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2012 Defensive Leaders

Season

Stats

Rank	Player	Team	GP	Tkl	Ast	Total	Sack	Yds	PD	Int	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Sfty
1.	Alterraun Verner, CB	TEN	16	59	18	77	0	0	9	2	11	0	1	1	72	1	0
2.	Dashon Goldson, S	TBB	16	53	14	67	0	0	10	3	21	0	1	2	71	0	0
3.	Tony Carter, CB	DEN	12	20	4	24	0	0	12	2	55	1	0	1	65	1	0
4.	Brandon Flowers, CB	KCC	15	40	8	48	1	2	13	3	28	0	0	1	64	0	0
5.	Carlos Rogers, CB	SFO	15	50	6	56	1	7	7	1	63	0	0	3	63	1	0
6.	Patrick Peterson, CB	ARI	16	52	3	55	0	0	17	7	64	0	0	1	60	0	0
7.	Morris Claiborne, CB	DAL	15	43	12	55	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	2	50	1	0
8.	Mike Daniels, DE	GBP	8	12	0	12	2	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	43	1	0
9.	Bruce Irvin, DE	SEA	13	10	7	17	8	60	0	0	0	0	1	1	35	0	0
10.	Billy Winn, DL	CLE	14	19	7	26	1	6	3	1	0	0	0	2	35	0	0
11.	Tim Dobbins, LB	HOU	13	25	11	36	0	0	4	1	7	0	0	4	32	0	0
12.	Wallace Gilberry, DE	CIN	14	15	9	24	6.5	48	0	0	0	0	1	3	31	1	0
13.	Ed Reed, FS	HOU	15	49	9	58	0	0	15	4	78	1	0	3	30	0	0
14.	Steve Gregory, S	NEP	11	31	6	37	0	0	5	3	50	0	2	2	30	1	0
15.	Josh Wilson, DB	WAS	16	54	20	74	1	12	13	2	8	0	3	2	30	1	0
16.	Robert McClain, CB	ATL	14	48	7	55	0	0	10	1	32	0	0	2	28	0	0
17.	Reshad Jones, S	MIA	16	74	21	95	1	5	9	4	28	0	2	2	24	0	0
18.	Julian Edelman, WR	NEP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0
19.	Cortez Allen, CB	PIT	15	38	9	47	0	0	10	2	6	0	3	1	21	0	0
20.	Muhammad Wilkerson, DL	NYJ	16	38	32	70	5	25	4	0	0	0	3	1	21	1	0
21.	Yeremiah Bell, S	ARI	16	70	17	87	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	18	0	0
22.	Linval Joseph, DT	NYG	16	33	26	59	4	17	0	0	0	0	1	2	16	0	0
23.	Kelvin Hayden, CB	CHI	12	24	11	35	0	0	5	1	39	0	0	3	15	0	0
24.	Jonathan Babineaux, DT	ATL	15	25	6	31	3.5	16	5	1	-2	0	1	1	15	1	0
25.	Sterling Moore, CB	DAL	11	18	4	22	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	14	0	0
26.	DeJon Gomes, DB	WAS	11	20	12	32	0	0	4	1	49	0	0	1	13	0	0
27.	Wesley Woodyard, LB	DEN	15	70	44	114	5.5	48	6	3	40	0	1	1	12	0	0
28.	Edgar Jones, LB	KCC	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0
29.	Byron Maxwell, CB	SEA	7	6	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
30.	Jason Pierre-Paul, DE	NYG	16	43	23	66	6.5	67	5	1	28	1	1	1	10	0	0
31.	Richard Crawford, CB	WAS	9	12	5	17	0	0	2	1	12	0	0	1	10	0	0
32.	Luke Kuechly, LB	CAR	16	103	62	165	1	4	8	2	22	0	0	3	9	0	0
33.	Stevie Brown, S	NYG	16	56	10	66	0	0	11	8	307	0	2	1	9	0	0
34.	LaRon Landry, S	IND	16	75	25	100	0	0	8	2	42	1	4	0	9	0	0
35.	Paul Kruger, LB	CLE	15	30	12	42	9	47	6	1	0	0	1	1	9	0	0
36.	Darcel McBath, S	SFO	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
37.	Terence Newman, CB	CIN	14	52	21	73	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	2	8	0	0
38.	Bryan Scott, S	BUF	16	44	19	63	0	0	8	4	66	1	1	2	8	0	0
39.	Lorenzo Alexander, LB	ARI	14	17	9	26	2.5	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0
40.	J.J. Watt, DE	HOU	16	69	12	81	20.5	139	16	0	0	0	4	2	7	0	0
41.	Barry Church, S	DAL	3	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
42.	Zach Brown, LB	TEN	16	68	24	92	5.5	29	5	3	156	2	1	2	6	0	0
43.	Dont'a Hightower, LB	NEP	14	43	17	60	4	21	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0
44.	Julius Peppers, DE	CHI	15	32	7	39	11.5	75	2	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	0
45.	Courtney Upshaw, LB	BAL	15	34	21	55	1.5	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0
46.	Everson Griffen, DE	MIN	12	20	3	23	8	77	2	1	29	1	0	2	5	0	0
47.	Mason Foster, LB	TBB	16	80	23	103	2	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
48.	Josh Thomas, CB	CAR	13	21	7	28	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
49.	James Laurinaitis, LB	STL	16	117	25	142	0.5	3	4	2	18	0	0	1	4	0	0
50.	Joe Lefeged, S	IND	11	15	5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0

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