Senior inside linebacker for Stanford. 2018: 32 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Bellevue, WA
The story
4 inside linebacker for Stanford. 2018: 32 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMustafa Branch
Third year in the Stanford linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Arizona State, Week 8, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 76 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Shaw — 28-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018
W 17–3
vs USC
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10vs San Diego State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-3vs USC | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-10vs UC Davis | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-31@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ Notre Dame | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-40vs Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13@ Arizona State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-41vs Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-27@ Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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