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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | July 14, 1989||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Varina (Henrico, Virginia) | ||||||||||
College: | Clemson (2007–2011) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38 | ||||||||||
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Orlandus Andre Branch (born July 14, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 38th overall pick.
Branch attended Clemson University from 2007 to 2011. For his career he had 179 tackles and 17.5 sacks. As a senior in 2011, he was a first-team All-ACC pick after recording 77 tackles and 10.5 sacks. [1]
Branch was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 38th overall pick. [2] On May 29, 2012, he signed a 4-year, $5.1 million contract. [3]
Branch signed with the Miami Dolphins in on March 17, 2016. [4] In his first year in Miami, Branch started 11 of 16 games for the Dolphins, posting a career-high 49 tackles to go along with 5.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
On March 8, 2017, Branch signed a three-year, $24 million contract extension with the Dolphins. [5] He started 14 games in 2017, recording 23 combined tackles and 4.5 sacks.
Following a Week 1 game in 2018, Branch was fined $10,026 for taunting Taylor Lewan after delivering a concussion to Lewan with a blind side hit. [6]
On March 2, 2019, Branch was released by the Dolphins. [7]
On July 30, 2019, Branch signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals after visiting earlier in June. [8] [9] [10] He was released on August 25, 2019. [11]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2012 | JAX | 13 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | JAX | 16 | 0 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | JAX | 9 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | JAX | 13 | 9 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 1 |
2016 | MIA | 16 | 11 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | MIA | 14 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | MIA | 14 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
95 | 38 | 188 | 125 | 63 | 25.5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 1 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2016 | MIA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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