Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football statistical leaders

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football program in various categories,^[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Hilltoppers represent Western Kentucky University in the NCAA's Conference USA.

Although Western Kentucky began competing in intercollegiate football in 1908,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun the 1950s. Records from before this decade are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1951, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Postseason games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.^[2] Since then, the Hilltoppers have appeared the FCS Playoffs three times and in three bowl games.
• The Hilltoppers have accumulated 5,000 yards seven times in school history, all of which came since 1997, including each year since 2012. The Hilltoppers have been especially prolific through the air since Jeff Brohm was hired as head coach in 2014. Quarterback Brandon Doughty had set the school record for passing yards with 2,857 in 2013, and then obliterated the record, passing for 4,830 and 5,055 over the next two seasons. In addition, five different players entered a single-season top 10 receiving list in 2015.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2015 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Brandon Doughty 12,855[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Jeff Cesarone 8,566 1984 1985 1986 1987 3 Justin Haddix 7,929 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Kawaun Jakes 7,538 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 Johnny Vance 4,046 1966 1967 1968 1969 6 John Hall 3,876 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Jimmy Feix 3,780 1949 1950 1951 1952 8 Ralph Antone 3,555 1979 1980 1981 1982 9 Leo Peckenpaugh 3,532 1970 1971 1972 1973 10 Willie Taggart 3,326 1995 1996 1997 1998

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Brandon Doughty 5,055[3] 2015 2 Brandon Doughty 4,830 2014 3 Brandon Doughty 2,857 2013 4 Jeff Cesarone 2,737 1985 5 Kawaun Jakes 2,488 2012 6 Jeff Cesarone 2,396 1986 7 Justin Haddix 2,186 2006 8 Justin Haddix 1,976 2004 9 Johnny Vance 1,943 1969 10 Justin Haddix 1,892 2005

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Brandon Doughty 593[4] 2014 Middle Tennessee 2 Brandon Doughty 569[5] 2014 Bowling Green 3 Mike White 517[6] 2016 Rice 4 Jeff Cesarone 494 1985 Akron 5 Brandon Doughty 491[7] 2014 Marshall 6 Brandon Doughty 486[8] 2014 Central Michigan[9] 7 Brandon Doughty 484[10] 2015 Indiana 8 Brandon Doughty 461[11] 2015 South Florida[12] 9 Brandon Doughty 457[13] 2015 Miami (Ohio) 10 Brandon Doughty 441[14] 2015 Louisiana Tech

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Brandon Doughty 111[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Kawaun Jakes 51 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Justin Haddix 50 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Jeff Cesarone 46 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Leo Peckenpaugh 35 1970 1971 1972 1973 6 Jimmy Feix 30 1949 1950 1951 1952 John Hall 30 1977 1978 1979 1980 Willie Taggart 30 1995 1996 1997 1998 9 Johnny Vance 28 1966 1967 1968 1969 10 Ralph Antone 27 1979 1980 1981 1982

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Brandon Doughty 49 2014 2 Brandon Doughty 48[3] 2015 3 Kawaun Jakes 22 2012 4 Jeff Cesarone 18 1985 5 Johnny Vance 16 1969 6 Jimmy Feix 15 1952 Jeff Cesarone 15 1986 Justin Haddix 15 2005 9 Leo Peckenpaugh 14 1974 Justin Haddix 14 2006 Brandon Doughty 14 2013

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Brandon Doughty 8[7] 2014 Marshall 2 Brandon Doughty 6[5] 2014 Bowling Green Brandon Doughty 6[13] 2015 Miami (Ohio) 4 John Hall 5 1978 Morehead State Jeff Cesarone 5 1985 Akron Brandon Doughty 5[15] 2014 Old Dominion Brandon Doughty 5[16] 2014 UTSA Brandon Doughty 5[8] 2014 Central Michigan[9] Brandon Doughty 5[4] 2015 Middle Tennessee Brandon Doughty 5[17] 2015 Marshall

