Performance archive

2017 Single-Game Sacks Leaders

The season’s 25 highest individual sacks totals, with team, opponent, score, week, and game context.

Season

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Metric

Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Rushing Yards Rushing Touchdowns Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns Receptions Tackles Sacks Tackles for Loss

Top 25 performances

Ties use player name, player ID, then game ID for a stable order.

Rank	Player	Total	Game	When
1	Sherand Boyd Jr. Northern Colorado	9 sacks	vs. Colorado 21–41 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 16
2	Dylan Jackson Stanford	7 sacks	vs. Arizona State 34–24 Game details →	Week 5 Sep 30
3	Peter Kalambayi Stanford	7 sacks	vs. San Diego State 17–20 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 17
4	Bradd Ellis Ohio	6 sacks	vs. Buffalo 24–31 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 24
5	Mike Hughes Jr. UNLV	6 sacks	vs. San José State 41–13 Game details →	Week 5 Oct 1
6	Mat Boesen TCU	5.5 sacks	vs. Baylor 45–22 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 24
7	Austin Bryant Clemson	4 sacks	vs. Auburn 14–6 Game details →	Week 2 Sep 9
8	Cedric Wilcots II New Mexico State	4 sacks	vs. Texas State 45–35 Game details →	Week 10 Nov 4
9	Joe Ostman Central Michigan	4 sacks	vs. Ball State 56–9 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 21
10	Joshua Kaindoh Florida State	4 sacks	vs. Delaware State 77–6 Game details →	Week 12 Nov 18
11	Justin Lawler SMU	4 sacks	vs. UConn 49–28 Game details →	Week 5 Sep 30
12	Kylan Wilborn Arizona	4 sacks	vs. UCLA 47–30 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 15
13	Roderic Teamer Tulane	4 sacks	vs. Army 21–17 Game details →	Week 4 Sep 23
14	Roderic Teamer Tulane	4 sacks	vs. East Carolina 31–24 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 12
15	William Davis Florida Atlantic	4 sacks	vs. Bethune-Cookman 45–0 Game details →	Week 3 Sep 16
16	Cedric Wilcots II New Mexico State	3.5 sacks	vs. Idaho 17–10 Game details →	Week 13 Nov 25
17	Clelin Ferrell Clemson	3.5 sacks	vs. Syracuse 24–27 Game details →	Week 7 Oct 13
18	Garret Dooley Wisconsin	3.5 sacks	vs. Northwestern 33–24 Game details →	Week 5 Sep 30
19	Genard Avery Memphis	3.5 sacks	vs. Tulane 56–26 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 28
20	Malik Reed Nevada	3.5 sacks	vs. San José State 59–14 Game details →	Week 11 Nov 11
21	Anthony Winbush Ball State	3 sacks	vs. Illinois 21–24 Game details →	Week 1 Sep 2
22	Antonious Sims App State	3 sacks	vs. Massachusetts 27–30 Game details →	Week 9 Oct 28
23	Brian Womac Rice	3 sacks	vs. UTSA 7–20 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 21
24	Carl Granderson Wyoming	3 sacks	vs. Boise State 14–24 Game details →	Week 8 Oct 22
25	Charles Wright Vanderbilt	3 sacks	vs. Middle Tennessee 28–6 Game details →	Week 1 Sep 3

Methodology and coverage

Results come from numeric player game-stat rows for the selected season and curated metric. Duplicate game-player-stat records are resolved before ranking. Offensive categories cover more historical seasons than defensive categories, so the available season list changes with the metric.

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