College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive sacks recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Florida State (3.77)
Best Season
Clemson 2019 (4.80)
Scope
ACC • 2016
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
Sacks per game captures pass-rush production and the ability to end opponent drives with negative plays, though it should be read with opponent pass volume and game script. On this 2016 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.77 to 3.15, with Florida State setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Miami is the latest winner at 3.13.
The gap from No. 1 Florida State to No. 5 Wake Forest is 0.62, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.38 in 2024 to 3.13 in 2025, a swing of 0.26. Florida State's current mark of 3.77 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.23 held by Clemson.
Top 14 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 3.77 |
| 2 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 3.62 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 3.31 |
| 4 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 3.27 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 3.15 |
| 6 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.85 |
| 7 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.69 |
| 8 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.42 |
| 9 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.31 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.29 |
| 11 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 2.00 |
| 12 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 1.92 |
| 13 | Syracuse | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 1.42 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2016 | 1.38 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.13 |
| 2024 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.38 |
| 2023 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.29 |
| 2022 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.69 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.86 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 4.09 |
| 2019 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 4.80 |
| 2018 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.33 |
| 2017 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.29 |
| 2016 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 3.77 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 3.23 | 2019 (4.80) |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 3.14 | 2019 (4.62) |
| 3 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 3.01 | 2019 (4.23) |
| 4 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 2.92 | 2024 (3.07) |
| 5 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.61 | 2016 (3.77) |
| 6 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.49 | 2019 (3.50) |
| 7 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.48 | 2019 (3.54) |
| 8 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.42 | 2024 (3.38) |
| 9 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.38 | 2020 (3.00) |
| 10 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.36 | 2022 (3.69) |
| 11 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.29 | 2019 (4.29) |
| 12 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.25 | 2016 (3.15) |
| 13 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.23 | 2018 (3.15) |
| 14 | California | 2025, 2024 | 2.08 | 2024 (2.62) |
| 15 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.04 | 2016 (3.62) |
| 16 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 2.00 | 2024 (2.08) |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.71 | 2022 (2.33) |
Florida State ranks first at 3.77 in 2016.
Clemson owns the strongest all-time average at 3.23 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Miami is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.