB Leaders · TFL
Defense · 2021 regular season · FBS
Top 100
2021 REG
| # | Player | Pos | Tm | Solo | Ast | Tot | TFL ↓ | Sk | QBH | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Anderson Jr. | LB | ALA | 52 | 39 | 91 | 30.0 | 15.5 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Devin Lloyd | LB | UTAH | 63 | 44 | 107 | 22.0 | 8.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Cameron Thomas | DL | SDSU | 30 | 38 | 68 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Scott Patchan | DL | CSU | 34 | 34 | 68 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 5 | Arnold Ebiketie | DE | PSU | 34 | 28 | 62 | 18.0 | 9.5 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 6 | D'Marco Jackson | LB | APP | 55 | 59 | 114 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Jermaine Johnson | DE | FSU | 34 | 36 | 70 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 2 | — |
| 8 | Jalen Pitre | S | BAY | 54 | 16 | 70 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Javon Solomon | LB | TROY | 25 | 25 | 50 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Kivon Bennett | LB | ARST | 28 | 30 | 58 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 11 | DeAngelo Malone | DE | WKU | 41 | 47 | 88 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | — |
| 12 | Nick Hampton | LB | APP | 35 | 30 | 65 | 16.5 | 10.0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 13 | Jordan Ferguson | DE | MTSU | 28 | 27 | 55 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 | — |
| 14 | Andre Carter II | LB | ARMY | 31 | 10 | 41 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Leo Chenal | LB | WIS | 51 | 36 | 87 | 16.5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Darius Hodges | DL | TULN | 33 | 7 | 40 | 16.5 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 17 | Clarence Hicks | LB | UTSA | 24 | 11 | 35 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Joey Noble | DE | UNM | 39 | 27 | 66 | 16.0 | 6.5 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 19 | Malcolm Rodriguez | LB | OKST | 68 | 50 | 118 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 20 | Ali Fayad | DE | WMU | 25 | 10 | 35 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Joe Ozougwu | LB | ARST | 33 | 23 | 56 | 16.0 | 7.5 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Josaiah Stewart | DE | CCU | 24 | 18 | 42 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Micah McFadden | LB | IU | 49 | 28 | 77 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | — |
| 24 | Chris Ojoh | LB | NMSU | 43 | 28 | 71 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Aidan Hutchinson | DL | MICH | 33 | 25 | 58 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 12 | 3 | — |
| 26 | Joshua Paschal | DE | UK | 24 | 28 | 52 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Damone Clark | LB | LSU | 78 | 58 | 136 | 15.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | Nik Bonitto | LB | OU | 23 | 16 | 39 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Collin Oliver | LB | OKST | 20 | 8 | 28 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 30 | KD Davis | LB | UNT | 46 | 60 | 106 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 31 | Vince Sanford | LB | AF | 44 | 12 | 56 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 9 | 3 | — |
| 32 | Sam Williams | DL | MISS | 30 | 26 | 56 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 33 | Rondell Bothroyd | DL | WAKE | 34 | 27 | 61 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Yasir Abdullah | LB | LOU | 35 | 17 | 52 | 14.5 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 35 | Ralph Holley | DT | WMU | 24 | 11 | 35 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 36 | Nick Heninger | DE | USU | 25 | 42 | 67 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | — |
| 37 | Jamal Hines | LB | TOL | 33 | 49 | 82 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 2 | 8 | — |
| 38 | Felix Anudike | DE | KSU | 36 | 14 | 50 | 14.5 | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 39 | DQ Thomas | LB | MTSU | 50 | 29 | 79 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Jack Sanborn | LB | WIS | 38 | 36 | 74 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 41 | Arron Mosby | DE | FRES | 23 | 16 | 39 | 14.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 42 | Chauncey Manac | LB | UL | 34 | 21 | 55 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 43 | Darius Muasau | LB | HAW | 65 | 43 | 108 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Daniel Green | LB | KSU | 65 | 18 | 83 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 45 | Kameron Butler | DE | M-OH | 29 | 20 | 49 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Troy Hairston | DL | CMU | 26 | 24 | 50 | 13.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 47 | Carson Wells | LB | COLO | 33 | 18 | 51 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 48 | Jaxon Player | DL | TLSA | 19 | 26 | 45 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 49 | Drake Thomas | LB | NCSU | 48 | 51 | 99 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | Big Kat Bryant | DE | UCF | 27 | 21 | 48 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 51 | Calijah Kancey | DL | PITT | 23 | 9 | 32 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 52 | Logan Hall | DL | HOU | 24 | 23 | 47 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 53 | Will McDonald | DE | ISU | 22 | 10 | 32 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 6 | 2 | — |
