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 42.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

11.8

Efficiency

42.4

Consistency

54.8

Season Value

30.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 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: Stanford

Scouting Read

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Branson Combs, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Branson Combs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 9.5 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 42.4 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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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

42.4

Usage

11.8

Consistency

54.8

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

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

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 4 by 36.7. Virginia: 14 by 50. Ole Miss: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Clemson: 9 by 47.5. UConn: 8 by 53.3. Stanford: 12 by 75. North Carolina: 14 by 50. Miami: 3 by 12.5. 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.

Wins1.8 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.5 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs First Half

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+ tacklesW 27-241231.5010
Sat 10/19@ UConnW 23-2086101
Sat 10/12vs ClemsonL 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 Unknown43110

Career Arc

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

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    Wake Forest

    2024

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonWake Forest9.542.411.8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Stanford

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#2

Northwestern

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.4 takeover score.

#3

UConn

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.

#5

Clemson

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest

9.5 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 11.8 usage

30.1

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

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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.

Quick Answers

Branson Combs quick answers

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career tackles
83