Defensive tackle, Michigan, to 2006
Alan Branch
Lettered 2004–06 (school media guide)
- Born
- Dec 29, 1984, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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Alan Branch played defensive tackle at Michigan (to 2006). The Arizona Cardinals took Branch in round 2, No. 33 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP second team 2006; ESPN 2006; Pro Football Weekly 2006; Scout.com 2006; Sports Illustrated 2006
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Michigan | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2006 Michigan 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 | at Ohio State | L 39–42 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 | Combine or pro day 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5¾″ | |
| Weight | 324 lb | |
| Arm length | 33½″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.07 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 s | |
| Vertical jump | 27½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′11″ | |
| Bench press | 33 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.56 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.79 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 124 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Arizona Cardinals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Arizona Cardinals | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 32 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New England Patriots | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | New England Patriots | 16 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | New England Patriots | 16 | 47 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 124 | 240 | 10.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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