Player Dossier

2024-2024

Wake Forest

Branson Combs

LB • 6'3" • 222 lbs • Evansville, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Branson Combs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.3

Efficiency

44.4

Consistency

59.7

Season Value

54.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

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.

Branson Combs, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Branson Combs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.4 disruption score.

Branson Combs played LB for Wake Forest. Across 1 tracked season, Branson Combs recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 11.5 primary output with 44.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 44.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Win with 2.5 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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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

44.4

Usage

12.3

Consistency

59.7

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina A&T: 2. Virginia: 0. Ole Miss: 0. NC State: 1. Clemson: 2. UConn: 2. Stanford: 2.5. North Carolina: 0. Miami: 1. Duke: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 36.7. Virginia: 14 by 50. Ole Miss: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Clemson: 9 by 57.5. UConn: 8 by 53.3. Stanford: 12 by 75. North Carolina: 14 by 50. Miami: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.9 · Games = 4 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

75 vs Stanford

Result
Sat 11/30vs DukeL 17-2396100
Sat 11/23@ MiamiL 14-4232000
Sun 11/17@ North Carolina10+ tacklesL 24-311411000
Sat 10/26@ Stanford10+ tackles · Splash gameW 27-241231.5010
Sat 10/19@ UConnSplash gameW 23-2086101
Sat 10/12vs ClemsonSplash gameL 14-4994100
Sat 10/5@ NC StateW 34-30530010
Sat 9/14vs Ole MissL 6-4051000
Sat 9/7vs Virginia10+ tacklesL 30-31147000
Thu 8/29vs North Carolina A&TSplash gameW 45-1343110

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest11.544.412.3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Northwestern

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.

#2

Stanford

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#3

Clemson

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.4 takeover score.

#4

UConn

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.3 takeover score.

#5

North Carolina A&T

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

11.5 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · 12.3 usage

54.1

Milestones

2

Impact games

4

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

83

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 13 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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