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

837

Dickens

RUSH

253

Johnson

REC

252

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

13.8

167th

OPP PPG

36.3

156th

RUSH YDS/G

79.3

187th

PASS YDS/G

221.0

94th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Air Force	1-1	3-1
6	San Jose State	1-1	3-3
7	Northern Illinois	0-0	0-4
8	Nevada	0-1	1-3
9	UTEP	0-1	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NIU	@	WYO	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HAW	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	NIU	@	UNLV	10:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 4

Final

Georgia State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

680

Flora

652

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	2	.600
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	2	.600
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	2	2	.500
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	3-59
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	20-28
Sat 9/19	BUFF	@	PSU	13-55
Sat 9/19	UGA	@	ARK	45-17
Sat 9/19	BGSU	@	ISU	7-55

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	IND	@	NEB	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	SAC	@	BGSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TXAM	@	MIZZ	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ARIZ	@	WVU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	12:00 PM

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