College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive sacks recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Jacksonville State (2.92)
Best Season
Southern Miss 2019 (4.23)
Scope
Conference USA • 2023
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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 2023 leaderboard, the visible range runs 2.92 to 1.92, with Jacksonville State setting the pace.
Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and UTEP is the latest winner at 2.33.
The gap from No. 1 Jacksonville State to No. 5 Middle Tennessee is 1.01, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 2.92 in 2024 to 2.33 in 2025, a swing of 0.58. Jacksonville State's current mark of 2.92 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 2.80 held by Marshall.
Top 9 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2023 | 2.92 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2023 | 2.07 |
| 3 | UTEP | Conference USA | 2023 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2023 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2023 | 1.92 |
| 6 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2023 | 1.71 |
| 7 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2023 | 1.42 |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2023 | 1.33 |
| 9 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2023 | 1.00 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UTEP | Conference USA | 2.33 |
| 2024 | UTEP | Conference USA | 2.92 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.92 |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.69 |
| 2021 | Marshall | Conference USA | 3.08 |
| 2020 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | 2.78 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 4.23 |
| 2018 | UAB | Conference USA | 3.07 |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | 2.86 |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 3.14 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.80 | 2019 (3.62) |
| 2 | UAB | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 2.53 | 2019 (4.00) |
| 3 | North Texas | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.43 | 2019 (3.67) |
| 4 | Southern Miss | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.29 | 2019 (4.23) |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.25 | 2019 (3.36) |
| 6 | Jacksonville State | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 2.21 | 2023 (2.92) |
| 7 | Middle Tennessee | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 2.11 | 2022 (2.69) |
| 8 | Kennesaw State | 2025, 2024 | 2.02 | 2025 (2.21) |
| 9 | Delaware | 2025 | 2.00 | 2025 (2.00) |
| 10 | Western Kentucky | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.96 | 2021 (2.57) |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.93 | 2016 (3.14) |
| 12 | Missouri State | 2025 | 1.85 | 2025 (1.85) |
| 13 | UTEP | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.78 | 2024 (2.92) |
| 14 | Sam Houston | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 1.77 | 2024 (2.15) |
| 15 | Rice | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.74 | 2017 (2.33) |
| 16 | Florida International | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.64 | 2025 (2.31) |
| 17 | Charlotte | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 1.59 | 2019 (3.85) |
| 18 | New Mexico State | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 1.58 | 2023 (2.07) |
| 19 | Liberty | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 1.57 | 2023 (1.71) |
Jacksonville State ranks first at 2.92 in 2023.
Marshall owns the strongest all-time average at 2.80 across 6 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
UTEP 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.