most tfl by college defensive tackle single season

Sutton Smith has the most tackles for loss by a defensive lineman in a season, with 26 tackles in 2017.

	NAME	TFL	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Sutton Smith S. Smith	26	2017	NIU	13	46	13	59	14.0	93.5	0	0	0	3	3	2
2	Nate Harvey N. Harvey	25	2018	ECU	12	52	5	57	12.0	86				1	1	0
3	Abdul Carter A. Carter	22	2024	PSU	16	47	21	68	12.0	89	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Sutton Smith S. Smith	22	2018	NIU	11	38	5	43	15.0	102	0	0	0	4	3	1
5	Alex Highsmith A. Highsmith	20	2019	CHAR	13	57	18	75	14.0	83				1	0	0
6	DeAngelo Malone D. Malone	20	2019	WKU	13	73	21	94	11.0	94				0	1	1
7	Jaylon Ferguson J. Ferguson	20	2018	LT	11	31	10	41	17.5	111.5				2	1	0
8	Da'Sean Downey D. Downey	20	2017	MASS	10	41	11	52	6.0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Joe Ostman J. Ostman	20	2017	CMU	10	46	5	51	14.0	71	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	Brian Womac B. Womac	20	2017	RICE	12	45	1	46	10.0	82				0	0
11	Harold Landry H. Landry	20	2016	BC	12	34	8	42	16.5	143	1	20	0	7	0	0
12	Ejuan Price E. Price	20	2016	PITT	11	24	6	30	13.0	92.5				3	0	0
13	Demarcus Walker D. Walker	20	2016	FSU	12	47	6	53	16.0	116				3	2	0
14	Carl Nassib C. Nassib	20	2015	PSU	11	34	3	37	15.5	107	1	10	0	6	0	0
15	Ian Seau I. Seau	20	2015	NEV	13	35	5	40	10.0	82	0	0	0	5	1	0
16	Vic Beasley V. Beasley	20	2013	CLEM	10	29	0	29	13.0	98				4	1	1
17	Aaron Donald A. Donald	20	2013	PITT	10	32	0	32	12.0	91				4	0	0
18	Amare Barno A. Barno	19	2020	VT	11	34	9	43	6.5	43				2	1	0
19	James Lynch J. Lynch	19	2019	BAY	14	26	7	33	13.5	82	0	0	0	3	2	0
20	Gregory Rousseau G. Rousseau	19	2019	MIA	13	42	11	53	15.5	94	0	0	0	2	1	0
21	Chase Young C. Young	19	2019	OSU	12	38	7	45	16.5	117				6	0	0
22	Olasunkanmi Adeniyi O. Adeniyi	19	2017	TOL	14	47	12	59	10.5	57.5	0	0	0	3	1	0
23	Bradley Chubb B. Chubb	19	2017	NCST	11	48	10	58	10.0	65.5				2	0	0
24	Hercules Mata'afa H. Mata'afa	19	2017	WSU	11	34	6	40	10.5	53.5	0	0	0	2	1	0
25	Ja'Von Rolland-Jones J. Rolland-Jones	19	2017	ARST	12	36	14	50	13.0	79				3	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

689

Holst

RUSH

875

Wright

REC

506

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

17.1

144th

OPP PPG

24.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

185.3

41st

PASS YDS/G

98.8

204th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9
13	UMass	0-8	0-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	NIU	@	IOWA	4:15 PM
Sat 9/12	ILST	@	NIU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	NIU	@	ARIZ	10:30 PM
Sat 9/26	NIU	@	GAST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM

Last Game

Kent State

5 - 7

Final

Northern Illinois

3 - 9

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	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

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
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
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
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

	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
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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