List of NCAA major college football yearly sack leaders

The list of NCAA major college football yearly sack leaders identifies the NCAA major college sack leaders. Beginning with the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, when the NCAA began maintaining official sack records, the list includes each year's leaders both in total sacks and in sacks per game. The list is limited to players for major college programs, which includes the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (2006–present), NCAA Division I-A (1978–2005), and NCAA University Division (1956–1977).

Leading programs Programs with multiple sack leaders (at least two different individuals, in any of the two categories) include: Louisville – 3 (Michael Josiah, Elvis Dumervil, Marcus Smith) Boston College – 2 (Harold Landry, Donovan Ezeiruaku) Marshall – 2 (Johnathan Goddard, Mike Green) USC – 2 (Kenechi Udeze, Tuli Tuipulotu) Utah – 2 (Nate Orchard, Jonah Elliss) Washington – 2 (Hau’oli Kikaha, Zion Tupuola-Fetui) Western Michigan – 2 (Ameer Ismail, Nadame Tucker)

Sack leaders since 2000

Key Bold = Figure established an NCAA major college record

Year Name Sacks Name Sacks/Game 2000 15.0 1.39 2001 17.5 1.46 2002 24.0 1.71 2003 Kenechi Udeze

D.D. Acholonu 16.5 Kenechi Udeze

D.D. Acholonu 1.27 2004 16.0 1.33 2005 20.0 1.67 2006 17.0 1.31 2007 16.0 1.23 2008 15.0 1.15 2009 17.0 1.31 2010 15.5 1.19 2011 16.0 1.23 2012 14.0 1.25 2013 15.0 1.12 2014 19.0 1.42 2015 15.5 1.19 2016 16.5 1.27 2017 Sutton Smith 14.0 1.27 2018 17.5 1.35 2019 16.5 1.38 2020 10.0 1.43 2021 17.5 1.19 2022 13.5 Jose Ramirez 1.0 2023 16.0 1.20 2024 17.0 1.38 2025 Nadame Tucker 14.5 1.12

Pre-2000 unofficial data Before 2000 the NCAA did not compile official sack statistics. This chart reflects unofficial sack statistics compiled by historians mostly from newspapers accounts.

Year Name Sacks Name Sacks/Game1974Randy White121983Reggie White151985Bruce Smith1987Chad Hennings241988Derrick Thomas271995Tedy Bruschi1996Peter Boulware191999Corey Moore17

See also List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly punt and kickoff return leaders

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