Former cornerback at Kent State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 180 lb · Redondo Beach, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 321 nationally · Joined San Diego State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former cornerback at Kent State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Dallas Branch
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Dallas Branch has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Buffalo — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kent State, 86 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sean Lewis → Kenni Burns. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #302 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kent State | 23 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | San Diego State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 29 | 21 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | San Diego State | 20 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 86 | 58 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 10 | 5 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-55@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23vs Saint Francis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-71@ Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 0-56@ Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-52@ Western Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-41vs Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-34@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-38vs Akron | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-43@ Buffalo | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jordan Shaw’s 2023 season.
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jimmy Wyrick's graduate season at UTSA (2025).
Matches Jimmy on
Differs from Jimmy on
Player DNA