Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-38@ Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
Alex Branch is a defensive back at Akron who has played in 1 of Akron's 9 games this season, most recently Sep 3.
Akron is 1-8.
Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Wake Forest — Week 1, 2026.
3 tackles · 0 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Akron | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Akron | 33 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2023 | Kent State | 32 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Kent State | 34 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 125 | 75 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 |
Game log
Signature game
Teams and coaches
2021Kent State7-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning
2023Kent State1-11HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning
2024Kent State0-12HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced
2026Akron1-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
48.8%
294 pass / 309 run
Plays / game
67.0
9 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
3 tackles in 1 game
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #19 of 21 Mid-American CBs
How the All-MAC base rate is computed
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Six seasons, two schools
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Akron MoorheadYear 6 · 1 game
- 2025 Akron MoorheadYear 5 · 9 games
- Dec 2024 Entered the transfer portal
- 2024 Kent State BurnsYear 4 · 3 games
- 2023 Kent State BurnsYear 3 · 9 games
- 2022 Kent State LewisYear 2 · 11 games
- 2021 Kent State LewisYear 1 · 1 game
- High school TwinsburgTwinsburg, OH · Class of 2021Three-star, No. 2,177 in the 2021 class. Signed with Kent State.
Moves
- Entered the transfer portal from Kent State, Dec 9, 2024.
A stat line in 34 games over six seasons.
2021
- Signed with Kent StateThree-star, out of Twinsburg
2025 9 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portalfrom Kent State
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Sean Lewis, Kenni Burns and Joe Moorhead.