College Football Stat Leaders
Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.
Seasons Covered
2016-2025
Current Leader
Southern Miss (7.23)
Best Season
UAB 2019 (10.43)
Scope
Conference USA • 2016
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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 2016 leaderboard, the visible range runs 7.23 to 5.69, with Southern Miss setting the pace.
Conference USA teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and UTEP is the latest winner at 6.83.
The gap from No. 1 Southern Miss to No. 5 North Texas is 1.54, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.
The yearly winning mark slipped from 7.08 in 2024 to 6.83 in 2025, a swing of 0.25. Southern Miss's current mark of 7.23 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 7.08 held by UAB.
Top 11 rows for the current route scope.
| 1 | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 2016 | 7.23 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2016 | 6.36 |
| 3 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2016 | 6.29 |
| 4 | Marshall | Conference USA | 2016 | 5.83 |
| 5 | North Texas | Conference USA | 2016 | 5.69 |
| 6 | Rice | Conference USA | 2016 | 5.58 |
| 7 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2016 | 4.92 |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | 2016 | 4.83 |
| 9 | Charlotte | Conference USA | 2016 | 4.08 |
| 10 | UTEP | Conference USA | 2016 | 3.83 |
| 11 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2016 | 3.75 |
Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.
| Season | Team | Conference at time | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UTEP | Conference USA | 6.83 |
| 2024 | UTEP | Conference USA | 7.08 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 7.00 |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 6.38 |
| 2021 | Marshall | Conference USA | 7.38 |
| 2020 | Florida International | Conference USA | 7.20 |
| 2019 | UAB | Conference USA | 10.43 |
| 2018 | UAB | Conference USA | 7.64 |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 7.46 |
| 2016 | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 7.23 |
Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.
| Rank | Team | Seasons | Average | Best Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UAB | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 | 7.08 | 2019 (10.43) |
| 2 | Southern Miss | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.48 | 2019 (8.54) |
| 3 | Marshall | 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.17 | 2021 (7.38) |
| 4 | Delaware | 2025 | 6.15 | 2025 (6.15) |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 6.12 | 2019 (8.42) |
| 6 | Jacksonville State | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 6.10 | 2023 (7.00) |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.98 | 2019 (9.00) |
| 8 | North Texas | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.91 | 2018 (7.46) |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.85 | 2019 (8.85) |
| 10 | Kennesaw State | 2025, 2024 | 5.63 | 2025 (6.43) |
| 11 | Western Kentucky | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.45 | 2016 (6.29) |
| 12 | Rice | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.35 | 2019 (8.08) |
| 13 | Florida International | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.28 | 2020 (7.20) |
| 14 | UTEP | 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 5.27 | 2024 (7.08) |
| 15 | Sam Houston | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 5.04 | 2024 (5.62) |
| 16 | Charlotte | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 | 4.88 | 2019 (8.23) |
| 17 | Liberty | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.86 | 2024 (5.42) |
| 18 | New Mexico State | 2025, 2024, 2023 | 4.74 | 2023 (5.47) |
| 19 | Missouri State | 2025 | 4.08 | 2025 (4.08) |
Southern Miss ranks first at 7.23 in 2016.
UAB owns the strongest all-time average at 7.08 across 6 tracked seasons in this conference scope.
UTEP 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.