most sacks by a player in afc south 2015 to 2020 single season

From 2015 through 2020, J.J. Watt had the most sacks in the AFC South in a season, with 17.5 sacks in 2015.

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Data note: Sacks: player season data complete from 1982

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	J.J. Watt	17.5	2015	HOU	16	57	19	76	117.5	0	0	0	3	1	0
2	J.J. Watt	16.0	2018	HOU	16	47	14	61	119	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	14.5	2017	JAX	16	47	20	67	96	0	0	0	3	1	1
4	Yannick Ngakoue Y. Ngakoue	12.0	2017	JAX	16	24	6	30	85	0	0	0	6	2	1
5	Whitney Mercilus W. Mercilus	12.0	2015	HOU	16	32	20	52	60	0	0	0	1	2	0
6	Justin Houston J. Houston	11.0	2019	IND	16	33	11	44	66	0	0	0	2	3	0
7	Erik Walden E. Walden	11.0	2016	IND	16	31	11	42	64	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	Josh Hines-Allen J. Hines-Allen	10.5	2019	JAX	16	31	13	44	74	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	Calais Campbell C. Campbell	10.5	2018	JAX	16	53	19	72	73.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
10	Brian Orakpo B. Orakpo	10.5	2016	TEN	16	38	8	46	78	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	DeForest Buckner D. Buckner	9.5	2020	IND	15	37	21	58	58	0	0	0	2	1	0
12	Yannick Ngakoue Y. Ngakoue	9.5	2018	JAX	16	25	3	28	62.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jadeveon Clowney J. Clowney	9.5	2017	HOU	16	41	18	59	67	0	0	0	2	2	1
14	Harold Landry III H. Landry III	9.0	2019	TEN	16	43	25	68	53	1	0	0	1	2	0
15	Jadeveon Clowney J. Clowney	9.0	2018	HOU	15	38	9	47	74.5	0	0	0	1	3	1
16	Denico Autry D. Autry	9.0	2018	IND	12	28	9	37	58	0	0	0	2	1	0
17	Derrick Morgan D. Morgan	9.0	2016	TEN	15	24	9	33	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Justin Houston J. Houston	8.0	2020	IND	16	19	6	25	64.5	0	0	0	1	2	0
19	Yannick Ngakoue Y. Ngakoue	8.0	2019	JAX	15	36	5	41	56	1	23	1	4	1	0
20	Malik Jackson M. Jackson	8.0	2017	JAX	16	31	9	40	64	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	Dante Fowler Jr. D. Fowler Jr.	8.0	2017	JAX	16	18	3	21	49	0	0	0	2	2	1
22	Yannick Ngakoue Y. Ngakoue	8.0	2016	JAX	16	20	3	23	45	1	9	0	4	0	0
23	Denico Autry D. Autry	7.5	2020	IND	14	20	13	33	43.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Whitney Mercilus W. Mercilus	7.5	2019	HOU	16	33	15	48	44.5	2	88	0	4	1	0
25	Derrick Morgan D. Morgan	7.5	2017	TEN	14	16	16	32	54	0	0	0	0	2	0

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