College Football Stat Leaders

2018 American Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

East Carolina (8.75)

Best Season

South Florida 2019 (12.83)

Scope

American • 2018

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 2018 leaderboard, the visible range runs 8.75 to 6.77, with East Carolina setting the pace.

American Context

American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and East Carolina is the latest winner at 7.77.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 East Carolina to No. 5 South Florida is 1.98, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 8.69 in 2024 to 7.77 in 2025, a swing of 0.92. East Carolina's current mark of 8.75 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 7.39 held by UCF.

Leaderboard

Top 13 rows for the current route scope.

1East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference20188.75
2UCFAmerican Athletic Conference20188.08
3SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20187.42
4MemphisAmerican Athletic Conference20187.14
5South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20186.77
6HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference20186.69
7TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference20186.54
8UTSAAmerican Athletic20186.50
9CincinnatiAmerican Athletic Conference20186.38
10TempleAmerican Athletic Conference20186.31
11TulsaAmerican Athletic Conference20184.92
12UConnAmerican Athletic Conference20184.25
13NavyAmerican Athletic Conference20182.85

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
2025East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference7.77
2024UTSAAmerican Athletic8.69
2023UTSAAmerican Athletic7.62
2022TempleAmerican Athletic Conference7.33
2021TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference7.33
2020TulaneAmerican Athletic Conference8.42
2019South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference12.83
2018East CarolinaAmerican Athletic Conference8.75
2017South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference8.42
2016HoustonAmerican Athletic Conference7.77

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1UCF2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.392019 (10.92)
2UTSA2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.082019 (9.75)
3South Florida2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.022019 (12.83)
4Houston2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20167.012016 (7.77)
5SMU2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.932019 (10.62)
6Cincinnati2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.662019 (8.29)
7Temple2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.382019 (8.92)
8Tulane2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.312020 (8.42)
9East Carolina2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.232018 (8.75)
10Memphis2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.072019 (7.14)
11Florida Atlantic2025, 2024, 20236.002023 (6.92)
12Tulsa2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.832020 (7.44)
13Rice2025, 2024, 20235.262024 (6.25)
14Navy2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20164.952019 (7.77)
15UConn2019, 2018, 2017, 20164.752017 (5.50)
16North Texas2025, 2024, 20234.742025 (5.29)
17Charlotte2025, 2024, 20234.642023 (5.00)
18UAB2025, 2024, 20234.062025 (4.08)
19Army2025, 20243.762024 (4.14)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the American tackles for loss per game leaderboard in 2018?

East Carolina ranks first at 8.75 in 2018.

Which American program has the best long-term tackles for loss per game profile?

UCF owns the strongest all-time average at 7.39 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the American race compare with the recent trend?

East Carolina 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.