Alan Branch

NT · ARI/SEA/BUF/NE · 2007–2017

Born December 29, 1984 · College Michigan · Drafted 2007, round 2, pick 33 (ARI) · 6-6, 350 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2007	ARI	7	9	0.0	3	–	–	0
2008	ARI	4	6	0.0	0	–	–	0
2009	ARI	11	18	2.0	3	3	2	0
2009 playoffs	ARI	2	4	0.0	0	0	0	0
2010	ARI	14	35	2.0	7	6	1	2
2011	SEA	14	34	3.0	3	5	2	0
2012	SEA	15	29	1.0	5	1	2	0
2012 playoffs	SEA	2	6	1.0	1	1	0	0
2013	BUF	14	39	0.0	4	2	1	0
2014	NE	7	13	0.0	2	1	1	0
2014 playoffs	NE	3	7	0.0	0	0	0	0
2015	NE	16	35	1.0	3	1	3	2
2015 playoffs	NE	2	6	1.0	1	1	0	0
2016	NE	16	49	1.5	2	8	3	1
2016 playoffs	NE	3	14	0.5	1	0	0	0
2017	NE	6	12	0.0	1	2	0	0
Career	NE	124	279	10.5	33	29	15	5

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	NE	16	–	–	622	60.1
2016 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	132	71.4
2017	NE	12	–	–	269	34.5

Game logs

2017 game log (6 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2017-09-07	vs KC	L 27–42	2
6	2017-10-15	@ NYJ	W 24–17	1
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	3
11	2017-11-19	@ LV	W 33–8	3
13	2017-12-03	@ BUF	W 23–3	1
14	2017-12-11	@ MIA	L 20–27	2

2016 game log (19 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ ARI	W 23–21	2	0.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–24	3	0.0	0
3	2016-09-22	vs HOU	W 27–0	3	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs BUF	L 0–16	5	1.0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ CLE	W 33–13	4	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs CIN	W 35–17	6	0.0	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PIT	W 27–16	3	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ BUF	W 41–25	1	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SEA	L 24–31	3	0.0	0
11	2016-11-20	@ SF	W 30–17	3	0.0	1
12	2016-11-27	@ NYJ	W 22–17	6	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs LA	W 26–10	1	0.0	0
14	2016-12-12	vs BAL	W 30–23	1	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ DEN	W 16–3	3	0.0	1
16	2016-12-24	vs NYJ	W 41–3	3	0.5	0
17	2017-01-01	@ MIA	W 35–14	2	0.0	1
P19	2017-01-14	vs HOU	W 34–16	7	0.0	0
P20	2017-01-22	vs PIT	W 36–17	4	0.0	0
P21	2017-02-05	@ ATL	W 34–28 OT	3	0.5	0

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	2	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	1	1.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs JAX	W 51–17	1	0.0	1
5	2015-10-11	@ DAL	W 30–6	2	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ IND	W 34–27	2	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs NYJ	W 30–23	3	0.0	0
8	2015-10-29	vs MIA	W 36–7	1	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	2	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	2	0.0	0
11	2015-11-23	vs BUF	W 20–13	0	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ DEN	L 24–30 OT	4	0.0	2
13	2015-12-06	vs PHI	L 28–35	3	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ HOU	W 27–6	2	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	vs TEN	W 33–16	4	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ NYJ	L 20–26 OT	1	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ MIA	L 10–20	5	0.0	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	5	0.0	0
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	1	1.0	0

2014 game log (10 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
11	2014-11-16	@ IND	W 42–20	3	0
12	2014-11-23	vs DET	W 34–9	2	1
13	2014-11-30	@ GB	L 21–26	1	0
14	2014-12-07	@ LAC	W 23–14	2	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIA	W 41–13	0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ NYJ	W 17–16	2	0
17	2014-12-28	vs BUF	L 9–17	3	0
P19	2015-01-10	vs BAL	W 35–31	2	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	2	0
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	3	0

2013 game log (14 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs NE	L 21–23	2	0
3	2013-09-22	@ NYJ	L 20–27	3	0
4	2013-09-29	vs BAL	W 23–20	2	0
5	2013-10-03	@ CLE	L 24–37	1	0
6	2013-10-13	vs CIN	L 24–27 OT	6	0
8	2013-10-27	@ NO	L 17–35	1	0
9	2013-11-03	vs KC	L 13–23	2	0
10	2013-11-10	@ PIT	L 10–23	3	0
11	2013-11-17	vs NYJ	W 37–14	1	0
13	2013-12-01	vs ATL	L 31–34 OT	9	0
14	2013-12-08	@ TB	L 6–27	2	1
15	2013-12-15	@ JAX	W 27–20	1	0
16	2013-12-22	vs MIA	W 19–0	2	0
17	2013-12-29	@ NE	L 20–34	4	0