| 54 | Mika Tafua | DE | UTAH | 30 | 17 | 47 | 13.0 | 9.5 | 5 | 3 | — |
| 55 | David Perales | DE | FRES | 19 | 21 | 40 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 56 | Dante Stills | DL | WVU | 25 | 7 | 32 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | Myles Murphy | DE | CLEM | 20 | 15 | 35 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 58 | Blaze Alldredge | LB | MIZ | 48 | 27 | 75 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 59 | Kevin Atkins | DT | FRES | 26 | 13 | 39 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 60 | Junior Fehoko | DL | SJSU | 21 | 16 | 37 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 5 | 6 | — |
| 61 | Grayson Murphy | DL | UNT | 16 | 16 | 32 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 62 | Corvin Moment | LB | WMU | 48 | 16 | 64 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 63 | DeMarvin Leal | DL | TA&M | 27 | 31 | 58 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 64 | Curtis Brooks | DT | CIN | 30 | 20 | 50 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 65 | Ivan Pace Jr. | LB | M-OH | 57 | 59 | 116 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 66 | Lonnie Phelps | DE | M-OH | 22 | 7 | 29 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 67 | Chance Campbell | LB | MISS | 39 | 60 | 99 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 11 | 2 | — |
| 68 | James Patterson | LB | BUF | 49 | 65 | 114 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Zach VanValkenburg | DL | IOWA | 26 | 24 | 50 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 70 | Derick Hall | LB | AUB | 33 | 18 | 51 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 71 | Jonah Tavai | DL | SDSU | 20 | 21 | 41 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 72 | Mikel Jones | LB | SYR | 59 | 50 | 109 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 73 | Praise Amaewhule | DE | UTEP | 21 | 17 | 38 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 10 | 5 | — |
| 74 | Luke Masterson | DB | WAKE | 51 | 27 | 78 | 12.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 75 | Trenton Simpson | LB | CLEM | 37 | 22 | 59 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 76 | Brock Martin | DE | OKST | 19 | 19 | 38 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 77 | Mike Rose | LB | ISU | 36 | 37 | 73 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 78 | Kayvon Thibodeaux | DE | ORE | 35 | 14 | 49 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 79 | Habakkuk Baldonado | DL | PITT | 24 | 16 | 40 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| 80 | Isaiah McGuire | DL | MIZ | 29 | 13 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 81 | David Ojabo | LB | MICH | 24 | 11 | 35 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | — |
| 82 | Nick Herbig | LB | WIS | 35 | 19 | 54 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 83 | Storey Jackson | LB | LIB | 55 | 38 | 93 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 84 | Keir Thomas | DE | FSU | 23 | 19 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 15 | 1 | — |
| 85 | Desjaun Johnson | DT | TOL | 31 | 36 | 67 | 12.0 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 86 | Karl Brooks | DL | BGSU | 14 | 27 | 41 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 87 | Isaiah Thomas | DL | OU | 18 | 20 | 38 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | — |
| 88 | Tyler Lacy | DE | OKST | 21 | 13 | 34 | 11.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 89 | Cody Roscoe | DL | SYR | 24 | 21 | 45 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 90 | Justin Rice | LB | USU | 57 | 58 | 115 | 11.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 91 | Isaiah Foskey | DL | ND | 33 | 14 | 47 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 92 | Jacoby Windmon | LB | UNLV | 72 | 46 | 118 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 93 | Zachary Carter | DL | FLA | 15 | 16 | 31 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 94 | Eyioma Uwazurike | DE | ISU | 16 | 21 | 37 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 95 | Garrett Nelson | DE | NEB | 25 | 32 | 57 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 96 | Anfernee Orji | LB | VAN | 43 | 28 | 71 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 97 | Tristan Nichols | DT | NEV | 19 | 8 | 27 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 98 | Perrion Winfrey | DL | OU | 11 | 12 | 23 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 99 | William Kwenkeu | LB | TEM | 32 | 19 | 51 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 100 | Joel Dublanko | LB | CIN | 56 | 50 | 106 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |