Jordan Branch: DL · Middle Tennessee · #5.
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Jordan Branch
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Middle Tennessee. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Sam Houston, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 31 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 13 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 14 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 17 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 84 | 27 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-56@ No. 4 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-23@ Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-14vs Murray State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-31vs Colorado State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-31@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-45vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-23vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-42@ Liberty | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 7-13@ New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6vs Florida International | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-30vs UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-23@ Sam Houston | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry31 tackles · 3 for loss.
5 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 26-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
53.6%
438 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
471 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #138 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 41 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
