Usage Score
3.3
Player Dossier
2021-2025Mississippi State
Branden Jennings
LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Branden Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Efficiency
18.7
Consistency
12.8
Season Value
20.7
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Maryland • UCF • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Scouting Read
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Branden Jennings, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Branden Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Branden Jennings played LB for Maryland, UCF, and Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Branden Jennings recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 12.5 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, UCF, Mississippi State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Win with 2 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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2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
18.7
Usage
3.3
Consistency
12.8
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Arizona State: 1. Alcorn State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Tennessee: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 0. Arkansas: 2. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 1. Ole Miss: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 7 by 39.2. Alcorn State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Tennessee: 10 by 51.7. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas: 3 by 32.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 14.2. Ole Miss: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Wake Forest | L 29-43 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ole Miss | L 19-38 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Missouri | L 27-49 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia | L 21-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ ArkansasSplash game | W 38-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Texas | L 38-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Florida | L 21-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Texas A&M | L 9-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Tennessee10+ tackles | L 34-41 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Northern Illinois | W 38-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Alcorn State | W 63-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arizona State | W 24-20 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 34-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Maryland
2021
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Mississippi State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 2 | 16.6 | 4.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12.5 | 29.9 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 6 | 18.7 | 3.3 | -6.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 6 | 18.7 | 3.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Eastern Kentucky
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Primary metric
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.4 takeover score.
#2
Arizona State
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.
#3
Arkansas
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.
#4
Howard
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
Texas A&M
1.5
Primary metric
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
12.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 11.9 usage
50
#2
2022 Regular Season · UCF
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
20.7
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.86
Evangel Christian Academy · Shreveport, LA
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
3
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
126
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 35 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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