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Bobby Rainey 4,542 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Lerron Moore 4,396 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Willie Taggart 3,997 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Antwan Floyd 3,775 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Antonio Andrews 3,674 2010 2011 2012 2013 6 Joe Arnold 3,570 1985 1986 1987 1988 7 Dickie Moore 3,560 1965 1966 1967 1968 8 Clarence Jackson 2,584 1970 1971 1972 1973 9 Jimmy Woods 2,479 1975 1976 1977 1978 10 Leon Allen 2,353[18] 2012 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Antonio Andrews 1,730 2013 2 Antonio Andrews 1,728 2012 3 Bobby Rainey 1,695 2011 4 Joe Arnold 1,668 1988 5 Bobby Rainey 1,649 2010 6 Leon Allen 1,542 2014 7 Jon Frazier 1,537 2002 8 Lerron Moore 1,490 2003 9 Dickie Moore 1,444 1967 10 Antwan Floyd 1,327 1994

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Leon Allen 345[19] 2014 Army 2 Eddie Thompson 309 1992 Southern Illinois 3 Clarence Jackson 297 1971 Butler 4 Willie Taggart 289 1997 Southern Illinois 5 Joe Arnold 260 1987 North Carolina A&T 6 Rod Smart 258 1999 Eastern Illinois

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Willie Taggart 47 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Lerron Moore 43 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Clarence Jackson 37 1970 1971 1972 1973 4 Bobby Rainey 35 2008 2009 2010 2011 5 Dickie Moore 34 1965 1966 1967 1968 6 Antonio Andrews 29 2010 2011 2012 2013 7 Joe Arnold 28 1985 1986 1987 1988 8 Antwan Floyd 27 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Latravis Powell 24 1994 1995 1996 1997 10 Leon Allen 22[18] 2012 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dickie Moore 19 1967 2 Willie Taggart 16 1997 Antonio Andrews 16 2013 4 Willie Taggart 15 1998 Bobby Rainey 15 2010 6 Joe Arnold 14 1988 Jason Michael 14 2002 Brian Porter 14 2004 9 Lerron Moore 13 2003 Bobby Rainey 13 2011 Leon Allen 13 2014

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Antonio Andrews 5[20] 2013 Morgan State

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Willie McNeal 171 2010 2012 2013 2014 2 Jake Gaebler 168 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Jack Doyle 162 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Taywan Taylor 160[21] 2013 2014 2015 2016 5 Jared Dangerfield 151[22] 2014 2015 6 Curtis Hamilton 149 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Jay Davis 131 1968 1969 1970 1971 8 Alan Mullins 124 1982 1983 1984 1985 9 Keith Paskett 123 1983 1984 1985 1986 10 Robert Coates 119 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Taywan Taylor 86[21] 2015 2 Jared Dangerfield 82[22] 2015 3 Jared Dangerfield 69 2014 4 Porter Williams 66 1973 Curtis Hamilton 66 2007 6 Alan Mullins 65 1985 7 Nicholas Norris 63[23] 2015 8 Willie McNeal 56 2014 9 Antwane Grant 55[24] 2015 10 Jake Gaebler 54 2008

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Jay Davis 15 1969 Akron 2 Pat McKenzie 12 1984 Eastern Illinois Curtis Hamilton 12[25] 2007 Eastern Kentucky Taywan Taylor 12[5] 2014 Bowling Green 5 Keith Paskett 11 1986 Eastern Illinois Cedric Jones 11 1986 Livingston Jake Gaebler 11[26] 2008 Middle Tennessee Tyler Higbee 11[10] 2015 Indiana Jared Dangerfield 11[13] 2015 Miami (Ohio)

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Taywan Taylor 2,669[21] 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Curtis Hamilton 2,324 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Jay Davis 2,236 1968 1969 1970 1971 4 Willie McNeal 2,181 2010 2012 2013 2014 5 Keith Paskett 2,117 1983 1984 1985 1986 6 Eddie Preston 2,083 1976 1977 1978 1979 7 Joey Stockton 2,057 1995 1996 1997 8 Jake Gaebler 1,924 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Alan Mullins 1,866 1982 1983 1984 1985 10 Porter Williams 1,826 1970 1971 1972 1973

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Taywan Taylor 1,467[21] 2015 2 Porter Williams 1,107 1973 3 Nicholas Norris 971[23] 2015 4 Casey Rooney 946 2003 5 Curtis Hamilton 873 2007 6 Joey Stockton 863 1995 7 Maurice Perkins 849 2004 8 Alan Mullins 849 1985 9 Jared Dangerfield 844[22] 2015 10 Curtis Hamilton 841 2006

