College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
South Florida (12.83)
Best Season
South Florida 2019 (12.83)
Scope
American • 2019
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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 2019 leaderboard, the visible range runs 12.83 to 8.92, with South Florida setting the pace.
American teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and East Carolina is the latest winner at 7.77.
The gap from No. 1 South Florida to No. 5 Temple is 3.91, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 8.69 in 2024 to 7.77 in 2025, a swing of 0.92. South Florida's current mark of 12.83 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 7.39 held by UCF.
Top 13 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | South Florida | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 12.83 |
| 2 | UCF | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 10.92 |
| 3 | SMU | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 10.62 |
| 4 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2019 | 9.75 |
| 5 | Temple | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 8.92 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 8.29 |
| 7 | Navy | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 7.77 |
| 8 | East Carolina | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 7.50 |
| 9 | Tulane | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 7.31 |
| 10 | Memphis | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 7.14 |
| 11 | Houston | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 6.67 |
| 12 | Tulsa | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 6.67 |
| 13 | UConn | American Athletic Conference | 2019 | 4.75 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | American Athletic Conference | 7.77 |
| 2024 | UTSA | American Athletic | 8.69 |
| 2023 | UTSA | American Athletic | 7.62 |
| 2022 | Temple | American Athletic Conference | 7.33 |
| 2021 | Tulane | American Athletic Conference | 7.33 |
| 2020 | Tulane | American Athletic Conference | 8.42 |
| 2019 | South Florida | American Athletic Conference | 12.83 |
| 2018 | East Carolina | American Athletic Conference | 8.75 |
| 2017 | South Florida | American Athletic Conference | 8.42 |
| 2016 | Houston | American Athletic Conference | 7.77 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.39 | 2019 (10.92) |
| 2 | UTSA | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.08 | 2019 (9.75) |
| 3 | South Florida | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.02 | 2019 (12.83) |
| 4 | Houston | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 7.01 | 2016 (7.77) |
| 5 | SMU | 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.93 | 2019 (10.62) |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.66 | 2019 (8.29) |
| 7 | Temple | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.38 | 2019 (8.92) |
| 8 | Tulane | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.31 | 2020 (8.42) |
| 9 | East Carolina | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.23 | 2018 (8.75) |
| 10 | Memphis | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.07 | 2019 (7.14) |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 6.00 | 2023 (6.92) |
| 12 | Tulsa | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.83 | 2020 (7.44) |
| 13 | Rice | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 5.26 | 2024 (6.25) |
| 14 | Navy | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.95 | 2019 (7.77) |
| 15 | UConn | 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.75 | 2017 (5.50) |
| 16 | North Texas | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.74 | 2025 (5.29) |
| 17 | Charlotte | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.64 | 2023 (5.00) |
| 18 | UAB | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.06 | 2025 (4.08) |
| 19 | Army | 2025, 2024 | 3.76 | 2024 (4.14) |
South Florida ranks first at 12.83 in 2019.
UCF owns the strongest all-time average at 7.39 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
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.