2020 Season

2020 NFL Defense Rankings by College

Which colleges Produce the Most NFL Talent?

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About this leaderboard

This 2020 archive ranks colleges by NFL alumni defensive production in a unique shortened-season context.

It is useful for year-specific defense ranking searches and for comparing a pandemic-era cohort with later full seasons.

Rankings still lead with tackles while keeping sacks and coverage columns available.

Drill into a college for the individual defenders who drove the total.

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NFL Regular Season: 2020

Defense Rankings

			Tackles			Sacks			Interceptions
College	FP	TD	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TFL	QB HTS	PD	INT	YDS	TD	FR	Players
1Alabama Crimson Tide	2,145.04	3	869	428	1297	33	78	91	101	18	202	2	10	46
2Ohio State Buckeyes	2,034.52	1	804	383	1187	45	98	126	90	13	152	0	10	35
3LSU Tigers	1,900.21	3	746	340	1086	40	92.5	104	72	21	355	2	8	33
4Florida Gators	1,449.98	1	594	278	872	20	59.5	60	75	12	78	1	5	33
5Clemson Tigers	1,378.14	1	545	248	793	23	65	81	66	12	78	0	8	32
6Texas Longhorns	1,138.48	1	478	243	721	17.5	56.5	50	35	8	68	0	1	25
7Iowa Hawkeyes	1,094.87	1	472	242	714	14	36.5	37	38	7	62	0	3	21
8Mississippi State Bulldogs	1,267.18	2	466	208	674	43.5	80	116	52	7	76	1	7	20
8Washington Huskies	1,090.48	0	470	204	674	10.5	37.5	21	51	11	108	0	7	24
10Florida State Seminoles	1,077.64	1	421	190	611	26.5	62	55	56	6	76	1	5	24
11UCLA Bruins	938.19	1	386	216	602	8.5	35	30	32	9	79	1	6	20
12Notre Dame Fighting Irish	975.21	0	369	212	581	29.5	48	77	31	7	89	0	4	29
13Michigan Wolverines	1,005.85	0	370	199	569	37.5	73.5	93	25	3	54	0	7	25
14Stanford Cardinal	766.74	0	333	179	512	10	37	28	16	3	27	0	3	25
15Boston College Eagles	815.91	0	346	145	491	13.5	32.5	35	36	8	90	0	1	11
16Auburn Tigers	839.6	1	332	152	484	11	31.5	55	42	8	127	1	2	21
17BYU Cougars	803.76	3	322	158	480	8	25.5	24	33	9	206	3	5	9
18Penn State Nittany Lions	766.17	0	319	142	461	13	34.5	45	28	5	70	0	3	25
19Virginia Tech Hokies	696.88	1	302	137	439	9.5	18	15	34	8	16	0	1	10
20Kentucky Wildcats	741.47	0	284	147	431	27	42.5	62	19	3	88	0	4	12
21Wisconsin Badgers	810.75	3	276	147	423	30	70	76	23	6	77	2	3	21
22Rutgers Scarlet Knights	642.28	1	291	114	405	3	9.5	13	30	5	99	1	3	13
23Oregon Ducks	751.19	3	284	116	400	19	37	52	40	3	119	2	4	16
24NC State Wolfpack	604.65	0	249	149	398	11.5	36.5	34	11	2	0	0	1	17
25Georgia Bulldogs	694.51	2	250	145	395	27.5	55.5	53	15	2	16	0	5	21
26Utah Utes	635.47	0	274	116	390	2	17	9	40	7	82	0	2	21
27USC Trojans	700.26	0	236	152	388	31.5	53	90	15	1	2	0	5	17
28Virginia Cavaliers	575.87	1	246	141	387	3.5	11	7	25	3	61	0	4	13
29Minnesota Golden Gophers	560.87	0	260	124	384	9	21	14	12	1	16	0	1	7
30Vanderbilt Commodores	578.78	0	265	118	383	8	20.5	16	19	1	9	0	2	9
31Nebraska Cornhuskers	606.66	0	254	123	377	12	38.5	39	13	1	-5	0	3	20
32Miami Hurricanes	631.27	0	245	126	371	20.5	37.5	43	21	4	41	0	2	23
32West Virginia Mountaineers	557.7	0	252	119	371	1.5	15.5	8	25	2	58	0	2	10
34Tennessee Volunteers	574.62	1	231	122	353	9.5	26	27	22	2	51	0	4	17
35Arkansas Razorbacks	494.95	2	195	117	312	10	20.5	31	7	3	88	1	2	13
36Utah State Aggies	481.86	1	190	110	300	10	20	24	17	1	46	1	4	8
37Temple Owls	487.67	0	187	93	280	19	31	28	19	3	4	0	3	18
38Maryland Terrapins	539.33	0	190	80	270	13	27	24	31	13	93	0	7	13
39TCU Horned Frogs	458.08	1	200	66	266	8.5	23.5	22	16	3	-3	0	2	10
40Texas A&M Aggies	457.78	0	168	82	250	22.5	29	43	14	2	0	0	4	15
41Wyoming Cowboys	425.48	0	177	72	249	7	13.5	13	20	8	41	0	2	12
42South Carolina Gamecocks	447.44	1	173	75	248	5	17.5	24	28	5	78	1	1	18
