most interceptions by a linebacker in first year college football

6 players were tied for the most interceptions by a linebacker in their first season, with 6 interceptions. The first three are Craig Dues, David Ortega and Dave McRae.

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most defensive interceptions by a linebacker in first year college football

	NAME	INT	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Craig Dues C. Dues	6	1995	TOL	11						39	1
2	David Ortega D. Ortega	6	1987	CAL	11						36	0
3	Dave McRae D. McRae	6	1979	ULL	11						21	0
4	Bill Gompf B. Gompf	6	1979	UTAH	11						82	0
5	Randy Whited R. Whited	6	1977		11						51	1
6	Herb Mihalik H. Mihalik	6	1977	HC	11						34	0
7	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	5	2013	WKU	11	31	6	37	1.0	0	61	0	0	0	0
8	Craig Robertson C. Robertson	5	2007	UNT	12	25	23	48			12	0		0	0
9	Karlos Dansby K. Dansby	5	2001	AUB	5						41	0		0	0
10	Darvin Lewis D. Lewis	5	1999	CMU	11						62	0
11	T.J. Turner	5	1999	MSU	11						105	1
12	Sammy Knight S. Knight	5	1996	USC	12						74	1
13	Lyron Cobbins L. Cobbins	5	1995	ND	11						86	0
14	Jay Davis J. Davis	5	1992	IND	11						3	0
15	Tony Barker T. Barker	5	1991	RICE	11						90	0
16	Jim Brenner J. Brenner	5	1987	ULL	11						20	0
17	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	5	1984	WASH	11						75	0
18	Sal Sunseri S. Sunseri	5	1980	PITT	11						4	0
19	Jim Budness J. Budness	5	1979	BC	11						55	0
20	Glen Redd G. Redd	5	1979	BYU	11						53	0
21	George Cumby G. Cumby	5	1978	OKLA	11						82	1
22	Scot Brantley S. Brantley	5	1978	FLA	11						62	0
23	Harold Thompson H. Thompson	5	1978	ULM	11						10	0
24	Steve Budinger S. Budinger	5	1978	STAN	11						50	0
25	John Hilliard J. Hilliard	5	1977	ARMY	11						81	0

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	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

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1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

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1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
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1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
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4	South Florida	9	4	.692
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7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
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10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
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1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
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10	Texas State	7	6	.538
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5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
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