Player Dossier

2021-2025

Portland State

Branden Alvarez

WR • 5'9" • 183 lbs • Corona, CA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Branden Alvarez reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

33

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San José State • Portland State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8274

Centennial · Corona, CA

Committed To
San José State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Branden Alvarez, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San José State. Branden Alvarez reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
35
Receptions
3
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Branden Alvarez quick answers

Latest team and position
Portland State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
35
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · San José State
Top game
Washington State
Recruit profile
3-star · Centennial · San José State
High school pipeline
Centennial · 59 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonSan José State2335158.1
2025 Regular SeasonPortland State1-0038.2

Related Context

Branden Alvarez played WR for San José State and Portland State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Branden Alvarez recorded 35 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

San José State paired 35 primary output with 75 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San José State, Portland State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Game with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Portland State

Games

1

Receiving Yards / G

10

Efficiency

33.3

Usage

0.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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All Games10 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs BYU

Result
Sun 8/31@ BYU2105506

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    San José State

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Portland State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State00
2023 Regular SeasonSan José State35756.735
2025 Regular SeasonPortland State1033.30.1-25

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Washington State

Week 1

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

38

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

38 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Oregon State

Week 1 · L 17-42

25

Receiving Yards

70 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#3

@ No. 18 BYU

Week 1 · Ranked opponent

10

Receiving Yards

66.7 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 33.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ UNLV

Week 13 · W 37-31 · Conference game

10

Receiving Yards

41.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 4

15

Receiving Yards

36.4 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 33.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · San José State

35 primary output · 75 efficiency · 6.7 usage

58.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Portland State

38.2

10 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 0.1 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · San José State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games