College Football Stat Leaders

2021 Big 12 Sacks Per Game Leaders

Average defensive sacks recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Oklahoma State (4.07)

Best Season

Baylor 2019 (4.43)

Scope

Big 12 • 2021

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 4.07 to 2.31, with Oklahoma State setting the pace.

Big 12 Context

Big 12 teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Texas Tech is the latest winner at 2.93.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Oklahoma State to No. 5 Kansas State is 1.76, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 3.00 in 2024 to 2.93 in 2025, a swing of 0.07. Oklahoma State's current mark of 4.07 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.44 held by Oklahoma State.

Leaderboard

Top 10 rows for the current route scope.

1Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20214.07
2BaylorBig 12 Conference20213.14
3Iowa StateBig 12 Conference20212.54
4OklahomaBig 12 Conference20212.54
5Kansas StateBig 12 Conference20212.31
6West VirginiaBig 12 Conference20212.08
7TexasBig 12 Conference20211.67
8Texas TechBig 12 Conference20211.54
9KansasBig 12 Conference20211.33
10TCUBig 12 Conference20211.25

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
2025Texas TechBig 12 Conference2.93
2024ColoradoBig 12 Conference3.00
2023West VirginiaBig 12 Conference2.54
2022Texas TechBig 12 Conference2.23
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference4.07
2020OklahomaBig 12 Conference3.36
2019BaylorBig 12 Conference4.43
2018Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference3.00
2017TCUBig 12 Conference2.93
2016TexasBig 12 Conference3.42

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.442021 (4.07)
2Oklahoma2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.322020 (3.36)
3Utah2025, 20242.272025 (2.62)
4TCU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.262016 (3.31)
5West Virginia2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.202019 (3.33)
6Texas2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192016 (3.42)
7Kansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.192020 (2.80)
8Baylor2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.182019 (4.43)
9Colorado2025, 20242.082024 (3.00)
10Arizona State2025, 20242.062025 (2.62)
11Texas Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20162.002025 (2.93)
12Iowa State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.942019 (3.15)
13Houston2025, 2024, 20231.942025 (2.15)
14UCF2025, 2024, 20231.872025 (2.08)
15Kansas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20161.792016 (2.33)
16Arizona2025, 20241.642024 (1.67)
17Cincinnati2025, 2024, 20231.592025 (1.69)
18BYU2025, 2024, 20231.532025 (2.14)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Big 12 sacks per game leaderboard in 2021?

Oklahoma State ranks first at 4.07 in 2021.

Which Big 12 program has the best long-term sacks per game profile?

Oklahoma State owns the strongest all-time average at 2.44 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Big 12 race compare with the recent trend?

Texas Tech 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.