Player Dossier

2022-2025

Georgia

Zion Branch

S • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zion Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

71%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC • Georgia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Zion Branch built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and USC. The clearest part of Zion Branch's career was his defensive production: 66...

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Zion Branch, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · USC. Zion Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
3
Sacks
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Zion Branch quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia · S
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · USC
Top game
Rutgers
High school pipeline
Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
28 tackles · S 217th (top 39%) · SEC 183rd (top 25%) · National 1,547th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonUSC719-0--042.9
2024 Regular SeasonUSC61921-3048.7
2025 PostseasonGeorgia95-0-1025.8
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia92310-1025.8

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025USC to GeorgiaP4 to P477.3Jan 5, 2025

Zion Branch played S for USC and Georgia. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zion Branch recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

USC paired 6 primary output with 23.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Georgia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Georgia

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

3.1

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 1. Marshall: 0. Tennessee: 0. Kentucky: 0. Florida: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Texas: 1. Charlotte: 0. Georgia Tech: 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. Ole Miss: 5 by 30.8. Marshall: 7 by 29.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 6 by 25. Mississippi State: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 1 by 14.2. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Ole Miss

Result
Fri 1/2vs Ole MissL 34-3953001
Fri 11/28@ Georgia TechW 16-933100
Sat 11/22vs CharlotteW 35-311000
Sun 11/16vs TexasW 35-1011001
Sat 11/8@ Mississippi StateW 41-2131000
Sat 11/1@ FloridaW 24-2062000
Sat 10/4vs KentuckyW 35-1411000
Sat 9/13@ TennesseeW 44-4111000
Sat 8/30vs MarshallW 45-777000

Player Story

Zion Branch story

Zion Branch built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and USC. The clearest part of Zion Branch's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Zion Branch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    USC

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUSC0
2023 Regular SeasonUSC011.32.10
2024 Regular SeasonUSC623.24.66
2025 PostseasonGeorgia316.33.1-3
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia316.33.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 9 · W 42-20 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 14 · W 16-9

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Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 7 Ole Miss

Week 1 · L 34-39 · Postseason · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 7 · L 30-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

41.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 17 Texas

Week 12 · W 35-10 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

40.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · USC

6 primary output · 23.2 efficiency · 4.6 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · USC

42.9

0 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Georgia

25.8

3 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games