Player Dossier

2021-2024

Fresno State

Zeke Branham

LB • 6'1" • 234 lbs • Mesa, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zeke Branham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.817

Skyline · Mesa, AZ

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Zeke Branham, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Fresno State. Zeke Branham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
7
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Zeke Branham quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · LB
Career Tackles
7
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Fresno State
Top game
Kent State
Recruit profile
3-star · Skyline · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Skyline · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 946th (top 77%) · Mountain West 316th (top 59%) · National 3,790th (top 63%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State11-0--036.7
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State22-0--037
2023 PostseasonFresno State20-01-061.8
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State20-01-061.8
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State34-0--037.6

Related Context

Zeke Branham played LB for Fresno State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zeke Branham recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Fresno State paired 2 primary output with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Air Force

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.6

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Air Force

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sacramento State: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Air Force: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Sacramento State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Air Force: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Air Force

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Air Force

Result
Sun 11/10@ Air ForceL 28-3621000
Sun 9/15vs New Mexico StateW 48-010000
Sun 9/8vs Sacramento StateW 46-3010000

Career Arc

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

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    Fresno State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonFresno State04.20.7
2022 Regular SeasonFresno State04.20.80
2023 PostseasonFresno State2104.42
2023 Regular SeasonFresno State2104.40
2024 Regular SeasonFresno State05.60.9-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kent State

Week 4 · W 53-10

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico State

Week 1 · W 37-10 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Air Force

Week 11 · L 28-36 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#4

vs Wyoming

Week 13 · W 30-0 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#5

vs New Mexico State

Week 3 · W 48-0

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Fresno State

2 primary output · 10 efficiency · 4.4 usage

61.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Fresno State

61.8

2 primary · 10 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Fresno State

37.6

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games