Returning Top 25 Sack Leaders
Below are the returning Top 25 Sack Leaders for the 93 football teams in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk counties based on stats from MaxPreps and PolkPreps. Additionally below is the Returning Top 25 Sacks per Game Leaders (min 5 games).
Top 25 Returning Sack Leaders
| Player | School | Class | Sacks |
| Tre Watson | Tampa Catholic | 2014 | 16.5 |
| Elevisi Halapio | St. Petersburg Catholic | 2014 | 15.5 |
| Vincent Jackson | Jesuit | 2014 | 13.0 |
| Eric Bennett | East Bay | 2014 | 12.5 |
| Shavar Manuel | Blake | 2016 | 10.0 |
| Will Wan | Jenkins | 2014 | 9.5 |
| Caanan Brown | CCC | 2014 | 9.0 |
| Christian Frost | Indian Rocks Christian | 2015 | 9.0 |
| Danny Giordano | Calvary Christian | 2014 | 9.0 |
| Quintin James | Landmark Christian | 2015 | 9.0 |
| Sherby Saimplice | Lakeland | 2014 | 9.0 |
| Branden Junk | CCC | 2015 | 8.5 |
| Juwuan Brown | Jefferson | 2014 | 8.0 |
| Ben Wood | Sunlake | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Benny Pierce | Spoto | 2015 | 7.0 |
| Dontriel Perry | Durant | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Josh Black | Sickles | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Reuben Jones | Lake Gibson | 2015 | 7.0 |
| Ryan Fulse | Fort Meade | 2015 | 7.0 |
| Micheal Rivera | Chamberlain | 2014 | 6.5 |
| Shaheed Salmon | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 6.5 |
| Tavaris Johnson | Spoto | 2015 | 6.5 |
| Andrew Beck | Plant | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Brad Cleppe | St. Petersburg Catholic | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Deven Santana | Sickles | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Dominic Dennard | Ridge Community | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Hyraim Fredrick | Armwood | 2014 | 6.0 |
| Jawuan Mathis | Landmark Christian | 2014 | 6.0 |
Returning Top 25 Sacks per Game Leaders (min 5 games)
| Player | School | Class | Sacks/GM | Sacks | GMs |
| Elevisi Halapio | St. Petersburg Catholic | 2014 | 1.6 | 15.5 | 10 |
| Tre Watson | Tampa Catholic | 2014 | 1.4 | 16.5 | 12 |
| Eric Bennett | East Bay | 2014 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 10 |
| Juwuan Brown | Jefferson | 2014 | 1.3 | 8.0 | 6 |
| Vincent Jackson | Jesuit | 2014 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 10 |
| Shavar Manuel | Blake | 2016 | 1.1 | 10.0 | 9 |
| Will Wan | Jenkins | 2014 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 9 |
| Steven Czop | Countyside | 2014 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5 |
| Ben Wood | Sunlake | 2014 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 8 |
| Danny Giordano | Calvary Christian | 2014 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 10 |
| Micheal Rivera | Chamberlain | 2014 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 7 |
| Quintin James | Landmark Christian | 2015 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 10 |
| Dominic Dennard | Ridge Community | 2014 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 7 |
| Sherby Saimplice | Lakeland | 2014 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 11 |
| Caanan Brown | CCC | 2014 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 12 |
| Christian Frost | Indian Rocks Christian | 2015 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 11 |
| Josh Black | Sickles | 2014 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 9 |
| Ryan Fulse | Fort Meade | 2015 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 9 |
| Benny Pierce | Spoto | 2015 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 10 |
| Brad Cleppe | St. Petersburg Catholic | 2014 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 9 |
| Branden Junk | CCC | 2015 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 13 |
| Hyraim Fredrick | Armwood | 2014 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 9 |
| Reuben Jones | Lake Gibson | 2015 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 10 |
| Ricky Thomas | Countyside | 2015 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 7 |
| Shaheed Salmon | Land O’Lakes | 2014 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 10 |
| Tavaris Johnson | Spoto | 2015 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 9 |
Article by Don Haggard