Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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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.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
71
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland • UCF • Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky
Player Story
Branden Jennings built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland, Mississippi State, and UCF. The clearest part of Branden Jennings'...
Read the storyBranden 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 126
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Branden Jennings quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 126
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Eastern Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Evangel Christian Academy · 49 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · LB 325th (top 26%) · SEC 100th (top 14%) · National 761st (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 19.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 56 | 5 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Mississippi State | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 26.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 13 | 42 | - | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26.9 |
Related Context
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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
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.9 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: Eastern Kentucky
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
29.9
Usage
11.9
Consistency
58.3
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 2.5. Arizona State: 2. Toledo: 0.5. Florida: 0. Texas: 1. Georgia: 2. Texas A&M: 1.5. Arkansas: 1.5. Massachusetts: 0.5. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 1. Ole Miss: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 6 by 50. Arizona State: 5 by 40.8. Toledo: 4 by 21.7. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 5 by 30.8. Georgia: 2 by 28.3. Texas A&M: 8 by 48.3. Arkansas: 5 by 35.8. Massachusetts: 4 by 21.7. Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Missouri: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 9 by 37.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 10 · -0.6 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
Eastern Kentucky
Best efficiency game
50 vs Eastern Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Ole Miss | L 14-26 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Missouri | L 20-39 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Tennessee | L 14-33 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Massachusetts | W 45-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Arkansas | L 25-58 | 5 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Texas A&M | L 24-34 | 8 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ GeorgiaSplash game | L 31-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Texas | L 13-35 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Florida | L 28-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Toledo | L 17-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | L 23-30 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Eastern KentuckySplash game | W 56-7 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Branden Jennings story
Branden Jennings built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland, Mississippi State, and UCF. The clearest part of Branden Jennings' career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Branden Jennings' 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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Maryland
2021
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Mississippi State
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| 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
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 1 · W 56-7
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Howard
Week 2 · W 62-0
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Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Arizona State
Week 2 · L 23-30
2
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas A&M
Week 8 · L 24-34 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 7 · L 31-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
12.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 11.9 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · UCF
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Mississippi State
26.9
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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