most interceptions by an ncaa defensive end in first three years

Jesse Penn and Howard Eubanks were tied for the most interceptions by a defensive lineman in their first 3 seasons, with 8 interceptions.

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most defensive interceptions by an ncaa defensive end in first three years

	NAME	INT	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Jesse Penn J. Penn	8	22						34	0
2	Howard Eubanks H. Eubanks	8	33						13	0
3	Kalan Reed K. Reed	7	23	69	15	84	0.0	0	116	2	2	3	0
4	Jerry Deckard J. Deckard	7	22						149	2
5	Troy Dawson T. Dawson	6	22						18	0
6	Rick Miley R. Miley	6	33						12	0
7	Tae Hayes T. Hayes	5	24	49	17	66	1.5	9	93	0	1	1	0
8	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	5	16						69	2
9	Patrick Hinton P. Hinton	5	11						124	1
10	Tony Massey T. Massey	5	22						66	1
11	James DuBose J. DuBose	5	33						6	0
12	Carl Dieudonne C. Dieudonne	5	23						152	0
13	Ed Steward E. Steward	5	11						59	0
14	Tony Green T. Green	5	33						49	0
15	Ronnie Harrison R. Harrison	4	22	59	15	74	1.0	5	105	1	0	2	1
16	Anthony Zettel A. Zettel	4	30	62	9	71	16.0	109.5	70	1	2	2	0
17	Jeffrey Fitzgerald J. Fitzgerald	4	25	71	65	136	12.5		28	1		1	1
18	Dwayne Lefall D. Lefall	4	4						60	1		0	0
19	David Pollack D. Pollack	4	18						63	1		0	0
20	Jeff Alm J. Alm	4	23						24	1
21	Eric Lindstrom E. Lindstrom	4	34						59	0
22	Bob Umdenstock B. Umdenstock	4	23						68	0
23	Harry Roberts H. Roberts	4	22						76	2
24	Eric Fudge E. Fudge	4	22						34	0
25	Jim Morrissey J. Morrissey	4	11						20	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
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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
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11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
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13	Auburn	5	7	.417
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15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

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1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
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3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
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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
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
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
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

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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
9	TCU	9	4	.692
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

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1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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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
13	UMass	0	12	.000

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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
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
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
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167