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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UConn
Donovan Branch
LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Winter Garden, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Donovan Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Donovan Branch built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Winter Garden, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Donovan Branch's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Donovan Branch, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UConn. Donovan Branch shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Donovan Branch quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Foundation Academy · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Foundation Academy · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 476th (top 38%) · FBS Independents 19th (top 21%) · National 1,380th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 5 | 3 | - | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 13.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 23.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | UConn | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 22 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UConn | 11 | 30 | 5 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63.1 |
Related Context
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Donovan Branch played LB for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovan Branch recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UConn paired 16.5 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
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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2025 Regular Season · UConn
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
26.4
Usage
8.1
Consistency
58.2
Best Game by takeover score
Ball State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Connecticut: 1. Syracuse: 2. Delaware: 1. Ball State: 2.5. Buffalo: 1. Boston College: 1. Rice: 2. UAB: 2. Duke: 1. Air Force: 1. Florida Atlantic: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Connecticut: 3 by 22.5. Syracuse: 2 by 28.3. Delaware: 5 by 30.8. Ball State: 3 by 37.5. Buffalo: 0 by 10. Boston College: 3 by 22.5. Rice: 4 by 36.7. UAB: 2 by 28.3. Duke: 1 by 14.2. Air Force: 3 by 22.5. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ball State
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 48-45 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Air Force | W 26-16 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Duke | W 37-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs UABSplash game | W 38-19 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ RiceSplash game | L 34-37 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Boston College | W 38-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Buffalo | W 20-17 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 31-25 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Delaware | L 41-44 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ SyracuseSplash game | L 20-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Central Connecticut | W 59-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Donovan Branch story
Donovan Branch built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Winter Garden, FL wearing No. 11, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Donovan Branch's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Donovan Branch's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UConn
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 6.5 | 2.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 1 | 9.2 | 3.6 | -1 |
| 2024 Postseason | UConn | 10.5 | 17.1 | 4.9 | 9.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UConn | 10.5 | 17.1 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UConn | 16.5 | 26.4 | 8.1 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 132 Ball State
Week 4 · W 31-25
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 13 · W 48-45
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia State
Week 10 · W 34-27
2
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 120 Rice
Week 9 · L 34-37
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#5
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 27-14 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UConn
16.5 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 8.1 usage
63.1
#2
2024 Postseason · UConn
46.5
10.5 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UConn
46.5
10.5 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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