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Player Dossier
2013-2016Western Kentucky
Branden Leston
DB • 6'3" • Clearwater, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Branden Leston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Player Story
Branden Leston built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Clearwater, FL wearing No. 31, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Branden Leston's career was his...
Read the storyBranden Leston, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Branden Leston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 95
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Branden Leston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 95
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Marshall
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 95 tackles · DB 6th (top 1%) · Conference USA 12th (top 3%) · National 103rd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43 |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 14 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 14 | 86 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 49.3 |
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Branden Leston played DB for Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Branden Leston recorded 95 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 11 primary output with 36.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 36.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
36.1
Usage
5.6
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 2. Rice: 1. Alabama: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Vanderbilt: 0. Houston Christian: 0. Louisiana Tech: 2. Middle Tennessee: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Florida Atlantic: 4. Florida International: 0. North Texas: 0. Marshall: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 9 by 57.5. Rice: 5 by 30.8. Alabama: 7 by 29.2. Miami (OH): 9 by 37.5. Vanderbilt: 11 by 45.8. Houston Christian: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 10 by 61.7. Middle Tennessee: 12 by 50. Old Dominion: 6 by 25. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 52.5. Florida International: 7 by 29.2. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 11 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/21 | vs MemphisSplash game | W 51-31 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 12/3 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 58-44 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/27 | @ Marshall | W 60-6 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs North Texas | W 45-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Florida International | W 49-21 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 52-3 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Old Dominion | W 59-24 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Middle Tennessee10+ tackles | W 44-43 | 12 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/7 | @ Louisiana Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | L 52-55 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Houston Christian | W 50-3 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Vanderbilt10+ tackles | L 30-31 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Miami (OH) | W 31-24 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Alabama | L 10-38 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Rice | W 46-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Branden Leston story
Branden Leston built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Clearwater, FL wearing No. 31, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Branden Leston's career was his defensive production: 95 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 6 interceptions, and 9 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Branden Leston's production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Branden Leston moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 4 | 40 | — | 4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 20 | — | -3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 11 | 36.1 | 5.6 | 10 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 11 | 36.1 | 5.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Marshall
Week 14 · W 67-66 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 6 · L 52-55 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Southern Miss
Week 14 · W 45-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 9 · W 52-3 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Memphis
Week 1 · W 51-31 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
54.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
11 primary output · 36.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage
49.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
49.3
11 primary · 36.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
47.7
4 primary · 40 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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