Ten Best 2025 On-Ball Defenders

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='2238887' first='Avyion' last='McCleton']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Too often scoring is the only thing reported upon. Take a gander at these elite on-ball defenders. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The following ten players led the state in steals per game, as determined by MaxPreps.com. It is important to note that many, if not most high school coaches do not submit their statistics to MaxPreps.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>1) <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1344316' first='Cam'ron' last='Dowell']</strong><br>PG, SG Kenwood (Clarksville)<br>19 games<br>58 steals<br>3.1 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2) [player_tooltip player_id='2116000' first='AJ' last='Petway']</strong><br>LEAD Academy (Nashville)<br>28 games<br>85 steals<br>3.0 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3) [player_tooltip player_id='2343066' first='Zack' last='Turner']</strong><br><strong>PG, SG</strong> Gibbs (Corryton)<br>28 games<br>83 games<br>3.0 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4) [player_tooltip player_id='2238887' first='Avyion' last='McCleton']</strong><br>Cane Ridge (Nashville)<br>27 games<br>80 steals<br>3.0 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5) Cooper Shamer</strong><br>Wayne County (Waynesboro)<br>17 games<br>50 steals <br>2.9 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>6) [player_tooltip player_id='2285497' first='Jalen' last='Jefferson']</strong><br>LEAD Academy (Nashville)<br>27 games<br>78 steals<br>2.9 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>7) [player_tooltip player_id='2419992' first='Deonte' last='Smith']</strong><br>BCHS (Knoxville)<br>27 games<br>75 steals<br>2.8 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8) [player_tooltip player_id='1547325' first='Colin' last='Brown']</strong><br>Tennessee High (Bristol)<br>28 games<br>76 steals<br>2.7 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>9) Connor Copeland</strong><br>SG, SF<br>BCHS (Knoxville)<br>27 games<br>73 steals<br>2.7 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>10) Jadyn Lee</strong><br>Munford<br>25 games<br>67 steals <br>2.7 spg</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->