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2023 Defensive
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CMB
Total Tackles
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INT
Interceptions
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TD
Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
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FUM
Forced Fumbles
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SCK
Sacks
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| Regular Season | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Top Brian Branch News
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Lions' Brian Branch: Shines in first start
Branch totaled 11 tackles, including three tackles for loss, and two pass breakups in Sunday's 20-6 win over Atlanta.
Making his first career start with C.J. Gardner-Johnson (pectoral) and Kerby Joseph (hip) on the shelf, Branch logged every defensive snap and turned heads while doing so. While the rookie did commit a pair of 15-yard personal fouls along the way -- including a highly debatable unnecessary roughness call for a helmet-jarring tackle of Falcons running back Bijan Robinson -- the good far outweighed the bad. With Gardner-Johnson set to miss at least the next three weeks on injured reserve and Joseph yet to practice since his Week 2 injury, Branch could remain an every-down player for the foreseeable future.
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Lions' Brian Branch: Absent from injury report
Branch, who left Week 1 early due to cramps, is not on the team's estimated injury report Wednesday.
Branch's ability to avoid the injury report is good news for the defense, as the Alabama product should continue to play a significant role in the team's secondary. Operating as the team's nickelback, he should be on the field Sunday against the Seahawks.
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Lions' Brian Branch: Leaves opening game
Branch left the season opener against the Chiefs on Thursday with cramps.
The rookie nickel cornerback was listed as questionable to return. Branch returned an interception for a touchdown in the first half but exited in the second half. The second-round pick out of Alabama won the nickel job in training camp, prompting offseason acquistiion C.J. Gardner-Johnson to move to safety.
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Lions' Brian Branch: Headed for starting role
Branch is expected to be Detroit's starter at nickel cornerback, Tim Twentyman of the Lions' official site reports.
Branch has reportedly been so good that offseason acquisition C.J. Gardner-Johnson was moved to safety to accommodate getting both players on the field together as much as possible. In his role at Alabama last year, Branch racked up 90 tackles, 14 TFLs, three sacks, seven PBUs and two interceptions over 13 games.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-0, 203 lbs |
| Birthplace: Fayetteville, GA |
| Age: 21 |
| School: Alabama |
| Experience: R |