College Football Stat Leaders

Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders: All-Time

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Miami (8.02)

Best Season

South Florida 2019 (12.83)

Scope

All Conferences

Browse Metrics

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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 all-time average table, the visible range runs 8.02 to 7.38, with Miami setting the pace.

Conference Context

Atlantic Coast Conference places 3 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 Miami to No. 5 Pittsburgh is 0.63, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Historical Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 9.23 in 2024 to 9.46 in 2025, a swing of 0.23. Miami's best season reached 11.54 in 2019, compared with an all-time average of 8.02 across 10 seasons.

Leaderboard

Top 25 rows for the current route scope.

1MiamiAtlantic Coast Conference20198.02
2ClemsonAtlantic Coast Conference20197.77
3James MadisonSun Belt Conference20237.68
4Penn StateBig Ten Conference20197.53
5PittsburghAtlantic Coast Conference20207.38
6Texas A&MSoutheastern Conference20167.28
7OklahomaBig 12 Conference20197.23
8UTSAAmerican Athletic20197.08
9South FloridaAmerican Athletic Conference20197.02
10TroySun Belt Conference20176.95
11Arkansas StateSun Belt Conference20166.94
12Oklahoma StateBig 12 Conference20216.87
13SMUAmerican Athletic Conference20196.85
14UCFAmerican Athletic Conference20196.84
15Ohio StateBig Ten Conference20196.82
16TexasBig 12 Conference20196.82
17TennesseeSoutheastern Conference20216.80
18Central MichiganMid-American Conference20196.77
19Wake ForestAtlantic Coast Conference20176.74
20Virginia TechAtlantic Coast Conference20196.72
21AlabamaSoutheastern Conference20216.68
22NC StateAtlantic Coast Conference20196.64
23Western MichiganMid-American Conference20196.64
24Ole MissSoutheastern Conference20246.57
25MissouriSoutheastern Conference20176.49

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 all-time average tackles for loss per game?

Miami ranks first in the all-time average table at 8.02.

Which program shows the most sustained dominance in tackles for loss per game?

Miami holds the best average at 8.02 across 10 tracked seasons, which is the strongest sustained profile in this history view.

Which eras are covered on this tackles for loss per game history page?

The leaderboard spans 2016-2025 for the top historical program and includes yearly winners for every available season in the filtered dataset.