Player Dossier

2021-2025

Maryland

Branden Jennings

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Branden Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.4

Efficiency

15.6

Consistency

5.1

Season Value

6.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Maryland • UCF • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Branden Jennings, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · UCF. Branden Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UCF paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.6 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: Tennessee

Loss with 1 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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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

15.6

Usage

2.4

Consistency

5.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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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: 0. Unknown: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Tennessee: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 0. Arkansas: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 7 by 29.2. Unknown: 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 12.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Ole Miss: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=8 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · n=7 · -0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=6 · +0.0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Tennessee

Result
Sat 1/3vs Wake ForestL 29-4322000
Fri 11/28vs Ole MissL 19-3860001
Sun 11/16@ MissouriL 27-4911000
Sat 11/8vs GeorgiaL 21-4110000
Sat 11/1@ ArkansasW 38-3531000
Sat 10/25vs TexasL 38-4522000
Sat 10/18@ FloridaL 21-2321000
Sat 10/4@ Texas A&ML 9-3142000
Sat 9/27vs Tennessee10+ tacklesL 34-41102001
Sat 9/20vs Northern IllinoisW 38-1020000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown10000
Sat 9/6vs Arizona StateW 24-2070000
Sat 8/30@ Southern MissW 34-1730000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCF

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Mississippi State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland115.13.9
2022 Regular SeasonUCF04.20.9-1
2024 Regular SeasonMississippi State8.526.511.18.5
2025 PostseasonMississippi State215.62.4-6.5
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State215.62.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arizona State

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.

#2

Tennessee

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.7 takeover score.

#3

Ole Miss

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.4 takeover score.

#4

Georgia

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · UCF

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

35

#2

2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State

21.8

8.5 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

6.7

2 primary · 15.6 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

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.

Quick Answers

Branden Jennings quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
3
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
126