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Joey Stockton 276 1995 Austin Peay 2 Taywan Taylor 196[10] 2015 Indiana 3 Joey Stockton 194 1997 Murray St. 4 Jay Davis 191 1969 Akron 5 Malcolm Darden 188 1987 Chattanooga 6 Keith Paskett 187 1986 Eastern Illinois 7 Taywan Taylor 165[27] 2016 Rice

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Taywan Taylor 24[21] 2013 2014 2015 2 Eddie Preston 22 1976 1977 1978 1979 3 Porter Williams 21 1970 1971 1972 1973 Willie McNeal 21 2010 2012 2013 2014 5 Jay Davis 19 1968 1969 1970 Curtis Hamilton 19 2004 2005 2006 2007 Jared Dangerfield 19[22] 2014 2015 8 Joey Stockton 17 1995 1996 1997 9 Alan Mullins 14 1982 1983 1984 1985 Keith Paskett 14 1983 1984 1985 1986 Tyler Higbee 14[28] 2011 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Taywan Taylor 17[21] 2015 2 Porter Williams 11 1973 Jared Dangerfield 11 2014 4 Curtis Hamilton 10 2006 5 Willie McNeal 8 2014 Jared Dangerfield 8[22] 2015 Tyler Higbee 8[28] 2015 8 Jay Davis 7 1969 Eddie Preston 7 1979 Alan Mullins 7 1985 Taywan Taylor 7 2014 Antwane Grant 7[24] 2015

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Porter Williams 4 1973 Murray State 2 Porter Williams 3 1971 East Tennessee State Eddie Preston 3 1978 Morehead State Tyler Higbee 3 2014 Marshall Taywan Taylor 3[29] 2015 Middle Tennessee

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[30]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Brandon Doughty 12,570[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Justin Haddix 8,890 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Willie Taggart 7,223 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Jeff Cesarone 7,852 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Kawaun Jakes 8,323 2009 2010 2011 2012 6 Johnny Vance 4,782 1966 1967 1968 1969 7 Bobby Rainey 4,595 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Lerron Moore 4,334 2003 2004 2005 2006 9 Eddie Thompson 4,109 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Brandon Doughty 4,933[3] 2015 2 Brandon Doughty 4,778 2014 3 Brandon Doughty 2,478 2013 4 Kawaun Jakes 2,546 2012 5 Jeff Cesarone 2,542 1985 6 Willie Taggart 2,403 1997 7 Jason Michael 2,303 2002 8 Justin Haddix 2,291 2004 9 Justin Haddix 2,211 2006 10 Justin Haddix 2,210 2005

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Brandon Doughty 579[4] 2014 Middle Tennessee 2 Brandon Doughty 567[5] 2014 Bowling Green 3 Brandon Doughty 495[10] 2015 Indiana 4 Brandon Doughty 490[8] 2014 Central Michigan[9] 5 Jeff Cesarone 484 1985 Akron 6 Brandon Doughty 476[7] 2014 Marshall 7 Brandon Doughty 446[11] 2015 South Florida[12] 8 Brandon Doughty 435[14] 2015 Louisiana Tech 9 Johnny Vance 428 1968 Akron Brandon Doughty 428[13] 2015 Miami (Ohio)

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Brandon Doughty 114[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Willie Taggart 77 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Justin Haddix 70 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Kawaun Jakes 65 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 Jeff Cesarone 48 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Lerron Moore 43 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Clarence Jackson 37 1970 1971 1972 1973 Bobby Rainey 37 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Brandon Doughty 51 2014 2 Brandon Doughty 49[3] 2015 3 Willie Taggart 27 1997 4 Kawaun Jakes 25 2012 5 Willie Taggart 23 1998 Justin Haddix 23 2005 7 Johnny Vance 21 1969 8 Dickie Moore 19 1967 9 Jeff Cesarone 18 1985

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Brandon Doughty 8[7] 2014 Marshall 2 Brandon Doughty 6[5] 2014 Bowling Green Brandon Doughty 6[13] 2015 Miami (Ohio)

