Western Kentucky’s best defenders
Cam Thomas has the most interceptions of the 168 defenders who played at Western Kentucky, 11. Branden Leston is tied for 2nd with 6.
Western Kentucky’s defenders this season
- Tony Newsome Jr.2 at Western Kentucky. 2 more puts him past Nick Holt, DeAndre Farris, Drell Greene, Roger Cray, Beanie Bishop, Davion Williams and Jaylen Lewis into a tie for 8th in Western Kentucky history.2interceptions
- Jaylen Wester1interception
- Justin Brown1interception
Compare with in · side by side
| Place | Player | interceptions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam Thomas2011 – 2014 | 11 |
| T2 | Branden Leston2014 – 2016 | 6 |
| T2 | Ta'Corian Darden2016 – 2019 | 6 |
| T2 | Devon Key2017 – 2020 | 6 |
| T2 | Upton Stout2022 – 2024 | 6 |
| T6 | Prince Charles Iworah2014 – 2015 | 5 |
| T6 | Kyle Bailey2017 – 2020 | 5 |
| T8 | Wonderful Terry2014 – 2015 | 4 |
| T8 | Joe Brown2014 – 2017 | 4 |
| T8 | Leverick Johnson2015 – 2017 | 4 |
| T8 | Antwon Kincade2017 – 2021 | 4 |
| T8 | Omari Alexander2020 – 2021 | 4 |
| T8 | Kahlef Hailassie2021 – 2022 | 4 |
| T8 | Kaleb Oliver2021 – 2022 | 4 |
| T15 | Nick Holt2015 | 3 |
| T15 | DeAndre Farris2015 – 2018 | 3 |
| T15 | Drell Greene2016 – 2018 | 3 |
| T15 | Roger Cray2018 – 2020 | 3 |
| T15 | Beanie Bishop2018 – 2021 | 3 |
| T15 | Davion Williams2021 – 2023 | 3 |
| T15 | Jaylen Lewis2025 – 2026 · still playing | 3 |
| T22 | Ricardo Singh2014 | 2 |
| T22 | Marcus Ward2013 – 2015 | 2 |
| T22 | De'Andre Simmons2015 – 2016 | 2 |
| T22 | Keith Brown2016 | 2 |
interceptions by decade
2020s
- Upton Stout2022 – 20246
- Omari Alexander2020 – 20214
- Kahlef Hailassie2021 – 20224
- Kaleb Oliver2021 – 20224
- Beanie Bishop2020 – 20213
2011–19
- Cam Thomas2011 – 201411
- Branden Leston2014 – 20166
- Ta'Corian Darden2016 – 20196
- Prince Charles Iworah2014 – 20155
- Devon Key2017 – 20195
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Method
- Every defender who played at Western Kentucky, ranked by interceptions over his games there. Bowl and playoff games count.
- Tackles and sacks are only recorded since 2024, so the defenders are ranked by interceptions. A defender is in a box score only in a game he has a stat in, so his games aren’t counted.
- A decade counts his interceptions at Western Kentucky in its seasons.