College Football Stat Leaders

2024 Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Ole Miss (9.23)

Best Season

South Florida 2019 (12.83)

Scope

All Conferences • 2024

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 Tackles For Loss Per Game Reads

Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this 2024 leaderboard, the visible range runs 9.23 to 8.08, with Ole Miss setting the pace.

Conference Context

Atlantic Coast Conference places 2 of the current top 5 teams, while Southeastern Conference owns the most recent yearly winner slot in the trend table.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Ole Miss to No. 5 South Florida is 1.15, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 9.23 in 2024 to 9.46 in 2025, a swing of 0.23. Ole Miss's current mark of 9.23 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.02 held by Miami.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20249.23
2DukeAtlantic Coast Conference20248.92
3UTSAAmerican Athletic20248.69
4PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference20248.15
5South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20248.08
6Boise StateMountain West Conference20247.93
7TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20247.77
8Central MichiganMid-American Conference20247.67
9Texas StateSun Belt Conference20247.46
10OklahomaSoutheastern Conference20247.38
11IndianaBig Ten Conference20247.31
12ColoradoBig 12 Conference20247.15
13San José StateMountain West20247.15
14UTEPConference USA20247.08
15BuffaloMid-American Conference20247.08
16James MadisonSun Belt Conference20247.08
17Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20247.08
18Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20247.06
19Penn StateBig Ten Conference20247.06
20TexasSoutheastern Conference20247.06
21East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20247.00
22UCFBig 12 Conference20246.92
23UNLVMountain West Conference20246.86
24ToledoMid-American Conference20246.85
25SMUAtlantic Coast Conference20246.79

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

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

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025OklahomaSoutheastern Conference9.46
2024Ole MissSoutheastern Conference9.23
2023James MadisonSun Belt Conference8.85
2022James MadisonSun Belt Conference8.73
2021Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference8.43
2020Colorado StateMountain West Conference10.50
2019South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference12.83
2018MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference10.31
2017Northern IllinoisMid-American Conference8.85
2016Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference10.15

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Miami2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20168.022019 (11.54)
2Clemson2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.772019 (9.27)
3James Madison2025, 2024, 2023, 20227.682023 (8.85)
4Penn State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.532019 (9.15)
5Pittsburgh2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.382020 (10.00)
6Texas A&M2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.282016 (8.54)
7Oklahoma2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.232019 (9.93)
8UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.082019 (9.75)
9South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.022019 (12.83)
10Troy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.952017 (8.62)
11Arkansas State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.942016 (10.15)
12Oklahoma State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.872021 (8.43)
13SMU2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.852019 (10.62)
14UCF2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.842019 (10.92)
15Ohio State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.822019 (9.64)
16Texas2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.822019 (7.92)
17Tennessee2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.802021 (7.92)
18Central Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.772019 (9.71)
19Wake Forest2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.742017 (8.08)
20Virginia Tech2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.722019 (8.46)
21Alabama2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.682021 (7.93)
22NC State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.642019 (8.50)
23Western Michigan2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.642019 (9.46)
24Ole Miss2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.572024 (9.23)
25Missouri2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.492017 (7.92)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads college football in tackles for loss per game in 2024?

Ole Miss ranks first at 9.23 in 2024.

Why does the 2024 tackles for loss per game season stand out?

The top of the 2024 leaderboard is separated by 1.15 from No. 1 to No. 5, which shows whether this season had a runaway leader or a tightly packed race.

How does the 2024 leader compare with the all-time average benchmark?

Ole Miss's 2024 mark of 9.23 clears the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.02 held by Miami.