College Football Stat Leaders

2021 ACC Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Pittsburgh (3.86)

Best Season

Clemson 2019 (4.80)

Scope

ACC • 2021

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Sacks Per Game Reads

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 2021 leaderboard, the visible range runs 3.86 to 2.75, with Pittsburgh setting the pace.

ACC Context

ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Miami is the latest winner at 3.13.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Pittsburgh to No. 5 Florida State is 1.11, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.38 in 2024 to 3.13 in 2025, a swing of 0.26. Pittsburgh's current mark of 3.86 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 3.23 held by Clemson.

Leaderboard

Top 14 rows for the current route scope.

1PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference20213.86
2ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference20213.15
3SyracuseAtlantic Coast Conference20213.08
4NC StateAtlantic Coast Conference20212.83
5Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference20212.75
6MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference20212.75
7Wake ForestAtlantic Coast Conference20212.71
8LouisvilleAtlantic Coast Conference20212.46
9North CarolinaAtlantic Coast Conference20212.23
10Virginia TechAtlantic Coast Conference20211.92
11DukeAtlantic Coast Conference20211.75
12Boston CollegeAtlantic Coast Conference20211.67
13Georgia TechAtlantic Coast Conference20211.67
14VirginiaAtlantic Coast Conference20211.58

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Sacks Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference3.13
2024DukeAtlantic Coast Conference3.38
2023Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference3.29
2022LouisvilleAtlantic Coast Conference3.69
2021PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference3.86
2020PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference4.09
2019ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference4.80
2018ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference3.33
2017ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference3.29
2016Florida StateAtlantic Coast Conference3.77

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Clemson2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20163.232019 (4.80)
2Pittsburgh2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20163.142019 (4.62)
3Miami2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20163.012019 (4.23)
4SMU2025, 20242.922024 (3.07)
5Florida State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.612016 (3.77)
6NC State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.492019 (3.50)
7Virginia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.482019 (3.54)
8Duke2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.422024 (3.38)
9North Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.382020 (3.00)
10Louisville2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.362022 (3.69)
11Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.292019 (4.29)
12Wake Forest2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.252016 (3.15)
13Syracuse2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.232018 (3.15)
14California2025, 20242.082024 (2.62)
15Boston College2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.042016 (3.62)
16Stanford2025, 20242.002024 (2.08)
17Georgia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.712022 (2.33)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the ACC sacks per game leaderboard in 2021?

Pittsburgh ranks first at 3.86 in 2021.

Which ACC program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

Clemson owns the strongest all-time average at 3.23 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the ACC race compare with the recent trend?

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.