43Boise State Broncos	391.36	0	157	90	247	11.5	20	23	9	3	11	0	1	11
44Houston Cougars	438.57	0	163	83	246	6.5	25	27	25	4	83	0	1	13
45Michigan State Spartans	421.19	1	167	78	245	8	18.5	28	13	3	93	1	2	12
46Pittsburgh Panthers	477.32	0	178	63	241	19	40	39	19	3	8	0	4	13
47North Carolina Tar Heels	378.74	0	153	83	236	6.5	17.5	15	10	4	51	0	3	11
48Missouri Tigers	406.75	1	130	100	230	17	24.5	50	12	1	1	0	3	8
48South Carolina State Bulldogs	349.4	0	141	89	230	7.5	19.5	14	11	0	0	0	2	4
50Oklahoma Sooners	346.26	1	136	87	223	6.5	16	15	10	1	0	0	3	20
51Delaware Blue Hens	358.73	0	138	84	222	10	16.5	27	10	2	46	0	1	4
52Northwestern Wildcats	324.61	0	122	94	216	8.5	11	23	9	2	11	0	1	10
53Marshall Thundering Herd	340.49	0	152	62	214	5	14.5	14	11	1	6	0	2	5
54Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	318.7	0	129	68	197	4	16	13	12	3	42	0	1	8
55Purdue Boilermakers	319.2	1	118	72	190	8	13.5	11	12	4	43	0	3	8
56California Golden Bears	315.76	0	122	67	189	10	20	24	10	0	0	0	2	15
56Cincinnati Bearcats	287.95	0	92	97	189	4	16.5	13	11	3	23	0	3	8
58Colorado Buffaloes	302.66	0	144	40	184	2	8	3	17	3	-1	0	1	11
59Oregon State Beavers	306.33	0	143	40	183	2	8.5	5	14	4	17	0	2	7
60Wake Forest Demon Deacons	301.43	0	130	51	181	0.5	5.5	4	20	4	38	0	2	6
61Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	269.51	0	129	49	178	1	3	4	14	1	0	0	1	5
62Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles	247.48	0	102	74	176	1	8.5	6	7	1	1	0	2	5
63Rice Owls	247.64	0	121	52	173	0	2.5	1	8	2	0	0	1	5
64Southern Illinois Salukis	269.35	2	108	60	168	1	7	5	10	3	1	0	3	4
65Ole Miss Rebels	320.5	0	122	44	166	11	23	15	11	3	5	0	7	14
66Florida Atlantic Owls	308.58	0	120	44	164	16.5	23.5	30	6	2	2	0	1	13
67Memphis Tigers	273.9	0	123	33	156	4.5	8	14	15	2	39	0	0	11
68Texas Tech Red Raiders	240.14	0	93	59	152	8.5	16.5	19	3	0	0	0	1	9
69Baylor Bears	277.58	0	95	51	146	2.5	7.5	7	23	10	77	0	0	12
70Illinois Fighting Illini	256.25	0	90	44	134	13.5	18	34	5	1	5	0	2	10
71UCF Knights	234.25	0	105	25	130	1	4	6	20	3	20	0	0	9
71Connecticut Huskies	222.75	0	81	49	130	2.5	11.5	8	10	5	41	0	1	7
73Central Michigan Chippewas	191.93	0	91	35	126	0.5	4.5	2	5	2	3	0	2	9
73West Georgia Wolves	170.38	0	76	50	126	2	5.5	3	4	0	0	0	0	2
75Arkansas State Red Wolves	186.38	0	76	46	122	4	10.5	12	5	0	0	0	0	2
76Oklahoma State Cowboys	224.01	0	85	36	121	9	14	23	8	0	0	0	2	8
77Yale Bulldogs	190.63	0	79	41	120	3	5.5	9	4	2	65	0	1	2
77Montana State Bobcats	181.88	1	75	45	120	2	5.5	7	1	1	30	1	2	1
79James Madison Dukes	204.69	0	81	35	116	3.5	5.5	7	9	4	88	0	1	5
80Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	170.25	0	79	36	115	2	6	3	7	0	0	0	0	3
81Louisville Cardinals	191.73	0	75	34	109	2.5	6.5	13	14	1	-4	0	1	10
82Fresno State Bulldogs	141.26	0	63	45	108	0.5	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	7
83Samford Bulldogs	206.13	0	76	31	107	1	3.5	3	24	4	35	0	1	3
83Kansas State Wildcats	176.61	0	75	32	107	2.5	5	5	7	2	21	0	2	8
83Kansas Jayhawks	168.99	0	70	37	107	0.5	3.5	2	7	1	51	0	3	4
86Iowa State Cyclones	168.01	0	72	34	106	5	7	9	5	0	0	0	1	4
87Ferris State Bulldogs	181.89	0	75	29	104	5.5	18.5	19	0	0	0	0	0	5
88West Alabama Tigers	190.6	0	87	15	102	0	1	0	14	4	111	0	0	3
89Buffalo Bulls	190.94	0	57	42	99	12	19.5	20	3	1	33	0	2	5
90Weber State Wildcats	160.86	1	70	24	94	1	6	3	7	1	51	1	0	1
90Charlotte 49ers	145.46	0	53	41	94	4.5	11	12	1	1	2	0	0	2
92Western Michigan Broncos	182.9	1	73	14	87	2	6	5	16	2	54	1	1	5
93Chattanooga Mocs	128.25	0	67	19	86	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	1	6
94Washington State Cougars	133.65	0	52	30	82	5.5	10.5	11	2	0	0	0	0	5
95Valdosta State Blazers	166.25	1	68	12	80	2	4	3	13	4	45	1	0	1
95Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	139.25	0	52	28	80	5	12	12	3	0	0	0	1	7
95Northern Illinois Huskies	106.13	0	50	30	80	0	0.5	1	4	0	0	0	0	3
98Greenville Panthers	147.6	0	62	16	78	3	9	6	9	1	6	0	1	1
98Northern Iowa Panthers	116.01	1	43	35	78	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	3
100South Florida Bulls	161.14	0	45	26	71	10.5	13.5	18	7	2	15	0	3	6
100Regina (Canada)	143.48	1	46	25	71	3.5	8.5	22	4	1	6	1	1	2
102California (PA)	101	0	50	20	70	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
103Colorado State Rams	137.13	0	54	15	69	8	12.5	16	3	0	0	0	0	6
103UTEP Miners	112.6	0	44	25	69	1	2	6	7	2	1	0	0	3
105Ohio Bobcats	144.84	1	44	24	68	3.5	9.5	13	9	2	47	1	0	2
105Arizona State Sun Devils	101	0	44	24	68	2	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	6
107Duke Blue Devils	108	0	45	20	65	1	4	6	6	1	0	0	0	6
108SMU Mustangs	105.38	0	47	17	64	1	3.5	5	5	0	0	0	1	6
108Southern Utah Thunderbirds	94	0	48	16	64	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	2
108Lenoir-Rhyne Bears	82.13	0	43	21	64	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
111East Carolina Pirates	77	0	33	29	62	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
112Troy Trojans	105.26	0	36	25	61	5	10	8	4	0	0	0	0	2
112Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	78.38	0	34	27	61	0	2.5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
114Syracuse Orange	100.75	0	38	20	58	5	7	12	0	0	0	0	1	5
115Nevada Wolf Pack	113.51	0	38	19	57	8	10	17	1	0	0	0	1	4
115Illinois State Redbirds	108.01	0	42	15	57	2.5	5	11	8	0	0	0	0	5
117Colorado State-Pueblo Thunderwolves	100	0	34	22	56	6	8	10	2	0	0	0	1	2
118North Alabama Lions	118.05	1	44	11	55	0	2	0	12	3	53	1	0	1
118Grand Valley State Lakers	109.88	0	35	20	55	6	9.5	21	2	0	0	0	0	3
120UAB Blazers	115.86	0	42	12	54	0.5	3	1	14	4	21	0	0	4
121Eastern Washington Eagles	87.26	0	36	17	53	4.5	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	5
121Albany State Golden Rams	85.13	0	40	13	53	0.5	6.5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1
123Arizona Wildcats	83.3	0	41	9	50	2	4	2	1	1	13	0	0	6
124Lindenwood Lions	103.93	1	39	10	49	0	2.5	0	8	3	58	1	0	1
125Georgia State Panthers	82.33	1	36	10	46	0	0.5	0	6	1	7	1	0	2
125Western Carolina Catamounts	68.63	0	33	13	46	0	0.5	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
127Eastern Michigan Eagles	97.76	0	24	20	44	8	16	14	1	0	0	0	1	3
127Manitoba Bisons	91.68	0	20	24	44	6.5	11.5	16	2	1	3	0	0	1
127San Diego State Aztecs	64.76	0	30	14	44	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	5
127Appalachian State Mountaineers	64.75	0	28	16	44	0.5	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	5
131Toledo Rockets	70.25	0	32	11	43	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	7
131Sam Houston Bearkats	58.75	0	23	20	43	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
133North Dakota State Bison	65.13	0	25	15	40	2.5	2.5	6	1	0	0	0	1	4
134Idaho Vandals	82.5	0	26	11	37	6	8	11	3	0	0	0	1	4
134Saginaw Valley Cardinals	75.9	0	28	9	37	0	1	1	4	3	89	0	0	1
136UT San Antonio Roadrunners	65.76	0	22	14	36	2.5	5	10	2	0	0	0	0	2
137Sacramento State Hornets	46.25	0	16	19	35	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
138Missouri Southern State Lions	47.88	0	19	14	33	0	3.5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
138Miami (OH) RedHawks	45.75	0	13	20	33	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
140Villanova Wildcats	53.25	0	23	8	31	1	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	2
141Eastern Illinois Panthers	47.25	0	21	8	29	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
141Texas State Bobcats	38.38	0	18	11	29	0	2.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
143Charleston (WV) Golden Eagles	42.88	0	14	14	28	1	3.5	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
144Missouri S&T Miners	42.38	0	14	13	27	2	4.5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
145South Alabama Jaguars	41.25	0	16	10	26	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
146Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	61.35	1	22	3	25	0	2	0	4	1	16	1	2	2
146Towson Tigers	37.25	0	20	5	25	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	2
148Georgia Southern Eagles	33.25	0	18	6	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
149Central Arkansas Bears	29.25	0	16	7	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
150Pittsburg State Gorillas	40.25	0	21	0	21	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
150Old Dominion Monarchs	34	0	13	8	21	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
152Pennsylvania Quakers	28.38	0	11	9	20	1	2.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
152Washburn Ichabods	27.75	0	17	3	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
154Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	52	0	8	11	19	3	5	13	2	0	0	0	2	1
154North Carolina A&T Aggies	33.88	0	15	4	19	1	3.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
154Princeton Tigers	24.75	0	14	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
157William & Mary Tribe	36	0	15	3	18	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	2
158Fort Hays State Tigers	33.63	0	8	9	17	2.5	3.5	8	0	0	0	0	0	1
158Florida Intl Golden Panthers	25.5	0	12	5	17	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
160Sioux Falls	51.25	0	14	2	16	7	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	1
160Wagner Seahawks	18	0	8	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
162Newberry Wolves	18.25	0	8	7	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
163Presbyterian College Blue Hose	20.25	0	13	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
163Tulane Green Wave	19.5	0	12	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
163Cal Poly Mustangs	15.75	0	7	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
166Jacksonville State Gamecocks	23.5	0	9	4	13	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
166Tennessee State Tigers	23.25	0	10	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
166Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	19	0	10	3	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
169Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	18.13	0	9	3	12	0	0.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
169North Texas Mean Green	18	0	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
171Murray State Racers	15	0	5	6	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
172UNLV Rebels	17.25	0	9	1	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
173Tarleton Texans	12	0	7	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
173Akron Zips	11.25	0	6	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
173William Penn Statesmen	9	0	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
176Youngstown State Penguins	17.63	0	4	4	8	1.5	2.5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
176UMass Minutemen	16.5	1	6	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
176San Jose State Spartans	8.13	0	2	6	8	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
179Indiana Hoosiers	11	0	6	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
179Augustana University (SD) Vikings	9.75	0	6	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
