2023 Mountain West Conference Leaders Passes Defended - All Games through 01/08/2024
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Int. | Passes Broken Up | Passes Defended | Passes Defended/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Tumblin | SDSU | SR | CB | 12 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1.17 |
| 2 | Jay'Vion Cole | SJSU | SO | CB | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1.00 |
| 3 | Morice Norris Jr. | Fresno St | SR | NKL | 13 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0.92 |
| 3 | Zach Morris | New Mexico | SO | CB | 12 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.92 |
| 5 | Carlton Johnson | Fresno St | SR | DB | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.85 |
| 6 | Virdel Edwards II | Hawai'i | SR | DB | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0.82 |
| 7 | Ike Larsen | Utah State | SO | S | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.77 |
| 7 | Al'zillion Hamilton | Fresno St | SO | DB | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.77 |
| 9 | Devin Dye | Utah State | SO | S | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.75 |
| 10 | Cameron Oliver | UNLV | JR | DB | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.71 |
| 11 | Wyett Ekeler | Wyoming | JR | FS | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.69 |
| 11 | Jakorey Hawkins | Wyoming | SR | CB | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.69 |
| 13 | Dez Malone | SDSU | JR | CB | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.67 |
| 14 | A’Marion McCoy | Boise St | JR | CB | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.64 |
| 14 | Jaylen Clark | Boise St | JR | CB | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.64 |
| 14 | Johnathan Baldwin | UNLV | JR | DB | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 14 | Cam Stone | Hawai'i | SR | DB | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.64 |
| 18 | Levelle Bailey | Fresno St | SR | LB | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 18 | Isaac White | Wyoming | JR | SS | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.62 |
| 20 | Cedarious Barfield | SDSU | SR | S | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Dean Clark | Fresno St | SR | DB | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Emany Johnson | Nevada | SR | DB | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Jermarius Lewis | New Mexico | SO | S | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Wrook Brown | Wyoming | SO | N | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Ricky Johnson | UNLV | SR | DB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 20 | Donte Martin | New Mexico | SR | CB | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.58 |
| 27 | JD Drew | Utah State | FR | CB | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.55 |
| 27 | Avante Dickerson | Utah State | SO | CB | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.55 |
| 29 | Trey Taylor | Air Force | SR | FS | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 29 | Easton Gibbs | Wyoming | JR | LB | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 29 | Caleb Brown | Hawai'i | JR | DB | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.54 |
| 32 | KK Meier | Nevada | FR | DB | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.50 |
| 32 | Michael Coats Jr. | Nevada | SR | CB | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.50 |
| 34 | Tre Jenkins | SJSU | SR | S | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 34 | Ty Benefield | Boise St | FR | S | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 34 | Alexander Teubner | Boise St | SR | S | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 34 | Jamari Bellamy | Air Force | JR | DB | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 34 | Jayden Goodwin | Air Force | SR | SS | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 34 | Jett Elad | UNLV | JR | DB | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.46 |
| 40 | DJ Harvey | SJSU | SO | DB | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.45 |
| 41 | Dom Jones | CSU | SR | DB | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 41 | Anthony Switzer | Utah State | JR | S | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 41 | Zyrus Fiaseu | SDSU | SO | LB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.42 |
| 44 | Simeon Harris | Utah State | SO | S | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.38 |
| 44 | Michael Anyanwu | Utah State | SR | CB | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 |
| 46 | Jaxen Turner | UNLV | SR | DB | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.36 |
| 46 | Seyi Oladipo | Boise St | JR | S | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.36 |
| 48 | Jack Howell | CSU | JR | DB | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.33 |
| 48 | Jaden Dedman | Nevada | SR | DB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.33 |
| 48 | Dimitri Johnson | New Mexico | JR | LB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.33 |
Note: To qualify, player must have played in 75% of his team's games.