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 8.92 to 6.54, with Duke setting the pace.
College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Duke (8.92)
Best Season
Miami 2019 (11.54)
Scope
ACC • 2024
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Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.
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 8.92 to 6.54, with Duke setting the pace.
ACC teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Pittsburgh is the latest winner at 7.69.
The gap from No. 1 Duke to No. 5 NC State is 2.38, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 8.92 in 2024 to 7.69 in 2025, a swing of 1.23. Duke's current mark of 8.92 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 8.02 held by Miami.
Top 17 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 8.92 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 8.15 |
| 3 | SMU | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.79 |
| 4 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.62 |
| 5 | NC State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.54 |
| 6 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.38 |
| 7 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.36 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 6.23 |
| 9 | California | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.85 |
| 10 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.75 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.62 |
| 12 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.54 |
| 13 | Syracuse | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.38 |
| 14 | Stanford | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 5.25 |
| 15 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 4.92 |
| 16 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 4.92 |
| 17 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference | 2024 | 4.75 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 7.69 |
| 2024 | Duke | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8.92 |
| 2023 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast Conference | 7.00 |
| 2022 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 7.57 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8.07 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast Conference | 10.00 |
| 2019 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 11.54 |
| 2018 | Miami | Atlantic Coast Conference | 10.31 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8.08 |
| 2016 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast Conference | 8.67 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 8.02 | 2019 (11.54) |
| 2 | Clemson | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.77 | 2019 (9.27) |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.38 | 2020 (10.00) |
| 4 | Wake Forest | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.74 | 2017 (8.08) |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.72 | 2019 (8.46) |
| 6 | NC State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.64 | 2019 (8.50) |
| 7 | SMU | 2025, 2024 | 6.55 | 2024 (6.79) |
| 8 | Florida State | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.38 | 2021 (7.17) |
| 9 | Duke | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.36 | 2024 (8.92) |
| 10 | Louisville | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.19 | 2019 (7.92) |
| 11 | Syracuse | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.97 | 2021 (7.00) |
| 12 | Boston College | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.87 | 2019 (9.54) |
| 13 | North Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.73 | 2019 (8.08) |
| 14 | Virginia | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.49 | 2019 (8.29) |
| 15 | California | 2025, 2024 | 5.23 | 2024 (5.85) |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.23 | 2019 (7.00) |
| 17 | Stanford | 2025, 2024 | 5.08 | 2024 (5.25) |
Duke ranks first at 8.92 in 2024.
Miami owns the strongest all-time average at 8.02 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
Pittsburgh 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.