Senior linebacker for Old Dominion. 2018: 9 tackles.
6′2″ · 222 lb · Suffolk, VA
The story
4 linebacker for Old Dominion. 2018: 9 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMarvin Branch Jr.
This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Old Dominion. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Middle Tennessee — Week 9, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Old Dominion, 111 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bobby Wilder.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Bobby Wilder — 19-18 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Old Dominion | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Old Dominion | 88 | 41 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Old Dominion | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 111 | 53 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 20-42vs Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-34@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-51vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |