2012 NFL Rookie Tackles for Loss Leaders

Lavonte David, the No. 58 pick, led 2012 NFL rookies in tackles for loss with 17, ahead of Luke Kuechly (12) and Zach Brown (11). That ranked 4th among all NFL players.

#	Player	Team	TFL	Pos	Drafted	G
1	Lavonte David	TB	17	OLB	Rd 2, No. 58	16
2	Luke Kuechly	CAR	12	ILB	Rd 1, No. 9	16
3	Zach Brown	TEN	11	OLB	Rd 2, No. 52	16
4	Dont'a Hightower	NE	10	OLB	Rd 1, No. 25	14
5	Derek Wolfe	DEN	9	DE	Rd 2, No. 36	13
5	Quinton Coples	NYJ	9	OLB	Rd 1, No. 16	14
7	Chandler Jones	NE	8	DE	Rd 1, No. 21	13
7	Fletcher Cox	PHI	8	DT	Rd 1, No. 12	14
7	Courtney Upshaw	BAL	8	DE	Rd 2, No. 35	15
7	Bobby Wagner	SEA	8	MLB	Rd 2, No. 47	16
11	Vontaze Burfict	CIN	7	OLB	Undrafted	15
11	Jerrell Freeman	IND	7	ILB	Undrafted	16
13	Michael Brockers	LA	6	DT	Rd 1, No. 14	10
13	Bruce Irvin	SEA	6	LB	Rd 1, No. 15	13
13	Mychal Kendricks	PHI	6	LB	Rd 2, No. 46	15
13	Mike Martin	TEN	6	DE	Rd 3, No. 82	16
17	Whitney Mercilus	HOU	5	DE	Rd 1, No. 26	14
17	Billy Winn	CLE	5	DE	Rd 6, No. 205	14
17	Miles Burris	LV	5	MLB	Rd 4, No. 129	15
17	Kendall Reyes	LAC	5	DT	Rd 2, No. 49	16
21	JF Justin Francis	NE	4	DE	Undrafted	6
21	Jerel Worthy	GB	4	DT	Rd 2, No. 51	9
21	John Hughes	CLE	4	DT	Rd 3, No. 87	13
21	Melvin Ingram	LAC	4	LB	Rd 1, No. 18	15
21	Mark Barron	TB	4	ILB	Rd 1, No. 7	16

Top 25 of 64 rookies with tackles for loss. A rookie is a player in his first NFL season. Every player's 2012 tackles for loss →