Player Dossier

2019-2023

Middle Tennessee

Jordan Branch

DL • 6'0" • 290 lbs • Maury City, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

54

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Player Story

Jordan Branch built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Maury City, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Jordan Branch's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8355

Crockett County · Alamo, TN

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jordan Branch, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee. Jordan Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
9.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jordan Branch quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · DL
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Crockett County · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Crockett County · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
31 tackles · DL 160th (top 17%) · Conference USA 82nd (top 20%) · National 1,283rd (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee7911--016.6
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8170.50.511022.2
2021 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee91-0--048.8
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee9132.5041048.8
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee6132.51--239
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee12313013042.3

Related Context

Jordan Branch played DL for Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jordan Branch recorded 24 rushing yards, 84 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Middle Tennessee paired 7.5 primary output with 14.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

3.4

Consistency

31

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 0. Murray State: 0.5. Colorado State: 0. Western Kentucky: 1.5. Jacksonville State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. Liberty: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Florida International: 1.5. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Murray State: 3 by 17.5. Colorado State: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 1 by 19.2. Jacksonville State: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 18.3. Liberty: 6 by 25. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 3 by 27.5. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Sam Houston: 6 by 40

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

40 vs Sam Houston

Result
Sat 11/25@ Sam HoustonL 20-23631.5000
Sat 11/18vs UTEPW 34-3010000
Sat 11/11vs Florida InternationalW 40-6310.5000
Sat 11/4@ New Mexico StateL 7-1310000
Tue 10/17@ LibertyL 35-4261000
Tue 10/10vs Louisiana TechW 31-2320001
Thu 10/5vs Jacksonville StateL 30-4510001
Thu 9/28@ Western KentuckyL 10-31100.5001
Sat 9/23vs Colorado StateL 23-3141000
Sat 9/16vs Murray StateW 35-14300.5000
Sat 9/9@ MissouriL 19-2322000
Sat 9/2@ AlabamaL 7-5610000

Player Story

Jordan Branch story

Jordan Branch built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Maury City, TN wearing No. 5, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Jordan Branch's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jordan Branch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Middle Tennessee

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee28.23.2
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee312.62.81
2021 PostseasonMiddle Tennessee7.514.83.34.5
2021 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee7.514.83.30
2022 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee4.516.54.9-3
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee716.63.42.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 1 · L 21-40

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Sam Houston

Week 13 · L 20-23 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Troy

Week 12 · W 20-17

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Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia Tech

Week 2 · L 14-35

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#5

@ James Madison

Week 1 · L 7-44

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee

7.5 primary output · 14.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage

48.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

48.8

7.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

42.3

7 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games