Defensive back, Western Kentucky, 2013–16
Branden Leston
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Clearwater, FL
Branden Leston played defensive back at Western Kentucky (2013–16).
Career highs
12tackles, career highat Middle Tennessee, 20163interceptions, career highat Marshall, 2014Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2015 and 2016
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 95 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Career | 95 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 of 13 | 40 | 16 | 56 |
| 2015 | 11 of 14 | 52 | 23 | 75 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Western Kentucky | 31 | DB | |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | 31 | DB | |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 31 | DB | |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 31 | DB | 6′3″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Western Kentucky 14 games, 95 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Rice | W 46–14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | at Alabama | L 10–38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Miami (OH) | W 31–24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Vanderbilt | L 30–31 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Houston Christian | W 50–3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | at Louisiana Tech | L 52–55 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Middle Tennessee | W 44–43 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Old Dominion | W 59–24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Florida Atlantic | W 52–3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Florida International | W 49–21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. North Texas | W 45–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Marshall | W 60–6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 58–44 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. Memphis | W 51–31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2015 Western Kentucky 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5 | vs. Southern Miss | W 45–28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2014 Western Kentucky 2 games, 4 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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