Brian Branch

lifecycle: veteran — 3 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-21T20:01:04.021Z)

• Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-08-30
• APY$2,005,436Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit

  Not sourced yet · OTC DET y2026 Active/IR table had no Cap Number matching this official-chart name.

• Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-08-30

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

1. 2025 · DET · CB · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved46 solo tkl · 2 ast · 2.5 sk · 0 INT · 9 PD · 1 FF
2. 2024 · DET · CB · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved73 solo tkl · 6 ast · 1 sk · 4 INT · 16 PD · 1 FF
3. 2023 · DET · CB · 15 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved43 solo tkl · 7 ast · 1 sk · 3 INT · 13 PD · 1 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · DET at CINDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · WAS at DETDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2022 · Alabama · defensive79 tkl · 3 sackHC Nick SabanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2021 · Alabama · defensive55 tkl · 1.0 sackHC Nick SabanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2020 · Alabama · defensive23 tkl · 0 sackHC Nick SabanCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2023 · round 2 · pick 45 · DET · Alabama

1. 2023 Combine · CB · Alabama · 6-0 · 190 lb40 4.58 · bench 14 · vert 34.5" · broad 125"drafted 2023 · round 2 · Detroit Lions

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

• 2026-07-26 → 2026-08-30 · DET · Reserve/PUP · ended: pupThe Detroit Lions place DB Brian Branch, TE Tyler Conklin and S Kerby Joseph on Active/Physically Unable to Perform.DET transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20
• 2026-08-30 · DET · Reserve/PUPThe Detroit Lions place DB Brian Branch and S Kerby Joseph on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.DET transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

derived from filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) through the designation machine (scripts/lib/designation.mjs — one truth with reserve-status and club-state); pre-window history is not on a provisioned source and stays unknown

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-08-30 · DETThe Detroit Lions place DB Brian Branch and S Kerby Joseph on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.
• 2026-07-26 · DETThe Detroit Lions place DB Brian Branch, TE Tyler Conklin and S Kerby Joseph on Active/Physically Unable to Perform.

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

1× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 3 seasons started · career through 2025

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present