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Bobby Sippio 19 1999 2000 2001 2 Delvechio Walls 14 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 James Edwards 13 1984 1985 1986 1987 4 Antonio Thomas 12 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Reginald Johnson 11 1979 1980 1981 1983 Cam Thomas 11 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 Barry Bumm 10 1978 1979 1980 1981 8 Jeremy Chandler 9 2000 2001 2002 2003 Jonathan Dowling 9 2012 2013 10 Vernard Johnson 8 1984 1985 1986 Joseph Jefferson 8 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Bobby Sippio 10 2000 2 James Edwards 7 1987 Antonio Thomas 7 2004 4 Joseph Jefferson 6 2000 Jonathan Dowling 6 2012 6 Carl Brazley 5 1978 Reginald Johnson 5 1981 Hayes Thomas 5 2000 Bobby Sippio 5 2001 Jeremy Chandler 5 2002 Bo Smith 5 2007 Cam Thomas 5 2013

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Jim Pickens 4 1948 Eastern Kentucky 2 Max Stevens 3 1951 Morehead State Jon Leathers 3 1974 Dayton Carl Brazley 3 1978 East Tennessee State Jonathan Dowling 3[31] 2012 Kentucky Branden Leston 3[7] 2014 Marshall

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Rick Green 525 1972 1973 1974 1975 2 Paul Gray 488 1980 1981 1982 1983 3 Erik Dandy 422 2000 2001 2002 2003 4 Charles Thompson 411 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Biff Madon 401 1974 1975 1976 1977 6 Melvin Wisham 394 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Tony Towns 370 1974 1976 1977 1978 8 Carl Estelle 355 1976 1977 1978 1979 9 Bill Hape 354 1967 1968 1969 1970 10 Jim Barber 342 1969 1970 1971

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Rick Green 213 1975 2 Paul Gray 173 1981 3 Melvin Wishman 171 2000 4 Erik Dandy 165 2003 5 Charles Thompson 159 2002 6 Richard Grice 156 1992 7 Erik Dandy 155 2001 8 Paul Grant 149 1982 9 Biff Madon 148 1976 10 Biff Madon 143 1977

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Sherrod Coates 30.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2 Quanterus Smith 24.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Jon Drummond 21.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Ben Witman 20.5 1996 1997 1998 1999 5 Sean Longstreth 18.0 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Xavier Jordan 14.0 1985 1986 1987 1988 Ben Mooney 14.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 Bryan Heyward 14.0 1995 1996 1997 1998 Brandon Smith 14.0 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Sherrod Coates 13.0 2002 2 Quanterus Smith 12.5 2012 3 Ben Witman 10.5 1999 4 Ben Mooney 9.0 1993 Sean Longstreth 9.0 1997 Karl Maslowski 9.0 2003 Brandon Smith 9.0 2003 8 Bryan Heyward 8.0 1997 Sherrod Coates 8.0 2000 Sherrod Coates 8.0 2001 Chad Kincaid 8.0 2003

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Garrett Schwettman 54[32] 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Chris James 51 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Peter Martinez 49 2000 2001 2002 4 Dan Maher 47 1985 1986 1987 1988 5 Jeff Poisel 31 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Matt Lange 23 2002 2003 7 Jim Griffiths 19 1980 1981 1982 8 Chris Pino 17 1990 1991 1992 1993 9 Dave Betz 15 1976 1977 10 Casey Tinius 14 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Matt Lange 23 2003 2 Peter Martinez 18 2002 3 Peter Martinez 17 2000 4 Garrett Schwettman 16 2014 5 Dan Maher 15 1988 Chris James 15 2005 Garrett Schwettman 15[32] 2015 8 Peter Martinez 14 2001 Chris James 14 2007 Casey Tinius 14 2009

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Matt Lange 5 2003 Eastern Kentucky 2 Steve Donisi 4 1990 Eastern Kentucky Chris Pino 4 1993 Jacksonville State Casey Tinius 4[33] 2009 Louisiana-Monroe Garrett Schwettman 4[14] 2015 Louisiana Tech

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Matt Lange 82.1%[34] 2002 2003 2 Garrett Schwettman 81.8%[32] 2012 2013 2014 2015 3 Peter Martinez 71%[35] 2000 2001 2002 4 Ryan Nuss 66.67%[36] 2016 5 Casey Tinius 48.9%[37] 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Garrett Schwettman 93.8%[32] 2015 2 Matt Lange 82.1%[38] 2003 3 Garrett Schwettman 81.3% 2013 4 Peter Martinez 77%[39] 2000 5 Chris James 76%[40] 2006 6 Chris James 75%[41] 2004 7 Casey Tinius 74%[42] 2009 8 Peter Martinez 72%[43] 2002

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