2012 game log (17 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-09	@ ARI	L 16–20	3	0.0	0
2	2012-09-16	vs DAL	W 27–7	2	0.0	0
3	2012-09-24	vs GB	W 14–12	0	0.0	0
4	2012-09-30	@ LA	L 13–19	1	1.0	1
5	2012-10-07	@ CAR	W 16–12	2	0.0	0
6	2012-10-14	vs NE	W 24–23	2	0.0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ DET	L 24–28	2	0.0	0
9	2012-11-04	vs MIN	W 30–20	2	0.0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs NYJ	W 28–7	2	0.0	1
12	2012-11-25	@ MIA	L 21–24	2	0.0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ CHI	W 23–17 OT	4	0.0	0
14	2012-12-09	vs ARI	W 58–0	2	0.0	0
15	2012-12-16	@ BUF	W 50–17	2	0.0	0
16	2012-12-23	vs SF	W 42–13	1	0.0	0
17	2012-12-30	vs LA	W 20–13	2	0.0	0
P18	2013-01-06	@ WAS	W 24–14	5	1.0	0
P19	2013-01-13	@ ATL	L 28–30	1	0.0	0

2011 game log (14 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2011-09-11	@ SF	L 17–33	1	0.0	0
2	2011-09-18	@ PIT	L 0–24	4	0.0	0
3	2011-09-25	vs ARI	W 13–10	4	0.0	0
4	2011-10-02	vs ATL	L 28–30	2	0.0	0
5	2011-10-09	@ NYG	W 36–25	3	1.0	0
7	2011-10-23	@ CLE	L 3–6	1	0.0	1
8	2011-10-30	vs CIN	L 12–34	1	0.0	0
9	2011-11-06	@ DAL	L 13–23	1	0.0	0
10	2011-11-13	vs BAL	W 22–17	3	0.0	0
13	2011-12-01	vs PHI	W 31–14	1	0.0	0
14	2011-12-12	vs LA	W 30–13	4	0.0	0
15	2011-12-18	@ CHI	W 38–14	3	0.0	1
16	2011-12-24	vs SF	L 17–19	4	1.0	0
17	2012-01-01	@ ARI	L 20–23 OT	2	1.0	0

2010 game log (14 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2010-09-12	@ LA	W 17–13	2	0.0	0
2	2010-09-19	@ ATL	L 7–41	1	0.0	0
4	2010-10-03	@ LAC	L 10–41	3	0.0	0
5	2010-10-10	vs NO	W 30–20	1	0.0	0
7	2010-10-24	@ SEA	L 10–22	5	2.0	0
8	2010-10-31	vs TB	L 35–38	2	0.0	0
9	2010-11-07	@ MIN	L 24–27 OT	2	0.0	0
10	2010-11-14	vs SEA	L 18–36	2	0.0	0
11	2010-11-21	@ KC	L 13–31	4	0.0	0
12	2010-11-29	vs SF	L 6–27	1	0.0	0
13	2010-12-05	vs LA	L 6–19	3	0.0	0
14	2010-12-12	vs DEN	W 43–13	2	0.0	0
15	2010-12-19	@ CAR	L 12–19	6	0.0	0
17	2011-01-02	@ SF	L 7–38	1	0.0	1

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2009-09-20	@ JAX	W 31–17	1	0.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs IND	L 10–31	1	0.0	2
5	2009-10-11	vs HOU	W 28–21	1	0.0	0
6	2009-10-18	@ SEA	W 27–3	2	0.0	0
7	2009-10-25	@ NYG	W 24–17	2	2.0	0
12	2009-11-29	@ TEN	L 17–20	0	0.0	0
13	2009-12-06	vs MIN	W 30–17	4	0.0	0
14	2009-12-14	@ SF	L 9–24	2	0.0	0
15	2009-12-20	@ DET	W 31–24	1	0.0	0
16	2009-12-27	vs LA	W 31–10	2	0.0	0
17	2010-01-03	vs GB	L 7–33	2	0.0	0
P18	2010-01-10	vs GB	W 51–45 OT	2	0.0	0
P19	2010-01-16	@ NO	L 14–45	2	0.0	0

2008 game log (4 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2008-09-14	vs MIA	W 31–10	2
3	2008-09-21	@ WAS	L 17–24	2
4	2008-09-28	@ NYJ	L 35–56	1
17	2008-12-28	vs SEA	W 34–21	1

2007 game log (7 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
7	2007-10-21	@ WAS	L 19–21	1
9	2007-11-04	@ TB	L 10–17	1
13	2007-12-02	vs CLE	W 27–21	1
14	2007-12-09	@ SEA	L 21–42	1
15	2007-12-16	@ NO	L 24–31	3
16	2007-12-23	vs ATL	W 30–27 OT	1
17	2007-12-30	vs LA	W 48–19	1