5 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Western Kentucky#111 · 3-4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 2025 | Western Kentucky#78 · 9-4 | 9 | 33% | 18 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech#109 · 5-8 | 8 | 22% | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech#120 · 3-9 | 9 | 39% | 12 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 * | Iowa State#50 · 4-8 | 2 | 4% | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jayden Gray's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded. * Defense rebuilt from the play-by-play (ESPN's box scores that season are missing it); about 10% below official totals.
Jayden Gray's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | W 41–24 | 8.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 1 | W 55–6 | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | |
| 2 | @ | L 21–45 | 6.4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | W 31–16 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 5 | @ | W 27–22 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 6 | @ | W 27–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 8 | L 6–25 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | |
| 9 | @ | W 28–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 10 | W 35–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 12 | W 42–26 | 6.9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | |
| 13 | @ | L 10–13 | 5.9 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 14 | @ | L 34–37 | 5.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| Bowls | vs | W 27–16 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2025 · 9 games | 6.2 | 18 | 10 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | · | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
24 DLs on the Western Kentucky roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Latrevion Thompson | DE | SR | 20 | 1.5 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Zsacari Minnis | DE | SO | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 45 | Josaiah Knight | DE | SO | 10 | 1 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
| 33 | Zeiqui Lawton | DT | SR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 50 | Elin Jones | DE | SR | 8 | 2.5 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 52 | Jakeem Fletcher | DT | SR | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 0 | Mackavelli Malotumau | DT | SR | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 93 | Rylen Su'a-Filo | DT | SR | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 98 | Nathan Gonzales | DE | SR | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 55 | Venson Sneed | DE | SR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 16 | Darius Hampton | DE | SR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 54 | Sekou Peters | DT | FR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 99 | Eric Etienne | DT | SO | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 56 | Kiawan Murphy | DT | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 92 | Javin Griffin | DT | SR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Zayden Walters | DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | ||
| 15 | Jayden Gray | DL | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Brandon Thomas | DE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 53 | Elijah Peake | DT | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 57 | Isaac Tanis | DE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 59 | Sharlandiin Strange | DE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 90 | Bryce Fulda | DE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 91 | Ceejay Embry | DT | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 94 | Henry Smith | DE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Western Kentucky depth chart →