179Malone Pioneers	8.25	0	4	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
179Beloit Buccaneers	7.5	0	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
183Dartmouth Big Green	13.75	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
183San Diego Toreros	10.25	0	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
183Tulsa Golden Hurricane	9	0	2	4	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
183Virginia State Trojans	8.25	0	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
183Kent State Golden Flashes	7.5	0	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
183Missouri State Bears	6.75	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
189Belhaven University Blazers	7.5	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
190North Carolina Central Eagles	6	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
190Southern Jaguars	5.25	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Northern Colorado Bears	6.75	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
192Harvard Crimson	4.5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
192Bloomsburg Huskies	4.5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Prairie View Panthers	4.5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Western Illinois Leathernecks	4.5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Holy Cross Crusaders	3.75	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Drake Bulldogs	3.75	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
192Fordham Rams	3.75	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
192Limestone Saints	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Army Black Knights	5.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
201Liberty Flames	4.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Indiana State Sycamores	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Assumption Greyhounds	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Northern Arizona Lumberjacks	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Bemidji State Beavers	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201South Dakota Coyotes	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Marist Red Foxes	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Mars Hill Mountain Lions	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201Portland State Vikings	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
201McKendree Bearcats	2.25	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Florida Tech Panthers	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212New Mexico State Aggies	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212New Mexico Lobos	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Hobart Statesmen	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Bowling Green Falcons	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Furman Paladins	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Maine Black Bears	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Air Force Falcons	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Dayton Flyers	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Minnesota State Mavericks	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Norfolk State Spartans	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212The Citadel Bulldogs	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Western Colorado Mountaineers	1.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
212Albany Great Danes	0.75	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
227Concordia College (MN)	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1