Brian Branch is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Branch in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Branch's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
55 career value over replacement — #1966 all-time of 4,695. 18.3/season above a replacement-level CB.
Pick #45 (Rd 2) · DET · 2023 · +8.6 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2023 | 21–22 | DET | 15 | — | 67 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 738 | 76.9% | 50 | 12.3% | 73 | 45 | 0.6 | 81.3 | 6.8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 22–23 | DET | 16 | — | 103 | 73 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 917 | 91.5% | 27 | 6.7% | 84 | 51 | 0.6 | 73.7 | 8.7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 23–24 | DET | 12 | — | 73 | 46 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 747 | 95.6% | 43 | 12.7% | 40 | 21 | 0.5 | 92.9 | 11.8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Career | — | 43 | — | 243 | 162 | 81 | 20 | 14 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,402 | 87.5% | 120 | 10.3% | 197 | 117 | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 19 | — | |
3 seasons · peak 7.4 in 2024
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
1.1 career wins over 3 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2024 · +0.6 wins
Latest season · 2025 · +0.1 wins
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21–22 | DET | 15 | 12* | 67 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 22–23 | DET | 16 | 15* | 103 | 73 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7.4 |
| 2025 | 23–24 | DET | 12 | 11* | 73 | 46 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| Career | 43 | 38* | 243 | 162 | 81 | 20 | 14 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21–22 | DET | 15 | 12* | — | 0.0% | 738 | 76.9% | 50 | 12.3% |
| 2024 | 22–23 | DET | 16 | 15* | — | 0.0% | 917 | 91.5% | 27 | 6.7% |
| 2025 | 23–24 | DET | 12 | 11* | — | 0.0% | 747 | 95.6% | 43 | 12.7% |
| Career | 43 | 38* | — | 0.0% | 2,402 | 87.5% | 120 | 10.3% |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21–22 | DET | 15 | 12* | 73 | 45 | 0.6 | 81.3 | 6.8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 22–23 | DET | 16 | 15* | 84 | 51 | 0.6 | 73.7 | 8.7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 23–24 | DET | 12 | 11* | 40 | 21 | 0.5 | 92.9 | 11.8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Career | 43 | 38* | 197 | 117 | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 19 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Wk | Opp | Yds | TD | FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | GB | — | — | — |
| W2 | CHI | — | — | — |
| W3 | BAL | — | — | — |
| W4 | CLE | — | — | — |
| W5 | CIN | — | — | — |
| W6 | KC | — | — | — |
| W9 | MIN | — | — | — |
| W10 | WAS | — | — | — |
| W11 | PHI | — | — | — |
| W12 | NYG | — | — | — |
| W13 | GB | — | — | — |
| W14 | DAL | — | — | — |
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 12 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G |
|---|---|
| Home | 6 |
| Away | 6 |
| Wins / Losses | G |
|---|---|
| Wins | 7 |
| Losses | 5 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 67.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%
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VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#346 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Regular season / Postseason |
|---|
| G |
|---|
| Regular season | 12 |
| By opponent | G |
|---|---|
| vs BAL | 1 |
| vs CHI | 1 |
| vs CIN | 1 |
| vs CLE | 1 |
| vs DAL | 1 |
| vs GB | 2 |
| vs KC | 1 |
| vs MIN | 1 |
| vs NYG | 1 |
| vs PHI | 1 |
| vs WAS | 1 |
| By month | G |
|---|---|
| September | 4 |
| October | 2 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 1 |
| Division games | G |
|---|---|
| Division | 4 |
| Non-division | 8 |
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)