Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2024Wake 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
88
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Branson Combs built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Evansville, IN wearing No. 21, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Branson Combs' career was his defensive production: 83 tackles,...
Read the storyBranson 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Branson Combs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · LB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Stanford
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 83 tackles · LB 83rd (top 7%) · ACC 16th (top 3%) · National 122nd (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 10 | 83 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to Wake Forest | Unlisted to P4 | 79.8 | Dec 4, 2023 |
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.
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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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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
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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 11/30 | vs Duke | L 17-23 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Miami | L 14-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ North Carolina10+ tackles | L 24-31 | 14 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Stanford10+ tackles · Splash game | W 27-24 | 12 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ UConnSplash game | W 23-20 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs ClemsonSplash game | L 14-49 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ NC State | W 34-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Ole Miss | L 6-40 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Virginia10+ tackles | L 30-31 | 14 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/29 | vs North Carolina A&TSplash game | W 45-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Branson Combs story
Branson Combs built his college career in 2024 as a linebacker from Evansville, IN wearing No. 21, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Branson Combs' career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Wake Forest. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Branson Combs' production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wake Forest.
The arc is straightforward: Branson Combs moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 11.5 | 44.4 | 12.3 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Stanford
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Clemson
Week 7 · L 14-49 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#3
@ UConn
Week 8 · W 23-20
2
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#4
vs North Carolina A&T
Week 1 · W 45-13
2
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Northwestern
Week 3
1
Havoc Plays
65.4 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
11.5 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · 12.3 usage
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Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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