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Brian BranchDetroit Lions · #32

Safety · 6' 0", 203 lbs · Fayetteville, GA · Age 25
SafetyDrafted 45th overall3-yr veteran
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Detroit Lions · #32 · Safety
Brian Branch
Season avg75 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 0 int
Career avg258 tkl · 4.5 sacks · 7 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
Scouting report

Brian Branch — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Brian Branch is a Safety for the Detroit Lions, drafted 45th overall, 2023. In 2025 he recorded 75 tackles, 2.5 sacks.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
Act II

Where he stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
Balladex Consensus: #502 of 2270 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
MVP odds
50Impact index
21Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

The engine

How the model sees him

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

63–19proj record
#1conf seed
+8.4net rtg
117.3off rtg
108.9def rtg
99%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Aamaris Brown, Ahmed Hassanein.
How his role moves
Projected 63–19, 1st in the conference. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-10-22

The beginning

Brian Branch is a Safety for the Detroit Lions, in his 4th NFL season.

Detroit Lions

Turning pro

Drafted 45th overall, 2023 as a Safety.

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Brian Branch is a Detroit Lions safety, drafted 45th overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has recorded 258 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 7 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 75 tackles, 2.5 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

Branch's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
203 lbs
Draft
45th overall, 2023
Born
Fayetteville, GA
Age
25
Jersey
#32
Brian Branch career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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